Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

A man standing on the Haida House

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Item
[1961?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

A man stands on a section of the Haida house roof, possibly securing a beam into place.

Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving

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Item
[1961?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving the dogfish panel for the double mortuary pole to be placed near the Haida House in Totem Park.

Wolf dish by Bill Reid

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Item
[197-?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Wolf dish carved by Bill Reid while he was in Montréal.

Children being photographed on the Wasgo sculpture

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Item
1976?

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Children being photographed playing on the Wasgo in the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology

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1976?

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology's Great Hall. Children play on the Wasgo sculpture. The totem poles were transferred to the University of British Columbia from Ninstints in 1957.

Bill Reid's bear sculpture in the Museum of Anthropology

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Item
1976?

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Bill Reid's bear sculpture. This item was commissioned by Walter C. Koerner in 1963 and later donated to the University of British Columbia.

Bill Reid's bear sculpture in the Museum of Anthropology

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Item
1976?

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Bill Reid's bear sculpture. This item was commissioned by Walter C. Koerner in 1963 and later donated to the University of British Columbia.

A child play with the Wasgo sculpture

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Item
1976?

Parte deMOA General Media collection

A child in the Museum of Anthropology plays with the Wasgo sculpture by Bill Reid.

The Haida House and Mortuary House in their original positions

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1960?

Parte deMOA General Media collection

The Haida House and Mortuary House with accompanying totem poles in what appear to be their original positions before being moved in to the grounds of the new Museum of Anthropology.

Bill Reid and an interior house post

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Item
1960?

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Bill Reid stands near the interior house post of the Haida House. The date of this photograph is uncertain but may have been taken around 1960 when the structure was originally being built. The post in the photograph was carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer.

Bill Reid at the opening of the Museum of Anthropology

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30-May-76

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Bill Reid and a crowd at the opening of the new Museum of Anthropology building.

Memorial pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer

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Item
1978?

Parte deMOA General Media collection

In the foreground is the memorial pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer. The newly constructed Haida and mortuary houses are in the background with other totem poles.