Field Photographs and Postcards, 1878-1904

Contains 178 black and white field photographs and 3 cardstock postcards with photograph on one side and postage lines on the other. Include photos of totems belonging to the Kwakiutl and Haida people in Price Whales Island Alaska, Queen Charlotte Islands, Kitwanga, B.C., Klukwan, Alaska, and Alert Bay, B.C. There are also village scenes including the Bella Coola and Haida people in Alert Bay and Fort Rupert, taken by George Hunt and Richard Maynard, and photographs of Thompson Indians, Babine Indians salmon fishing, a potlatch, a Kwakiutl healing ceremony, and other domestic scenes. Other photographers include H.I. Smith and C.F. Newcombe. 1878-1904.