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Announcing a Potlatch
This source is a painting of a costumed bird and rowers on a ceremonial dugout canoe, made from a single cedar log. The purpose of the scene depicted was to announce a potlatch which would celebrate a birth or wedding or commemorate a death. The…
Kwakwaka'waks (Ligwilda'xw) Whale Headdress
The Kwakwaka'wak Whale Headdress is an argillite carving created by the Kwakwaka'wak, a Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous people north of the city of Vancouver, collected by Charles F. Newcombe’s from his early 20th-century exploration in British…
Young People's Associations of Metropolitan United Church and Centennial United Church, Victoria, BC, 1930
The source is a black and white picture of both the Young People’s Associations of Metropolitan United Church and Centennial United Church groups from 1930 in Victoria. Both groups are Methodist churches in Canada with Centennial United Church…
The Pacific Canadian
The source is a Pacific Canadian newspaper based in New Westminster, British Columbia. Its targeted audience is the local literate population in the Greater Vancouver area who are aware of local news and politics. It features four pages of news,…
The Wave
The source is a Victoria edition of newspaper called The Wave from the start of the 20th Century that was published in Seattle and San Francisco. Its targeted audience is the local literate population in the Victoria area who are aware of local news…
Interior Salish Basket
The source is an interior Salish basket made from Athapaskan people collected by F. C. Swannell in Pemberton Meadows from 1917. The basket has an imbricated design of dyed and undyed cherry bark in the form of different shades of brown that form a…
Haida totem pole
The object is a tall Haida totem pole from the Haida people who are located in northern British Columbia. The totem pole is tall and has several markings – three watchmen, Ts'aamus (supernatural snag with frog in mouth), a grizzly bear with two…
The Bennett Sun
The Bennett Sun is a newspaper in northern British Columbia aimed at the local people of Bennett, now an abandoned town next to Lake Bennett. The paper has a range of news pieces and advertisements. Most notably the source has an editorial news piece…
Loggers in Lynn Valley
The source is a picture of several men posing in their work outfits. They worked in the lumber industry at Lynn Valley located in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Lumber workers would often work long hours. Many roles included climbing big trees to…