- 93-2018.17.33
- Item
- ca. 1908-1949
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on the back: "Taken up at the mine. You may know some of them."
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on the back: "Taken up at the mine. You may know some of them."
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on front: "Moving on Quatsino" written on back: "They took two ? Over to put the hotel on but it ? On to one and only put that down about 1/3 chimneys were badly shook and had to be rebuilt"
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on front: "Mrs Lim[?] West Coast Native"
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on back: "No. 24 'Apples' A well known native of Quatsino Sound"
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on back: "No. 33 'Lady Marcas' Native Tyee woman of the West Coast Van Is."
No. 34 "Youth & Beauty" Van Is Natives
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on back: "'Youth & Beauty' Van Is Natives" Stamped on back: " The Leeson Collection copyright 1914"
No. 46 Annie Rooney Vancouver Is. Native
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on back: "No. 46 Annie Roonie Vancouver Is. Native"
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on back: " No. 64 "The Village Gossip" West Coast BC Native at home. See no. 69 Send for free print of whole collection to choose from Guaranteed direct-first from original negatives"
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on back: "No. 8 'A Quatsino Grandad' Long head, native man of the West Coast Vancouver Is."
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on back: "Old Susan Mrs. Quacum"
On the trail down again Pollach[?]
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on back: "on the trail again Pollach"
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on back: "On the trail to Elk Lake"
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on front: "Orwatand wife" Stamped on front: "BW Leeson"
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Front of print is titles in ink "Passing of the "Siwash" and bottom right corner is signed "copyright in Canada by BW Leeson." Back is also signed "W.B. Leeson Quatsino B.C." Written on back of print: "'Siwash' is the old Hudson Bay Co. name for the western Indian which is fast dissappearing. Seldom seen is the old 'blanket Indian.' An album of these called 'The Vanishing Race' is on sale."
Passing of the 'Siwash' [Copy]
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Photograph is less-heavily coloured than the previous version of the print.
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Part of Ben Williams Leeson collection
Written on back: "Do you recognize the one on the beach, sitting on the rocks? Mary's old girl 'Sally' she got 10 cents for this" A map is also drawn on back.