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A souvenir of our days among the makers of sweetgrass baskets, in the reservation of the Abenaki Indians, near Pierreville, Que. Also of the life along the South Shore at Yamaska, Sorel, and Nicolet, where the language spoken is mostly French. Photos, by Edith S. Watson Collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, when voyaging with the writer, Victoria Hayward.
A souvenir of our days among the makers of sweetgrass baskets, in the reservation of the Abenaki Indians, near Pierreville, Que. Also of the life along the South Shore at Yamaska, Sorel, and Nicolet, where the language spoken is mostly French. Photos, by Edith S. Watson Collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, when voyaging with the writer, Victoria Hayward.

A souvenir of our days among the makers of sweetgrass baskets, in the reservation of the Abenaki Indians, near Pierreville, Que. Also of the life along the South Shore at Yamaska, Sorel, and Nicolet, where the language spoken is mostly French. Photos, by Edith S. Watson Collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, when voyaging with the writer, Victoria Hayward.

CreatorAssembled by Edith Sara Watson (American, 1861 - 1943)
Date1890s-1930s
Mediumalbum: 44 gelatin silver prints on 39 pages
Credit LineFrances Rooney Collection. Purchase, with funds generously donated by Martha LA McCain, 2018
Object number2018/3590.1-.41
LocationNot currently on display

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[Ferry terminals in Yamaska and Sorel, near the Abenaki Reservation] Page 21 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s [should be preceded by a record for the black page before this page, which is actually Page 22]
[Ferry terminals in Yamaska and Sorel, near the Abenaki Reservation] Page 21 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s [should be preceded by a record for the black page before this page, which is actually Page 22]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Sweetgrass drying near Pierreville to be made into sweetgrass baskets. Page 2 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Sweetgrass drying near Pierreville to be made into sweetgrass baskets. Page 2 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
French habitant girls picking over sweetgrass grown on their home farm, which is made up into "hanks" and sold to the Abenaki Indian basket makers. In St. Francois du Lac. Page 6 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
French habitant girls picking over sweetgrass grown on their home farm, which is made up into "hanks" and sold to the Abenaki Indian basket makers. In St. Francois du Lac. Page 6 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Harvesting sweetgrass for the basket indiustry among the Abenaki Indians, at Odanak, Que. Page 3 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Harvesting sweetgrass for the basket indiustry among the Abenaki Indians, at Odanak, Que. Page 3 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for Makers of wood-ribbon used for frame work in the making of baskets. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Makers of wood-ribbon used for frame work in the making of baskets. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Photograph
Braiding sweetgrass in the Abenaki Indian Reservation, Odanak, Quebec. Page 5 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Braiding sweetgrass in the Abenaki Indian Reservation, Odanak, Quebec. Page 5 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
An expert basket maker, in the Abenaki Indian Reservation, Odanak, Que. Page 11 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
An expert basket maker, in the Abenaki Indian Reservation, Odanak, Que. Page 11 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
In Nicolet, Que. Page 37 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s [blank page before should have a record]
In Nicolet, Que. Page 37 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s [blank page before should have a record]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for Splitting the white ash ribbon for basket making, in the Abenaki Indian Reservation, Odanak, P.Q. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Splitting the white ash ribbon for basket making, in the Abenaki Indian Reservation, Odanak, P.Q. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Photograph
[Making white ash ribbon for basket production, on the Abenaki Reservation] Page 13 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
[Making white ash ribbon for basket production, on the Abenaki Reservation] Page 13 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for On the Yamaska, Que. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
On the Yamaska, Que. Print from The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Photograph
On the Yamaska, Que. Page 27 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
On the Yamaska, Que. Page 27 of The Abenaki; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
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