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[Man attending to gravestone in Chinese cemetery in Victoria, B.C.]
[Man attending to gravestone in Chinese cemetery in Victoria, B.C.]

[Man attending to gravestone in Chinese cemetery in Victoria, B.C.]

Creator Edith Sara Watson (American, 1861 - 1943)
Date1890s-1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions17.3 x 12.4 cm
Credit LineFrances Rooney Collection. Purchase with funds generously donated by Martha LA McCain, 2018
Object number2018/3601.28a
LocationNot currently on display

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Attractive graves in the Chinese cemetery at Victoria, B.C. [Page 26 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Attractive graves in the Chinese cemetery at Victoria, B.C. [Page 26 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Lighting the "life" sticks in the Chinese cemetery, Victoria, B.C. [page 29 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Lighting the "life" sticks in the Chinese cemetery, Victoria, B.C. [page 29 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
[Grave in Chinese cemetery in Victoria BC, page 27 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album.]
[Grave in Chinese cemetery in Victoria BC, page 27 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album.]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for Attractive graves in the Chinese cemetery at Victoria, B.C.
Attractive graves in the Chinese cemetery at Victoria, B.C.
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Print
Image Not Available for Attractive graves in the Chinese cemetery at Victoria, B.C.
Attractive graves in the Chinese cemetery at Victoria, B.C.
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Print
Chinese celebration for the dead. Lighting the life sticks. Victoria, B.C. [Page 31 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Chinese celebration for the dead. Lighting the life sticks. Victoria, B.C. [Page 31 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Chinese celebration for the dead, lighting the life sticks, Victoria, B.C.
Chinese celebration for the dead, lighting the life sticks, Victoria, B.C.
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Print
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
[Totem of man in Alert Bay, Page 15 of Alert Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, and Victoria, B.C. album]
[Totem of man in Alert Bay, Page 15 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 Victoria, hard lines in steps are smothered in masses of flowers planted in boxes, pots, or classic urns. This sweet custom reaches full development in Ms. Wilson's residence on the sloping lines of St. Charles street, Victoria, B.C. [page 20 of Victoria, BC album]
In Victoria, hard lines in steps are smothered in masses of flowers planted in boxes, pots, or classic urns. This sweet custom reaches full development in Ms. Wilson's residence on the sloping lines of St. Charles street, Victoria, B.C. [page 20 of Victoria, BC 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
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