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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.

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.

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.

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.

Bear killed at Kinsquit(?)
2004.2.1.67 · Item · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts a man holding a rifle over a dead bear in front of a wooden building. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Bear killed at Kinsquit(?)"

Cannery buildings
2004.2.1.72 · Item · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts cannery buildings on pilings with a body of water in the foreground and tree covered mountains in the background.

2004.2.1.84 · Item · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts a wooden ferry being steered by one man with two men waiting on a rocky shoreline. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Ferry across Kishpiax at Hazelton"

Tow of cannery fishing boats
2004.2.1.104 · Item · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts a tug boat hauling a line of small fishing boats across the water with a mountain in the background. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Tow of Cannery Fishing boats"

2004.2.1.137 · Item · 1907
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Item is a photo postcard of a painting by C.R. Patterson. This painting can be seen on p. 361 in an article titled "The Quest for the Cetacean" written by C. R. Patterson and published in The Pacific Monthly: A Magazine of Education and Progress (Vol. XX, July-Dec. 1908).

Near Port Simpson
2004.2.1.139 · Item · [between 1910 and 1920]
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts a wooden boat run aground on a sandy beach. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "near Port Simpson"

G.T.P. S.S. "Prince George"
2004.2.1.147 · Item · [between 1910 and 1920]
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts the steamship Prince George docked on the water with buildings in the background. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "G.T.P. S.S. "Prince George"

The Hospital at Hazelton
2004.2.1.160 · Item · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts numerous buildings with a grassy field in the foreground and a mountain range in the background. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "The Hospital at Hazelton"

Kitamaat Girls Home
2004.2.1.162 · Item · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts a multi-level home with chopped wood in the foreground and a forested area in the background. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Kitamaat Girls Home"

Kitamaat E.L.M. Home
2004.2.1.163 · Item · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts four women on the front porch of a multi-level home. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Kitamaat E.L.M. Home"