Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Totem pole

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039228
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a glass plate negative of a totem pole. Item is labelled, "TOTEM POLES. ALERT BAY. B.C"

Totem pole and buildings

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039233
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a glass plate negative of a totem pole and adjacent buildings. Item is labelled, "Indian Village, Alert Bay BC"

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039003
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Multiple totem poles: View down road at docks. Power line with forest and totem poles at proper left

Indian totem pole - Alert Bay, BC

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039006
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

One totem pole. Labelled: "Indian Totem Pole. Alert Bay B.C." "Indian" also printed on non-image area, proper right

Totem pole

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039009
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Pole in foreground. Building and boardwalk in background

Totem pole

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039016
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Pole mid-ground centre. Lower figure has arms outstretched.

Totem poles at cemetery

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039208
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of totem poles in the cemetery. Item is inscribed, "INDIAN CEMETARY (sic). ALERT BAY B.C."

Buildings/places

30-30-01-30-01-11-a039148
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of buildings, totem poles and harbour. Lower portion of photo is inscribed, "Indian Village Alert Bay BC"

Kwakwaka'wakw

1-4-C-2 (61.2-5; 62.1-4)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains a combination of images of Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts housed in various museums and images of historical Kwakwaka'wakw villages on Vancouver Island and along the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Artifacts include totem poles, bentwood boxes, carvings, masks, and Kwakwaka'wakw artwork such as paintings and drawings. There are historical photographs of the following villages: Gwat'sinuxw (Quatsino), Kwikwasutinuxw (Gilford Island), A'wa'etlala Village (Knight's Inlet), Mamalikala (Village Island), Wiwekalu Village of T'la'mataxw (Campbell River), Kwixa Village (Salmon River), Dunaxda'xw Village (New Vancouver), and Gwa'sala Village (Smith Inlet). The textual records include information about some of the photographs, identifying items such as the people, the villages, and/or the artifacts depicted in the photographs.

Indian Village Alert Bay, B. C.

81-04-a033234
Item
[195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of Indian Village at Alert Bay, B. C. Several wooded houses are depicted, and three feature totem poles in front of the structures.

Totem Pole Alert Bay, B. C.

81-04-a033236
Item
[195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of totem pole from Alert Bay, B. C. depicting two figures: a man with a bird sitting on his head. Pole appears to be standing in an open area with trees in the background. Lower right corner contains the initials E. T. See also images a033242, a033247, and a033260, which depicts this same image.

Totem Pole Alert Bay, B. C.

81-04-a033235
Item
[195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of totem pole from Alert Bay, B. C. depicting a man wearing a brimmed hat. Pole appears to be standing in an open area with trees visible in the distance. Postcard title says "3."

Main Street in Alert Bay

Part of Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of a street with five totems. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Alert Bay.

Totem Pole in Alert Bay

Part of Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of a totem with a building in the background and a boat in the foreground with low tide. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay.

Henry Speck carving house posts for Bighouse in Alert Bay

81-05-a033146
Item
1964

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of two house posts being carved in a carving shed in Alert Bay, BC. Henry Speck smiles in foreground and two other carvers can be seen behind him.

Henry Speck carving house posts for Bighouse in Alert Bay

81-05-a033142
Item
1964

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of two house posts being carved in a carving shed, in Alert Bay, BC. Three people, including Henry Speck, can be seen working on the posts.

Woman next to thunderbird totem pole

81-05-a033066
Item
1960

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a woman posing next to an unidentified 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.

Carver with Feast Dish in Alert Bay

Part of Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of a carver with a feast dish in front of a house. There are five children and one adult in the background. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay.