- 94-a034830
- Item
- 1948
Parte de Stanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts a rural dirt thoroughfare with brush on either side of the road. The terrain is somewhat hilly.
Parte de Stanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts a rural dirt thoroughfare with brush on either side of the road. The terrain is somewhat hilly.
Parte de Stanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts a rural church standing in a clearing with mountains in the distance. This may be St. Paul`s Anglican Church in Kitwanga.
Parte de Stanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts three totem poles, standing in an open area. Read's note under this photo indicates that the pole on the left may by a Snag-of-the-Sand-Bar pole from the House of Chief Skogum Laxhe. The pole on the right may be Chief Laxhe`s Hat-of-Tsagyem-hanak Pole. See also item a034837 for a closeup of the Snag-of-the-Sand-Bar pole.
Carving of Grizzly Bear of the Water
Parte de Stanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts a carving of a creature that resembles a bear--with fins. The carving sits on a wooden structure, possibly a carver's bench. Several buildings can be seen behind the carving platform.
Parte de Stanley E. Read fonds
Read's note cards detail information about three groups of totem poles and contain text and page references to Marius Barbeau's book, Totem Poles of the Gitksan, Upper Skeena River, British Columbia (published by the Canada Department of Mines and the National Museum of Canada, 1929).
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is a posed portrait of a seated older girl and younger boy standing on a footstool holding hands. The girl and boy are dressed formally. It appears to be an albumen print on a carte de visite. Photographer information printed on verso with the inscription "S. A. Spencer, FORT STREET, Victoria, B. C." A handwritten inscription reads "[illegible] Reid + boy"
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Portrait of man holding his hat
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is a posed portrait of a man leaning on a bannister in formal clothes, holding his hat in front of a studio painted background depicting what appears to be a column and an urn with a floral arrangement. Photographer information printed underneath image reads "B. F. Howland, Artist." Inscription printed on verso reads "B. F. HOWLAND & CO. PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY 25 & 27 Third St. East Side Near Market SAN FRANSISCO, CAL." An additional printed inscription reads "The Negative from which this Picture is made will be preserved; any quantity of copies can be had by leaving your order at the above Gallery. Cartes de Visite $ 3 per doz. Vignettes $ 4.00 per doz. Duplicates $ 2.00 per doz." Printed prices appear to have been over written by hand in ink.
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Portrait of Crosby seated with another man
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is a posed portrait of Reverend Thomas Crosby seated facing another man. Crosby is holding a book open in one hand and gesturing with the other. Verso contains handwritten inscriptions: "no. 6", "Crosby + old ?"
Portrait of man posed with table with a floral tablecloth
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is a portrait of a man dressed formally and posed next to a table with a floral tablecloth. Verso contains the following handwritten inscriptions. "enlarge e2893 head + shoulders only and 1 3/8 X 2 # 150 Ba?", "His first or babys name. This was second name or last name given by his people" are inscribed in pencil. Inscribed overtop in pen is "Satana Sallasel?" Inscribed in blue coloured pencil is a circled number "29".
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is a portrait of a man in a seated pose with his thumbs in his pockets. Inscription under image in red ink reads "Captain John." On the verso are the following inscriptions: in red ink, "no. 17", and in black ink "Captain John Sualles".
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
[Fort Rupert woman wrapped in blanket, B. C.]
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is a posed portrait of a woman wrapped in a blanket and standing next to a woven sack on a tiled floor. The woman wears a headscarf. Handwritten inscription on verso reads "Fort Rupert woman B. C."
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
[Portrait of woman seated on floor with textiles]
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is a posed portrait of a woman seated on the floor with arms folded. The woman is wearing a blanket that appears to be a wool trade blanket and is seated next to what appear to be textiles.
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is a head and shoulders portrait of a woman in what appears to be a wool trade blanket and a boy. Handwritten inscription on verso reads "Natives ? B.C."