Two dead houses - Masset - Indian Elevated Burial
- 89-a039248
- Item
- [1893-1911]
Wooden archways in front of burial mound.
Two dead houses - Masset - Indian Elevated Burial
Wooden archways in front of burial mound.
Men drawing net of eulachon from an ice hole
Brass band posed to be photographed
Reverend Thomas Crosby and unidentified woman in blankets and headdresses
Image of Reverend Thomas Crosby and unidentified woman in blankets and headdresses.
Village of Hartley Bay on waterfront at the base of a heavily wooded mountainside
Row of houses with girls gathered on steps in front yard
Photograph of a large church. This appears to be the church in Metlakatla, BC, built by Christian missionary William Duncan.
Parte deStanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts two poles standing in an open area. The front pole features a human-like creature on visible portion. The back pole also includes a human figure at the bottom with an owl on top. The figures on the bottom may be crest figures (Leading In or Halfway Out) or a Man of the Wild. Read's note suggests that one of these may be a Pole of Hrkyadet at Kispiox.
Parte deStanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts a rural dirt thoroughfare with brush on either side of the road. The terrain is somewhat hilly.
Parte deStanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts a rural church standing in a clearing with mountains in the distance. This may be St. Paul`s Anglican Church in Kitwanga.
Parte deStanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts three totem poles, standing in an open area. Read's note under this photo indicates that the pole on the left may by a Snag-of-the-Sand-Bar pole from the House of Chief Skogum Laxhe. The pole on the right may be Chief Laxhe`s Hat-of-Tsagyem-hanak Pole. See also item a034837 for a closeup of the Snag-of-the-Sand-Bar pole.
Carving of Grizzly Bear of the Water
Parte deStanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts a carving of a creature that resembles a bear--with fins. The carving sits on a wooden structure, possibly a carver's bench. Several buildings can be seen behind the carving platform.
Parte deStanley E. Read fonds
Read's note cards detail information about three groups of totem poles and contain text and page references to Marius Barbeau's book, Totem Poles of the Gitksan, Upper Skeena River, British Columbia (published by the Canada Department of Mines and the National Museum of Canada, 1929).
Parte deReverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is a posed portrait of a seated older girl and younger boy standing on a footstool holding hands. The girl and boy are dressed formally. It appears to be an albumen print on a carte de visite. Photographer information printed on verso with the inscription "S. A. Spencer, FORT STREET, Victoria, B. C." A handwritten inscription reads "[illegible] Reid + boy"
Parte deReverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Portrait of man holding his hat
Parte deReverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is a posed portrait of a man leaning on a bannister in formal clothes, holding his hat in front of a studio painted background depicting what appears to be a column and an urn with a floral arrangement. Photographer information printed underneath image reads "B. F. Howland, Artist." Inscription printed on verso reads "B. F. HOWLAND & CO. PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY 25 & 27 Third St. East Side Near Market SAN FRANSISCO, CAL." An additional printed inscription reads "The Negative from which this Picture is made will be preserved; any quantity of copies can be had by leaving your order at the above Gallery. Cartes de Visite $ 3 per doz. Vignettes $ 4.00 per doz. Duplicates $ 2.00 per doz." Printed prices appear to have been over written by hand in ink.
Parte deReverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Portrait of Crosby seated with another man
Parte deReverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is a posed portrait of Reverend Thomas Crosby seated facing another man. Crosby is holding a book open in one hand and gesturing with the other. Verso contains handwritten inscriptions: "no. 6", "Crosby + old ?"
Portrait of man posed with table with a floral tablecloth
Parte deReverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is a portrait of a man dressed formally and posed next to a table with a floral tablecloth. Verso contains the following handwritten inscriptions. "enlarge e2893 head + shoulders only and 1 3/8 X 2 # 150 Ba?", "His first or babys name. This was second name or last name given by his people" are inscribed in pencil. Inscribed overtop in pen is "Satana Sallasel?" Inscribed in blue coloured pencil is a circled number "29".