Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Bill Reid watching memorial pole being raised in the Haida Village

138-a035984
Item
May 1962

Item is a colour image of Bill Reid watching memorial pole being raised in the Haida Village at Totem Park at the University of British Columbia (UBC)

George Szanto fonds

138
Fonds
May 1962

Fonds consists of eight slides of totem poles being raised in the Haida Village at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The slides are dated May, 1962. The photographs were taken by George Szanto, the son-in-law of Geoffrey Andrew who was the Dean and Deputy President of UBC from 1947 to 1962.

The totem poles represented in the images were carved by Haida artist Bill Reid and 'Namgis artist Doug Cranmer. They were originally situated at UBC's Totem Park. They are now located on the grounds behind the Museum of Anthropology, and modelled on a 19th century Haida village.

George Szanto

Construction of the Haida House in Totem Park

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Item
[1962?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Construction of the Haida House at Totem Park. The man standing on the roof on the viewer's left may be Doug Cranmer while the man near the house on the viewer's right appears to be Bill Reid.

Haida House and Mortuary House under construction

132-1-C-D-a041988
Item
[ca. 1961]

Part of MOA General Media collection

The Haida House and Mortuary House under construction in their original locations in Totem Park.

Bill Reid on UBC Campus 1959

132-1-C-D-a041987
Item
[1959?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Photograph of Bill Reid on the UBC campus, probably in Totem Park, leaning against what appears to be the upper cross-beam of a house post.

Haida section of totem park

132-1-C-D-a041979
Item
1963

Part of MOA General Media collection

Haida house, a house frontal totem pole, a mortuary pole, and the Wasgo sculpture, standing in Totem Park.

Aerial view of Haida House

132-1-C-D-a041977
Item
[1962?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Aerial view of Haida House after construction and carvings were complete. The date of the annotation must be incorrect as the double mortuary pole and the house front totem pole were not completed until 1962.

Aerial view of Haida House

132-1-C-D-a041976
Item
[1962?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Aerial view of Haida House after construction and carvings were complete. The date of the annotation must be incorrect as the double mortuary pole and the house front totem pole were not completed until 1962.

Construction of the Haida House in Totem Park

132-1-C-D-a041974
Item
[1962?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Construction of the Haida House at Totem Park. The man standing on the roof on the viewer's left may be Doug Cranmer while the man near the house on the viewer's right appears to be Bill Reid.