Image depicts a crowd of people standing in front of a building with banners and what appears to be a Chilkat textile in Laxgalts'ap (Greenville), B. C. Printed on the image is the inscription "METHODIST MISSION, GREENVILLE. 16 MILES UP NASS." Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "S. A. SPENCER, Fort Street, VICTORIA, B. C." Handwritten inscriptions on the verso read "Mission house, Port Simpson" and "No 21".
Image is an exterior view of a church building. Inscribed below the image is "The first methodist church in the Chilliwack Valley, built 1869. We now have 8 churches, 3 of which are indian".
This large group portrait includes men, women and children in both native and western dress. A priest stands on the far right of the image copy; structures and a totem pole stand in the distance.
Men, women and children pose on the steps and in front of the entrance to a church. Trees and mountains are visible in the distance. A man sits on the ground, copy left, near a car.
File contains historical photographs of Gitxsan villages, with a specific focus on totem poles and various buildings in the villages. There are also some images of the Gitxsan people in regalia. The textual records contain information to some of the photographs, listing the photograph's title and the museum and/or archive it originated from.
![Greenville on Nass [River]](/uploads/r/null/9/b/0/9b0848facb33857867cd3e4d00a83404fce2a7368b5223b85b17d2d002ac6711/a039497c_142.jpg)
