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Close view of Metlakatla Church
2009.7.1.036 · Item · [between 1874 and 1901]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Large church stands behind white fence, unidentified man visible on front steps. Photograph depicts the first church built in Metlakatla, which was burned in a fire in 1901, and replaced in 1903.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "With love, from your two old friends JH [& AM Keen?]".

Totem Pole in park at Prince Rupert, BC
2009.7.1.049 · Item · [ca. 1930?]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

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".

2009.7.1.055 · Item · [between 1903 and 1914]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

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.

New church building at Metlakatla, BC
2009.7.1.058 · Item · [1903?]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Photograph depicts fenced area in front of church building with turret. Other community buildings can be seen in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Metlakatla Church. Replacement for larger church lost in village fire 1903?" See also item 2009.7.1.55 for similar image depicting new church building at Metlakatla, B.C.

Ridley residence and mission house in Metlakatla, BC
2009.7.1.059 · Item · [ca. 1900?]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Photograph depicts an unidentified man walking on path in front of Bishop Ridley's home. Several children can be seen in fenced yard in midground.

Handwritten annotation below image reads: "Ridley Home and Mission house Metlakahtla."; on verso: "Chapter XXVII / Heading for Chapter / Ridley Home Metlakahtla".

First Nations jail at Metlakatla, BC
2009.7.1.061 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Photograph depicts a man and woman standing on steps to a round tower in fenced area. Roofs of other buildings can be seen below on right; water and shore visible in background.

Printed on image: "Indian Jail, Metlatkla".

2009.7.1.068 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Photograph has been altered with drawings of people on shore fighting canoes approaching the town. Buildings stand behind fenced and walled areas in background.

Handwritten annotation below image reads: "Drawing by F.A., old Hudson B. [...?]"; on verso: "27. To head Chapter III. No. 2. Tsimshians and Haidas fighting on shore at Fort Simpson."

Monument at Port Simpson, BC
2009.7.1.070 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Tall monument featuring a man's profile stands in foreground. Base of monument features writing on plaques.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "No. 30 Paul [Segaics?] Monument at Port Simpson".

Haida tombs in Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC
2009.7.1.076 · Item · [between 1876 and 1915]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

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).

Mortuary totem pole at Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC
2009.7.1.080 · Item · October 1913
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

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".

2009.7.1.086 · Item · [1898?]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

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.

Nisga Chief Albert Allen with bear skins at Kincolith, BC
2009.7.1.109 · Item · [ca. 1900 - ca. 1930]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Chief Allen sits in chair on raised wooden platform, with bear skin over his knee, and two more bear skins laid on wood blocks in front of him. House stands behind picket fence in background. Pot and pan sit to right of chair in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Albert Allen Kincolith (Nisga Chief)".

Unidentified First Nations village
2009.7.1.163 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Shoreline perspective of an unidentified coastal village situated on B.C.’s north coast. European style houses run parallel to a rocky shore. Seven men and one child stand within this frame and totem poles and a mortuary pole are also visible along the shoreline.

Children at play
2009.7.1.164 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Parte de Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Seven young boys enjoying a game of tug-a-war alongside a wooden track. Track runs along a picket fence through a village. A small girl watches the fun from the sidelines and older woman carries a basket in the background. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Native children at play”.

The Vancouver Supply Company building
2013.6.36.1.002.023 · Item · [May 1965]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the building for the Vancouver Supply Company located at 25 Alexander St. in Vancouver, B.C. It is at the center of the old downtown and may have been a former fire hall.

Former C.P.R. route in Vancouver, B.C.
2013.6.36.1.002.025 · Item · [May 1965]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the former C.P.R. route connecting existing False Creek rail yards and the Burrard shoreline main line. The view is looking southwest from the intersection of Powell St. (in foreground) and Columbia St. (not seen) in Vancouver.

Grand Central Hotel in south Vancouver
2013.6.36.1.002.043 · Item · [July 1965]
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Grand Central Hotel at the intersection of Marpole Ave and Hudson St. in south Vancouver. The hotel was built in 1912 by J.J. Graver and run from 1913-1915. It re-opened in 1920 as a home for incurables (veterans). In 1937 it became the provincial infirmary and closed in May 1965.

Site of former C.P.R. connection in Vancouver
2013.6.36.1.002.054 · Item · Sept. 1965
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the site of a former C.P.R. connection between the mainline into Vancouver and False Creek yards at West Pender St. In Vancouver. The rails are not used but still appear in the street and on the parking lot on the far side. Another parallel set of tracks 30 yards to the east are in daily use.

Barn at Darfield, B.C.
2013.6.36.1.002.066 · Item · Oct. 1965
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a barn at Darfield, near Barriere, about 35 miles north of Kamloops. The English timbered cottage developed from this architectural form.

Disused schoolhouse in Delta, B.C.
2013.6.36.1.002.101 · Item · Apr. 1966
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a disused schoolhouse with the dates "1925" and "1902" on it. It is on River Rd. on the south bank of the Fraser River in Delta, opposite the west end of Annacis Island.

Painting on fence outside a court house in Vancouver, B.C.
2013.6.36.1.002.119 · Item · Apr. 1966
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a painting on a fence outside a courthouse on Howe St. in Vancouver, B.C. The painting shows the natural grandeur of B.C. partially blocked out by a super motel with a bewildered moose forced to become an ornamental fountain. The whole forecourt is being bulldozed to make way for the Centennial fountain.