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"Thunder Bird" on the doorstep of an Indian home in Alert Bay B.C. a day's steam out of Vancouver on the Alaskan route
Image Not Available for "Thunder Bird" on the doorstep of an Indian home in Alert Bay B.C. a day's steam out of Vancouver on the Alaskan route

"Thunder Bird" on the doorstep of an Indian home in Alert Bay B.C. a day's steam out of Vancouver on the Alaskan route

Creator Edith Sara Watson (American, 1861 - 1943)
Date1890s-1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions11.7 x 16.4 cm
Credit LineFrances Rooney Collection. Purchase with funds generously donated by Martha LA McCain, 2018
Object number2018/3601.12b
LocationNot currently on display

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A picturesque Thunder-Bird stands guard on the doorstep of a Siwash Indian Home. Alert Bay B.C. A household God! [Page 13 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C.]
A picturesque Thunder-Bird stands guard on the doorstep of a Siwash Indian Home. Alert Bay B.C. A household God! [Page 13 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C.]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
The Thunder Bird at Alert Bay, is perhaps the most imaginary of all the totems. His beak is hinged and can be made to open when a potlach or feast demands it [Page 16 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
The Thunder Bird at Alert Bay, is perhaps the most imaginary of all the totems. His beak is hinged and can be made to open when a potlach or feast demands it [Page 16 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Many strange figures adorn the dress coat of the Coastal Indian Chief. His "speech pole" too is a stick with strange [obalistic?] carvings. Photo taken in the Siwash Indian Reservation, Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 11 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Many strange figures adorn the dress coat of the Coastal Indian Chief. His "speech pole" too is a stick with strange [obalistic?] carvings. Photo taken in the Siwash Indian Reservation, Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 11 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Son of a Siwash Indian chief in robe decorated with buttons and a yew-wood crown, ornamented with sea-lions whiskers, in Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 10 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Son of a Siwash Indian chief in robe decorated with buttons and a yew-wood crown, ornamented with sea-lions whiskers, in Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 10 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Detail of Totem pole, family tree of the Siwash Indians at Alert Bay B.C., one of the ports of call on the way to Alaska [Page 5 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Detail of Totem pole, family tree of the Siwash Indians at Alert Bay B.C., one of the ports of call on the way to Alaska [Page 5 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
When rich Indians used to give parties or Potlaches, to show his wealth the host presented gifts, blankets generally, which touching each other edge to edge reached from this figure to another a mile distant, Alert Bay, Vancouver Island.
When rich Indians used to give parties or Potlaches, to show his wealth the host presented gifts, blankets generally, which touching each other edge to edge reached from this figure to another a mile distant, Alert Bay, Vancouver Island.
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Print
Of the "Whale" tribe, graphic epitaph above the grave of a Coastal Indian in the graveyard at Alert Bay [Page 18 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Of the "Whale" tribe, graphic epitaph above the grave of a Coastal Indian in the graveyard at Alert Bay [Page 18 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
A Japanese fisherman's home in Steveston, B.C., shingled with B.C. cedar [page 33 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
A Japanese fisherman's home in Steveston, B.C., shingled with B.C. cedar [page 33 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
In the graveyard at Old Massett. In the Indian Reservation of the Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte Is. A tombstone to one of the "Princes" of the tribe [Page 22 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
In the graveyard at Old Massett. In the Indian Reservation of the Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte Is. A tombstone to one of the "Princes" of the tribe [Page 22 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
In the Indian burying ground at "the Pas", Canada [Page 21 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
In the Indian burying ground at "the Pas", Canada [Page 21 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
[Close-up of window and flower garden at Japanese fisherman's home, page 32 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
[Close-up of window and flower garden at Japanese fisherman's home, page 32 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
The Bear totem carries in "The copper", the rude design on the breast of the man, the symbol of Christianity, Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 6 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
The Bear totem carries in "The copper", the rude design on the breast of the man, the symbol of Christianity, Alert Bay, B.C. [Page 6 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
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