Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

A break from carving

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[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts Doug Cranmer taking a break from carving. He sits on a wooden stool with his chain saw at his feet.

A tree for a pole

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[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a felled tree which will possibly become a totem pole.

Aerial view of Haida House

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[1962?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Aerial view of Haida House after construction and carvings were complete. The date of the annotation must be incorrect as the double mortuary pole and the house front totem pole were not completed until 1962.

Aerial view of Haida House

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[1962?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Aerial view of Haida House after construction and carvings were complete. The date of the annotation must be incorrect as the double mortuary pole and the house front totem pole were not completed until 1962.

Bill Reid and an interior house post

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1960?

Part of MOA 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 and Doug Cranmer

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[1962?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving the front plate of a mortuary pole to be displayed near the Haida house at totem park.

Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving

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[1961?]

Part of MOA 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.

Bill Reid's pole at Totem Park

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[1963?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Section of a house frontal totem pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer for the Haida House complex at Totem Park.

Bill Reid's pole at UBC Totem Park

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[1963?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Section of the mortuary totem pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer for the Haida House complex at Totem Park.

Bill Reid's work at UBC totem park

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[1963?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Section of a memorial totem pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer for the Haida House complex in Totem Park.

Carving a partially finished totem pole

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[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a man, possibly Douglas Cranmer, carving on a partially finished totem pole as a man and woman look on. Vintage cars are visible in the background.

Carving a pole

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[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a pole that has been partially carved. A carver, probably Doug Cranmer, uses an adze.

Carving a pole

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[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts Doug Cranmer carving a nearly completed pole. Visible figures include Thunderbird and Bear; this may be the St. Catherines, Ontario Centennial Confederation pole, carved in 1967.

Carving a pole

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[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a carver, possibly Godfrey Hunt, carving on a totem pole. He is possibly using a file.

Carving a pole

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[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts Doug Cranmer in the early stages of carving a totem pole.

Carving a pole with a chain saw

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[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts Douglas Cranmer in the early stages of carving a totem pole. The pole is outside. He is preparing to use a chain saw to make the early cuts to a pole. Markings are visible, showing where he will cut.