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Alert Bay Carving
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Promenade, Alert Bay B.C., Canada

Promenade, Alert Bay B.C., Canada

Commercial postcard printed with a photograph of a wooden promenade in Alert Bay, B.C. A number of people are walking on the promenade, which sits at the bottom of a small hill. A number of structures and a totem pole are visible on the hillside. A handwritten annotation on the verso of the photograph reads: "The first building is the [?] hall & the 2nd building is the b[?] house, they are right across from the store. The house on the hill is the bookkeeper's house."

Cemetery

Cemetery

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039004
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

    • Part of John Mennie fonds

Two poles in mid-ground mixed with cross-bearing grave marker at proper right foreground

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039007
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

    • Part of John Mennie fonds

Labelled: "Totem Poles Alert Bay B.C." View over wire fence. One pole at centre, mid-ground dominating

Totem poles

Totem poles

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039010
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

    • Part of John Mennie fonds

Winged figure totem pole in foreground near burial site

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039000
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

    • Part of John Mennie fonds

One carving with two figures in proper right foreground, one in background, and one cut-off on proper left edge. These carvings appear to be at a burial site.

Totem pole

Totem pole

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039013
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

    • Part of John Mennie fonds

Single pole centre as part of a decorated fence. Top figure is a sun.

Totem poles at cemetery

Totem poles at cemetery

  • 30-30-01-30-01-01-a039210
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

    • Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of totem poles in the cemetery. The harbour and adjacent buildings also appear. Item is inscribed, "INDIAN CEMETERY. ALERT BAY. B.C."

Totem poles

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

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

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

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]

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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