Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)

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Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033104
Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033105
Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033107
Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033106
Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033108
Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033110
Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC. One dancer, wearing a mask, is kneeling.

Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033109
Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a dancer at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Dancers at potlatch, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033111
Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of dancers at an indoor potlatch or other event, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC. The dancers are wearing masks.

Carving totem poles for Alert Bay longhouse

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Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of the interior totem poles of the longhouse in Alert Bay, BC, while the poles are still being carved. These poles were carved and raised before the rest of the structure. Two boys are standing near the poles.

Killer Whale arch, Alert Bay cemetery

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Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of the Killer Whale Arch located at the entrance to the Kwatiul Indian Cemetery. This arch is a memorial to a boy lost at sea. Located at Alert Bay, British Columbia. Several crosses and memorial totem poles are visible behind this archway.

Alert Bay cemetery

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Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of pole and gravestones in a cemetery in Alert Bay, BC.

Alert Bay cemetery

81-05-a033118
Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of pole and gravestones in a cemetery in Alert Bay, BC.

Alert Bay cemetery

81-05-a033119
Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of pole and gravestones in a cemetery in Alert Bay, BC.

St. Michael's Indian Residential School, Alert Bay

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Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of St. Michael's Indian Residential School, which stood in Alert Bay, BC until its demolition in 2015. This image shows the exterior and two thunderbird poles that stood at the entrance.

Thunderbird totem pole, Alert Bay

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Pièce
[195- or 196-]

Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a totem pole in Alert Bay, BC. The pole features two figures: a human figure on the bottom with outstretched arms, and a thunderbird on top.