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2004.2.1.2 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts several houses and headstones built on a rocky shoreline with water in the foreground. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Canada, B.C. Bella Bella - Indian Missions. Indian Grave houses and monuments"

First Nations family
2004.2.1.45 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts a First Nations family with two older girls both holding young children, two young boys and one older boy all posed for the camera on a porch.

2004.2.1.80 · Item · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts the wooden Hagwilget Bridge spanning a rocky gorge over the Bulkley River. Forested area visible in the background. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "W.W.W. Old Indian Bridge, Bulkley River"

Kitwanga
2004.2.1.64 · Item · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts four Indigenous totem carvings at Kitwanga with two wooden houses in the background.

Namu group around flag pole
2004.2.1.6 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts a crowd gathered near the shore of a body of water around a flag pole, with a band to the left. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Myself accepting the flag pole etc., - Namu crowd in fore-ground - School children around the pole, + Band to the left."

Photographs
2004.2.1 · Series · [ca. 1898]-1960, prominent 1900-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

The images consists primarily of 130+ photographs taken by or belonging to Reverend R.W. Large, MD which depict communities on the Northwest Coast between approximately 1898 and 1920 including Bella Bella, Rivers Inlet, and Port Simpson, including native villages in which Reverend Large worked. Images show scenes of native fishing, canneries, mission hospitals, churches, girls schools, portraits of native families, and Northwest Coast totems. Other images include 25+ photographs and postcards from the Large family depicting ships and boats on the North Coast.

Reverend R.W. Large fonds
2004.2 · Fonds · [ca. 1898]-1960, prominent 1900-1920

Consists of 165 black and white photographs depicting Northwest Coast communities including Bella Bella, Rivers Inlet, Port Simpson, and Prince Rupert between approximately 1900 and 1920. Also includes postcard images of ships and boats on the North Coast belonging to the Large family, from Reverend Large's son Dr. R.G. Large. Also includes 39 colour slides ca. 1960 of ship scenes and weather balloon launches from the Dr. R.G. Large family.

Large, R.W., Rev.
Totem Pole
2004.2.1.13 · Item · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts a totem pole and a tall wooden plant holder in front of a body of water.

2004.2.1.14 · Item · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts a totem pole along a shoreline with canoes overturned at its base. A forested area is visible in the background. Pole is likely on the territory of the Wuikinuxv Nation, also known as the Oweekeno Nation whose traditional territory includes the shores of Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Indian Totem Pole, Rivers Inlet, B.C"

2004.2.1.46 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts a young First Nations man with his little sister posed for the camera on a porch. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Canada B.C. Indian missions A Present day Edwardian Indian boy and his little sister"