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British Columbia Canada Collection (page 2)

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: Map of the Alaskan gold fields, 1897. Creator: T. S. Lee

Map of the Alaskan gold fields, 1897. Creator: T. S. Lee
Map of the Alaskan gold fields, 1897. Beginning in the mid-19th century, gold was discovered in a succession of strikes along the western coast of the United States in an ascending arc

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: Sailing-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Sailing-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sailing-Qagyuhl, c1914. Three Kwakiutl people in a canoe with a single sail

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: Sisiutl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Sisiutl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sisiutl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Sisiutl, one of the main dancers in the Winter Dance ceremonies, wearing a double-headed serpent mask and shirt made of hemlock boughs

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: An incident of the Winter Dance-Nakoaktok, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

An incident of the Winter Dance-Nakoaktok, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
An incident of the Winter Dance-Nakoaktok, c1914. Kwakiutl people, some bowing before totem poles in background, others seated facing front as part of the nunhlim ceremony

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: Mamalelekala chief's mortuary house, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Mamalelekala chief's mortuary house, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mamalelekala chief's mortuary house, c1914

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: A Tsunukwa at Kwaustums, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

A Tsunukwa at Kwaustums, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Tsunukwa at Kwaustums, c1914. A Dzoonokwa (or Tsunukwa) totem pole measuring over 20 feet tall, depicting a figure with hands outstretched to receive dowry from the wife's family

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: Paqusilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Paqusilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Paqusilahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Dancer representing Paqusilahl ("man of the ground embodiment"), wearing a mask and shirt covered with hemlock boughs, representing paqus, a wild man of the woods

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: A fair breeze, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

A fair breeze, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A fair breeze, c1914. Kwakiutl in canoes, British Columbia

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: The wedding party - Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The wedding party - Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The wedding party - Qagyuhl, c1914. Photograph shows Kwakwa ka wakw wedding party in two canoes at shoreline; bride and groom stand on "bride's seat" in the stern as a relative of

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: Hamasaka in Tluwulahu costume with speaker's staff-Qagyuhl [principal chief], c1914

Hamasaka in Tluwulahu costume with speaker's staff-Qagyuhl [principal chief], c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hamasaka in Tluwulahu costume with speaker's staff-Qagyuhl [principal chief], c1914. Hamasaka, a Kwakiutl chief, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: Launching a Canoe - Nayas Indians, 1855 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin

Launching a Canoe - Nayas Indians, 1855 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Launching a Canoe - Nayas Indians, 1855/1869. British Columbia. 1855

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: Three Selish Indians, 1855 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin

Three Selish Indians, 1855 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Three Selish Indians, 1855/1869. U-na-sits (a warrior who had taken five scalps) with Oo-na (in tunic made of bear skin) and See-cha (wife of the warrior) on the coast of the Pacific

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: Excavating a Canoe - Nayas Indians, 1855 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin

Excavating a Canoe - Nayas Indians, 1855 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
Excavating a Canoe - Nayas Indians, 1855/1869. British Columbia. 1855

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: Mt. Sir Donald, Matterhorn of North American Alps, B. C. Canada, c1930s. Creator: Unknown

Mt. Sir Donald, Matterhorn of North American Alps, B. C. Canada, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Mt. Sir Donald, Matterhorn of North American Alps, B.C. Canada, c1930s. From " Tour of the World". [Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa. New York, Chicago, London]

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: The Harbor and Parliament Buildings at Victoria, B. C. Canada, c1930s. Creator: Unknown

The Harbor and Parliament Buildings at Victoria, B. C. Canada, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
The Harbor and Parliament Buildings at Victoria, B.C. Canada, c1930s. From " Tour of the World". [Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa. New York, Chicago, London]

Background imageBritish Columbia Canada Collection: Glacial View in the Canadian Rockies... B.C. Canada, 1903. Creator: Unknown

Glacial View in the Canadian Rockies... B.C. Canada, 1903. Creator: Unknown
Glacial View in the Canadian Rockies - The Magnificent Sculpture of Summers Sun, Glacier. B.C. Canada, 1903. View of the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia. Stereocard



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