Parte de Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection
Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of twelve people by the shore with hunted animals. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken near Alert Bay.
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Parte de Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
Item is a photograph of a procession of people walking down a road in Alert Bay in ceremonial dress (button blankets, headdresses) and regular clothes. Mungo Martin and Daisy Neel lead the group in the front row.
Parte de Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
Item is a photograph of painted cedar wood carvings including Sisiyutl (serpent), thunderbird, coppers, and [wolf?] figures in Alert Bay.
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Parte de Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
Item is a photograph of men gathered together for an event celebrating British Columbia's centennial in Alert Bay in 1958. They are sitting down in front of a painted wall and some are wearing ceremonial dress, such as button blankets and woven cedar headbands. A drum and a painted dance screen [thunderbird?] on fabric are also visible. Men in the photograph include: Charles Nowell, Billy Assu, and George Scow.
Henry Speck carving house posts for Bighouse in Alert Bay
Parte de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection
Photograph of Henry Speck carving a house posts for a Bighouse in a carving shed in Alert Bay, BC.
A group stands for an event in Alert Bay
Parte de MOA General Media collection
A group stands for an event in Alert Bay. One of the women is Marjorie Halpin. This may be related to the raising of the memorial pole for Mungo Martin.
Detail of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole
Parte de MOA General Media collection
A close up image of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole during the raising ceremony in Alert Bay.
Detail of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole
Parte de MOA General Media collection
A detail of the Mungo Martin memorial pole before it was raised in Alert Bay.
Ceremony for the Mungo Martin memorial pole rasing
Parte de MOA General Media collection
Elders perform the ceremony for the raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay.
Parte de Harry B. Hawthorn fonds