Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

A display of items to be given away at a potlatch

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[between 1897-1933]

This photograph, originally taken by William or Jean Halliday, shows a display of items to be given away at a potlatch in Alert Bay. The caption for the slide gives the date as 1910 but the BC Archives lists the date for this photograph as between 1897 and 1933. This photograph is housed at the BC Archives, #H-03976.

A Fire

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[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Building on left is ablaze. Six people on right are working

A Fire

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[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Building on proper left is ablaze. Two people are running towards a group of bystanders on proper right

A Fire

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Building is ablaze.

A Fire

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[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Buildings are ablaze. Harbour is visible in background

A Fire

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Six people are walking amongst buildings and smoke. Centre is damaged

A Fire

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Building is ablaze.

A Fire

30-30-01-30-01-04-a039078
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Buildings are ablaze

A Flatooka, or Moral, in Tongataboo

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[17-]

Part of John Webber fonds

A Geisha girl playing shamisen

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[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph of a geisha wearing traditional clothing playing a shamisen. Possibly by photographer Tamamura Kozaburo

A General Pow-Wow of the Chiefs in the Old Hudson's Bay Post.

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Item
[ca. 1921]

Part of A.A. Kingscote Collection

Postcard depicts a group of Indigenous people gathered in a semi-circle for a meeting or event. Verso of the postcard indicates that the publisher is "The Valentine & Sons United Publishing Co. Limited."

A girl being shown a feast ladle

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23-Jul-56

Part of MOA General Media collection

A girl being shown a feast ladle in the Museum of Anthropology during the visit of the Governor General Vincent Massey.

A girl being shown a feast ladle

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23-Jul-56

Part of MOA General Media collection

A girl being shown a feast ladle in the Museum of Anthropology during the visit of the Governor General Vincent Massey.

A gramophone[?] entertainment

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[1905 or 1906]

Part of A.F.R. Wollaston fonds

Image shows a group of Bakonjo men in Uganada, seated on ground. They appear to be looking in the direction of some source of entertainment, possibly a gramophone. An annotation of verso of photograph may indicate that it is a gramophone (handwriting is difficult to read).

A.F.R. Wollaston

A group of children visiting the Museum of Anthropology

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1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

A group of children in the Great Hall while visiting the Museum of Anthropology. Several totem pole are visible.

A group photo in the Great Hall

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30-May-76

Part of MOA General Media collection

A group photo including Madeline Rowan (second from viewer's left) in the Great Hall at the opening of the new Museum of Anthropology building. Bill Reid is visible in the background on the right in a brown suit with glasses.

A group stands for an event in Alert Bay

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1970

Part of 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.

A. Hawthorn, M. Rowan