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.
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- Personal, institutional and organizational relationships between humans and what they regard as holy, sacred or divine
- Churches and denominations
- Religious orders, groups, and organizations
- Non-traditional religious groups and organizations (eg. cults)
- Individuals (ministers, missionaries, members of religious orders, etc.)
- Schools, charities, missions, and hospitals run by religious groups
- Religious theory and study
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- MemoryBC Subject Groups