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Totem poles

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039229
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a glass plate negative of a totem poles and adjacent buildings. Item is labelled, "Indian Village. Alert Bay BC"

Buildings/places

  • 30-30-01-30-01-11-a039150
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of buildings, totem pole and boardwalk. Item is inscribed, "INDIAN VILLAGE, ALERT BAY, B.C. CANADA"

Buildings/places

  • 30-30-01-30-01-11-a039151
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of buildings and totem pole. A partial canoe appears lower right.

Indian cemetery - Alert Bay, BC

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039001
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Image is of a First Nations burial site: road in foreground, power line and two totem poles in background

Totem poles - [Thunderbird on Dzunukwa]

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039002
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Two totem poles, in foreground and background, with a wire fence between them. Totem in foreground is "Thunderbird on Dzunukwa," carved by Willie & Joe Seaweed in Blunden Harbour in 1931.

Totem pole - [Thunderbird on Dzunukwa]

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039008
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Labelled: "Indian Totem. Alert Bay B.C." Single pole at centre foreground. Bottom figure's arms are outstretched. Actual title: "Thunderbird on Dzunukwa." Top figure is Thunderbird and figure below is Dzunukwa. Pole was carved by Willie & Joe Seaweed in Blunden Harbour in 1931.

Totem pole

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039011
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Labelled: "Totem Poles." Close-up of figure's head facing proper right

Totem pole - Alert Bay, BC

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039012
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Labelled: "Alert Bay B.C.," followed by copyright symbol. Single pole at centre foreground. Fence and forest in background

Totem poles

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039005
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

View over wire fence. Single pole in centre, mid-ground. Burial plots and additional poles in the background.

Totem pole

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039015
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

View over wire fence into cemetery. 3 totem poles in view: one mid-ground centre; two in background

Totem pole

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039228
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a glass plate negative of a totem pole. Item is labelled, "TOTEM POLES. ALERT BAY. B.C"

Totem pole and buildings

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039233
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a glass plate negative of a totem pole and adjacent buildings. Item is labelled, "Indian Village, Alert Bay BC"

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039003
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Multiple totem poles: View down road at docks. Power line with forest and totem poles at proper left

Indian totem pole - Alert Bay, BC

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039006
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

One totem pole. Labelled: "Indian Totem Pole. Alert Bay B.C." "Indian" also printed on non-image area, proper right

Totem pole

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039009
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Pole in foreground. Building and boardwalk in background

Totem pole

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039016
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Pole mid-ground centre. Lower figure has arms outstretched.

Totem poles at cemetery

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039208
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of totem poles in the cemetery. Item is inscribed, "INDIAN CEMETARY (sic). ALERT BAY B.C."

Buildings/places

  • 30-30-01-30-01-11-a039148
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of buildings, totem poles and harbour. Lower portion of photo is inscribed, "Indian Village Alert Bay BC"

Two totem poles

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.

Three totem poles

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.

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