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Handwritten annotations read: "At rest, after a rough passage of two days and a night from Massett, Queen Charlotte's Islands by canoe - W.H. Collison and Mrs. Collison with Indians from Masset"; "Archdeacon Collison Indian Canoe & Crew. Return from Queen Charlotte's Islands, Haida & Tsimshian Crew [...?]" Archdeacon and Mrs. Collison sit in centre of canoe.

Photograph depicts many crest poles in front of wooden homes. An unidentified family can be seen sitting by house in centre. Wood pile and path in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on image reads: "Masset Queen Charlotte's Islands, Crest Poles / Masset with Totems."; on verso: "Chap. XIII. No. 1 This photo to be copied as an illustration on 1st page or I Chapt. 'Section of Massett, Haida Encampment showing Totems. Queen Charlotte's Islands.' For heading of page 2 of Trophies."

Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "No. 54. Old tombs & totems. / to Haida graves Massett".

Two tombs stand in foreground, each consisting of a horizontal box held by two hollow posts sunk in the ground.

Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Tombs. ? Massett".

Caption under printed version of photo in W.H. Collison's book 'In the Wake of the War Canoe': "At Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. The side-posts are solid and sunk in the ground. The horizontal piece is hollow, and contains the corpse. These tombs are now falling through decay." (see page 216).

Three unidentified men stand by poles in foreground, wood houses and crest poles visible in background.

Printed below image: "Totem Poles, Massett, Q.C. Island, B.C. "; "T.N. Hibbon & Co., Victoria, B.C. [crossed through with ink]"; handwritten below: "The old style giving way to the new."

Large bear carving sits on top of wide pole, erected in memory of a chief of the Bear crest. Lines of houses stand in background.

Printed below image: "Totem Pole. Old Massett. Q.C.I / J.D. Allen photo Co."; handwritten below: "Mortuary Pole Bear [Crest?]"; on verso: "For Chapt. XIX. The old style and the new. Mortuary Pole & modern houses. No. 3. W.H.C. Oct. [6/ ?] 13".

Photograph depicts village buildings along shore.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "67 Section of Massett as it is".

Photograph depicts village buildings along shore.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Massett in Winter dress."

Photograph depicts large church in fenced area, mission house visible behind trees in background.

Printed on image: "The Church. Old Massett. Q.C.I. / J.D. Allen. Photo. C."

Photographs depict large building in fenced area, trees in yard and in background.

Handwritten annotations on verso read: "Mission House at Massett QCIs"; "Mission House at Massett - Mother & Dad lived there."

Group of eight men wearing suits and ties pose with Reverend Collison (oldest son of Marion & Archdeacon W.H. Collison).

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Rev. W. E. Collison & his Lay Readers at Massett, Q.C.Is.”

Young boy stands among bushes in snow, totel pole in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “WE Collison Totem on QCIsl."

Rev. W.E. Collison sits to left of totem pole, smoking a pipe (oldest son of Marion and Archdeacon W.H. Collison). Log fence can be seen in front of forest in right background.

Handwritten annotations on verso read: “W.E. Collison at Massett, QCIs."; "Dad beside totem pole".

The pair sits on ground beside large totem pole, Bertha on left (wife of W.E. Collison). Log fence can be seen in front of forest in right background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Mother & Josie Edenshaw at Massett".

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of a line of houses. Blanketed canoes sit on beach in right foreground; forest in background.

Handwritten annotations on verso read: “skidegate village Queen Charlotte Islands as it appeared forty years ago"; "Rev W.E. Collison Prince Rupert"; "Hughes"; "1".

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of a line of houses. Blanketed canoes sit on beach in right foreground; forest in background.

Handwritten annotations on verso read: “Haida Encampment [crossed through with line]"; "Skidegate Queen Charlottes Islands / To illustrate Introduction / Introduction Trophies from a Song [Trail?] Page 1 Heading."

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of a line of houses. Sandy beach in foreground, forest on hill in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Kai sun W. Coast Q.C.I."

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of wood building, hills visible in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Poles on QC Isl."

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of forest trees, fallen logs on beach in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Indian Totems along beach on Q.C. Islands"

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of remains of wood structures, forest visible in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "A deserted Village, Q.C. Islands [...]" (various notes crossed through on verso).

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of remains of wood structures built along sandy shore. View from above, forest on hill in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "[? illegible] Deserted village West Coast QCIs."

Photograph depicts an unidentified individual leaning against a large overturned dugout canoe; barrel, bucket, and wood planks in foreground. Houses and other buildings can be seen on shore above beach, and two unidentified individuals stand in distance on far right.

Handwritten annotations on verso read: “Haida canoe on beach at Masset / ? 1898”; “No. 4 Page 5. Haida Canoe ready for steaming to [widen?] out and finish.”

An original negative of this photograph is held by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, no. 26664.

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "31. Indian Village near Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts a number of log homes situated near a river; a wooden bridge is visible in the right midground. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

Photograph depicts rows of grave markers in foreground, fence and buildings in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso “Indian cemetery, Reserve #1 South Fort George".

Typed annotation on recto: "Indians of the Stuart Lake Section British Columbia." Two children in traditional dress, the younger wrapped in decorative flowered blanket, being carried on the back of the older. Side of wood building in background.

Typed annotation on recto: "Indian Girl at Fort St. James Stuart Lake, B.C." Young woman smoking in front of unidentified building.

Typed annotation on recto: "Indian papoose at Fort St. James Stuart Lake, B.C." Child, wrapped in plaid blanket, being carried on back of woman in a field, other people in background.

Close up of Elder First Nations woman in front of unidentified building. Typed annotation on recto: "Carrier Indian Squaw at Tachi Village Stuart Lake Section - B.C."

Typed annotation on recto: "Tachi Village Indians (Carrier Tribe) Stuart Lake, B.C." Close up of an older woman with a small child on either side. The woman is smoking a pipe, and unidentified buildings can be seen in background.

Image depicts the historical village of 'Ksan near Hazelton, B.C.

Image depicts a totem pole in the historical village of 'Ksan near Hazelton, B.C.

Image depicts a group of people in the historical village of 'Ksan near Hazelton, B.C.

Image depicts numerous totem poles in Kispiox, B.C.

Image depicts numerous totem poles in Kispiox, B.C.

Image depicts numerous totem poles in Kispiox, B.C.

Image depicts a large gathering of people in the interior of a First Nations' longhouse located in the historical village of 'Ksan in Hazelton, B.C.

Image depicts the 'Ksan historical village in Hazelton, B.C.

Image depicts the 'Ksan historical village in Hazelton, B.C.

Image depicts numerous totem poles in Kispiox, B.C.

Image depicts numerous totem poles in Kispiox, B.C.

Image depicts numerous totem poles in Kispiox, B.C.

Image depicts the historical village of 'Ksan in Hazelton, B.C.

Image depicts the Battle Hill National Historic Site in Kitwanga, B.C.. The sign located there says: "The small knoll in the valley was a native fortress. Legends maintain that it was man-made: built to repel marauding coastal tribes. The hill was the scene of local tribal battles, and at one time was crowned with the defenders' buildings. Known as Dhawdezp, the unique mound is a prominent feature in the legends and history of the Indian people."

Image depicts the First Nations village of Pavilion, B.C.

Image depicts two totem poles in Skeena Crossing, B.C.

Image depicts an old, partially burnt totem pole in Kispiox, B.C.

Image depicts a totem pole beside the grave marker of the Chief Lu-dal-da-zuatz, in Kispiox, B.C.

Image depicts the entrance to the historical village of 'Ksan in Hazelton, B.C.

Image depicts a building painted with First Nations art in New Aiyansh.

Image depicts a row of totem poles in Kitwanga, B.C.