Two men in ceremonial dress, Alert Bay
Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection
Portrait of two men in ceremonial dress, one of whom is holding a carved and painted stick. The men are standing in front of a painted board and sheet, in a filed in Alert Bay, BC. Based on the content of related images in this file, this photograph was likely taken at an outdoor event and/or salmon barbecue.
Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection
Photograph of dancers at an outdoor event in Alert Bay, BC.
Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection
Photograph of dancers at an outdoor event in Alert Bay, BC.
Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection
Photograph of a man wearing a mask, at an outdoor event in Alert Bay, BC.
Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection
A man and female child pose with a patriotically decorated bicycle that includes a de jure flag. The child wears a headband and some native clothing. Other people, a pickup truck, and a building are visible in the background.
Fait partie de Public Programming and Education fonds
Fait partie de Public Programming and Education fonds
Fait partie de Public Programming and Education fonds
First Nations Awareness Day with Wally Awasis
Fait partie de Public Programming and Education fonds
Chief Robert Joseph on Residential Schools
Fait partie de Public Programming and Education fonds
To Wash Away the Tears Opening
Fait partie de Public Programming and Education fonds
Letters from the Field- Medecins Sans Frontieres
Fait partie de Public Programming and Education fonds
Peking Opera: The Little Pear Garden Collective Workshop
Fait partie de Public Programming and Education fonds
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Fait partie de Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
Item is a photograph of a procession of people (men, women, children) in ceremonial dress (button blankets, headdresses) walking away from the ferry terminal dock [?] in Alert Bay. The procession is led by Mungo Martin and Daisy Neel. A man dressed in regular clothes, smoking a pipe looks on from the left.
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Fait partie de Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
Item is a photograph of three young women, and two young girls standing in ceremonial dress (button blankets; carved and painted [wolf?] mask; and headdresses made of woven cedar, weasel(?), abalone, and eagle feathers). They are gathered for an event celebrating British Columbia's centennial in Alert Bay in 1958. Daisy Neel is in the centre wearing the frontlet and her twin sisters are the young girls in front of her. Emma Sewid [Seewid; Seaweed?] and Mabel Sewid [Seewid; Seaweed?] are on either sides of them.
Alert Bay Photographs and Postcards
Fait partie de Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
File consists of 7 photographs and 7 postcards purchased by Barwick in Summer 1958. Photographs document a centennial celebration held in Alert Bay in 1958 by a local photographer. Postcard images depict buildings in Alert Bay (St. Michael's Indian Residential School, a community hall, hospital), a cemetery, and totem poles, carvings, and masks and were taken between 1949-1950.
Fait partie de Audrey Hawthorn (MOA Curator) fonds
Subseries consists of files relating to nine special events: the Indian Costume Show (1950), Open House Day (1955), the opening of Totem Park, the Henry Speck (Ozistalis) show (1964), a talk given on aboriginal medicine (1966), Bill Holm’s Indian Dance Group (1967), the opening ceremony for the new museum (1974-1979), the Raven Celebration (1980), the ‘Ksan Poleraising (1980-1981), and the dedication of the museum doors (1976). The records in this subseries consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, memoranda, photographic negatives, ephemera, plans, budgets, financial statements, receipts, a copy of the June 9, 1976 edition of UBC Reports, and a copy of Canadian Art Review VI/I/1979.
Alert Bay, centenary celebrations (?)
Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection
Photograph of a woman and two girls in ceremonial dress, standing outside at an event of some kind. A stage is behind them. Based on details in similar images in this file, it is possible that they are gathered for an event celebrating British Columbia's centenary in 1958.
Painted sheet at Alert Bay event (?)
Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection
Photograph of a painted sheet and small portion of a painted board that are displayed in a field in Alert Bay, BC. Based on the content of related images in this file, this photograph was likely taken at an outdoor event and/or salmon barbecue.
Painted sheet at Alert Bay event (?)
Fait partie de Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection
Photograph of a painted sheet and small portion of a painted board that are displayed in a field in Alert Bay, BC. Based on the content of related images in this file, this photograph was likely taken at an outdoor event and/or salmon barbecue.