Three model totem poles carved out of argillite and of various heights standing as a trio against a white backdrop. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “43-3”

Three model totem poles carved out of argillite and of various heights standing as a trio against a white backdrop. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “43-5”

Forest in background.

Photograph depicts three First Nations women facing the camera.

Photograph depicts three First Nations women posed in front of a house.

Photograph depicts three unidentified men standing in front of an Indigenous totem pole.

Photograph depicts three Indigenous totem carvings in front of various buildings on the shoreline.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Poling supplies up Nass River".

Photograph depicts three young, First Nations girls standing in front of a memorial totem pole with houses and a forested environment visible in the background. Photographer’s stamp on verso: “W.E. Nicholson, 268 E. 10th, Vancouver 10, B.C.”

Photograph depicts two small children standing with snowshoes in front of wolf pelts hung from a pole in snow-cleared area, miscellaneous items throughout. Forest in background. Typed annotation on recto of photograph: "Wolf pelts, taken at Teslin Lake B.C." See also items 2009.5.2.66 & 2009.5.2.67.

Miscellaneous items are scattered in yard behind totem, house partially visible in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Insert this illustration in Chapt. II. No. 2. 'Tlingit Totem.'"

Groups of men and women can be seen gathered on paths between two large totem poles.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Totem Park Pr Rupert park."

Image depicts a totem pole at an uncertain location, possibly in Gitwinksihlkw, B.C.

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

Photograph depicts a totem pole supported by ropes at the Skidegate museum.

Photograph depicts a totem pole supported by ropes at Skidegate museum, Queen Charlotte Islands.

Photograph depicts a totem pole at Skidegate museum, Queen Charlotte Islands.

Photograph depicts a totem pole supported by ropes at Skidegate museum, Queen Charlotte Islands.

Photograph depicts a totem pole supported by ropes at Skidegate museum, Queen Charlotte Islands.

Photograph depicts a totem pole supported by ropes at the Skidegate museum.

Photograph depicts a totem pole supported by ropes at Skidegate museum, Queen Charlotte Islands.

Photograph depicts a rear view of a totem pole supported by ropes at Skidegate museum, Queen Charlotte Islands.

Photograph depicts members of the Kispiox community carrying a totem pole. Photograph also depicts elders with black, red, and white button blankets.

Photograph depicts a totem pole supported by ropes at Kitamaat Village.

Photograph depicts a totem pole supported by ropes at Kitamaat Village.

Photograph depicts a totem pole standing on what appears to be a large wooden deck or boardwalk, view of the city in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Totem pole in park in Prince Rupert".

Photograph depicts a totem pole standing amidst a forested environment. Handwritten annotations on verso read: “Raven, ?, Sea Lions, Grizzly Bear, Dzondgwa”; “Kwakiutl Pole, Alert Bay & Fort Rupert” photographer’s stamp on verso: “W.E. Nicholson, 268 E. 10th, Vancouver 10, B.C.”

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."

Photograph depicts two totem poles and a Union Jack at the opening of the Haisla Recreation Centre in Kitamaat Village.

Photograph depicts two large totem poles on either side of the front steps of Kwakwaka'wakw cedar plank houses. An unidentified woman and three small children can be seen in foreground. A second building stands in background on right. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph states: "New Hazelton". However, this annotation has been determined to be incorrect; this photograph is believed to depict Alert Bay. The nearest tall pole seen in the picture may be "Raven of the Sea" carved by Mungo Martin in 1902.

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."

Unidentified people stand around and between totem poles. A row of buildings and snowy mountain peaks are visible in the background. Location is believed to be Kingcome Indian Village

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".