Foreground shows a rocky shore covered in debris. A small crowd is visible along the coastline, and there are foggy outlines of hills beyond the water. Annotation on recto reads: "McRae Bros After the Blast 24th Apr. 13."
Photograph depicts village buildings along shore.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "67 Section of Massett as it is".
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: "Massett in Winter dress."
Wide angle photograph of a crowd milling around railroad tracks. A large pile of rubble and various buildings are visible on the right side. Annotation on recto reads: "After the Blast 21 Jan 1914 McRae Bros Photo."
Photograph depicts large buildings on shore. Three unidentified individuals can be seen walking on dock in foreground.
Printed on image: "METLAKATLA B.C. / McRAE BROS"; handwritten annotation on verso reads: "A section of Metlakahtla, showing Church & Schoolhouse." See also item 2009.7.1.58 for similar image also featuring the new church building at Metlakatla, B.C.
Group of men and women pose by large building. W.H. Collison sits second from left in second row, W.E. Collison stands third from right in back.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Early synod of the Anglican Church at Prince Rupert B.C."
Photograph depicts a large ship behind dock buildings. Railroad crosses foreground, hills visible on shore in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Drydock Prince Rupert".
Photograph depicts buildings visible through clearing in trees. Water crosses foreground, hills visible in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Dry dock / Prince Rupert B.C."
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."
Photograph depicts totem poles (crest poles?) in front of lodge buildings on river shore. Canoes can be seen floating in foreground, hills in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Chapter XII. Number 1. Section of Indian Village on Nass River showing lodges and totems".
Photograph depicts a totem pole supported by smaller poles, and a second totem pole standing straight in background. Beach in foreground, fence and hills in distance.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Falling greatness, Chapt. XXI No. 5, A Chief's Totem Pole inclined to fall. [Gitaix?] Encampment, Nass River. Five illustration for Chapt. XXI."
Two carved poles stand in foreground, a third smaller pole visible by wood structure in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "For heading of Page 12. Fin Back Whale Crest. [?] Totems, S.E. Alaska".
Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of wooden houses on right. Hills on shoreline visible in background.
Handwritten annotations on verso read: "West Coast QCIs."; "[Old?] Kassan Alaska."
Four women and one child stand on shore in foreground. Village buildings and totem poles (crest poles?) stand in background against forest.
Group stands and sits in front of a large building. W.H. Collison stands fifth from left, W.E. Collison on far right.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Synod at Prince Rupert BC".
Three men can be seen carrying bundles across bridge above river, forest on shore in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Upper Nass River. Chapt. XXII. No. 4. An Indian Bridge on a canyon."
Group of eight men and seven children stand in front of crest pole on unidentified building.
Handwritten annotation below image reads: "[..?] Alaska. Indian Totem Pole, Eagle Crest South Eastern Alaska."; on verso: "Chapter XXI Illustrations No. 2. [Kinnanook?] Section of Indian Village showing Totem pole of Eagle crest."
Group of men and women pose by large building. W.H. Collison sits second from left in front, W.E. Collison stands third from right in back.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Anglican Church Synod / Prince Rupert".
Photograph depicts two men standing at base of totem pole in front of large elaborate lodge building with post reading "MINESQU". Smaller structure stands in background (elevated cache?).
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Chapter XXIV. No. 3. A chief's lodge and totem Nass River."
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.'"
Child stands in distance beside tall totem pole. Tree stumps in foreground, forest and mountains in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "[Sanabati near Upper Queen?] Kasaan Alaska".
Canoes sit on shore in foreground beside village buildings. A dock is visible above water in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Alert Bay Indian Ranch No. 14 Alert Bay. To be shown on page 69 or 70, re Alert Bay Mission."
Group stands and sits on front steps of rectory. Left to right: Rev. William Edwin Collison, Mabel and John Maxwell Collison, Alice Collison. (William, Max, and Alice are sons and daughter of Archdeacon W.H. Collison).
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Dad & Auntie Al with Aunt May & Uncle Max at the rectory St. Luke's church [...?]".
Group stands in front of a large building, W.H. Collison on left.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Arch. WH Collison / Bishop [Du Vernet?] / Arch. Bish. [Du Pencior?] at Prince Rupert".
Photograph depicts a large ship behind dock buildings. Railroad crosses foreground, hills visible on shore in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Ship in Pr. Rupert dry dock during Great War 1915?".
Photograph depicts a large ship behind dock buildings. Railroad crosses foreground, hills visible on shore in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Pr. Rupert Drydock".
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).
Photograph depicts a tomb elevated over grassy area.
Handwritten annotation on image reads: "26. Front of Indian tomb."; on verso: "Upper Nass River."
Two carved poles stand in front of a wide wooden building. Forest in background.
Printed below image: "OLD KAGAAN TOTEMS, KETCHIKAN, ALASKA".
Marion sits to left of husband Archdeacon William Henry, small boy in between. Young children sit and stand in foreground, Katherine 'Katy' and Muriel 'Mimi' stand in background (daughters of W.E. Collison). The group poses in front of a wood door, ivy on either side.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Grand-dad (Arch. W.H. Collison) & Grannie with grandchildren at Kincolith".
Marion sits to left of husband Archdeacon William Henry, beside five small children. Muriel 'Mimi' Collison (daughter of W.E. Collison) stands on right holding a younger grandchild.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Arch. WH Collison & Mrs Collison with grand-children at Kincolith".
Village can be seen in distance. Large church building stands in centre, hills in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "For heading of Page 18. Kincolith or 'The Rock of Scalps.' Section of Kincolith [...]"
Photograph depicts tall building, with long shorter section crossing midground in front. Path runs through garden in foreground.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Back of Mission House Kincolith".
Village can be seen in distance. Large church building stands in centre, hills in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Grand Dad on beach at Kincolith".
Photograph of the Prince Rupert wharf. A small vessel is docked, and a large tree is in the foreground. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert Wharf & Harbor. Allen Photo." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "766[?]"
Close up photograph of a large residential building in a freshly clear cut area. To the right of the main building is the church and an unidentified commercial building. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert, BC 1660."
Wide angle photograph of Prince Rupert sometime during the winter. There is snow on the ground and a marge mountain range is visible in the background. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert looking East from Waterworks J.D.A Pho 5/2."
Archdeacon W.H. Collison and an unidentified man on the "Dawn," Collison's boat. Forested hills and several buildings are visible in the background. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "The 'Dawn' Archdeacon Collison's boat."
Photograph of a factory on the shoreline amidst a forested area. The factory is emitting steam or smoke and has a white exterior. Annotation on recto reads "Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. Prince Rupert BC."
Photo of the Prince Rupert harbour. Many buildings are visible along the shoreline. Annotation on recto reads: "Harbour, Prince Rupert BC. 1658." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Early Prince Rupert. Good view of Metlakatla Passage in distance- showery[?] Wolf Island."
Many rows of pews span foreground. Banners hanging in front of sanctuary read: "THE ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM, FEAR NOT, BEHOLD I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY WHICH SHALL BE TO ALL PEOPLE".
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Port [?] Church Interior."
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.
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."
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."
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Old church - Kincolith Nass River BC".
Chicken wire crosses foreground, hills visible in background.
Photograph depicts large church to left of a tower structure. Power lines cross foreground, and other buildings can be seen in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "New Church Kincolith Nass River BC".
Buildings visible on shore in distance.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Amidst drift ice on Fishing Bay Nass River. Insert at Page 38. Indian Fishing Encampment".