George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive

The Bill Reid Centre's George and Joanne MacDonald Image Archive contains images of Northwest Coast First Peoples, their villages, and their visual and material belongings. Many of the images collected by the MacDonalds are not unique, and can be found in museums and archives around the world. Throughout his career, Dr. MacDonald sought to bring these important resources together under one roof with the intent of creating access for Northwest Coast First Nations, and in particular artists, whose passion for historic imagery and visual documentation of their cultural belongings he witnessed first-hand. The archive is a reflection of the MacDonalds' research interests, their careers in archaeology and anthropology, their many relationships in the field, and their deep respect and admiration of the diverse nations of the Northwest Coast.

Contributed by The Bill Reid Centre, Simon Fraser University.

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Adzing Detail

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Date: 1997
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of Price's carving and adz marks. This replica of the rainwall screen was commissioned by the Canadian Museum of Civilization and was created by Art Price. The original screen is from the Whale House at Klukwan, Alaska.

Adzing the Surface

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Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Walter Joseph Screen carved and painted for Royal Bank's Headquarters on Georgia Street, Vancouver. This 9-panel frieze was created by Earl Muldoe, Art Sterritt, Walter Harris, Alfred Joseph and Ken Mowatt.

Adzing the Surface

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Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Walter Joseph Screen carved and painted for Royal Bank's Headquarters on Georgia Street, Vancouver. This 9-panel frieze was created by Earl Muldoe, Art Sterritt, Walter Harris, Alfred Joseph and Ken Mowatt.

Adzing the Surface

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Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Walter Joseph Screen carved and painted for Royal Bank's Headquarters on Georgia Street, Vancouver. This 9-panel frieze was created by Earl Muldoe, Art Sterritt, Walter Harris, Alfred Joseph and Ken Mowatt.

Adzing the Surface

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Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Walter Joseph Screen carved and painted for Royal Bank's Headquarters on Georgia Street, Vancouver. This 9-panel frieze was created by Earl Muldoe, Art Sterritt, Walter Harris, Alfred Joseph and Ken Mowatt.

Aerial of Canyon and Village Site

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Date: 1968
Description: The village site from the opposite side of the Canyon.

Aerial of Village Site

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Date: 1968
Description: Aerial view of the Grand Trunk Pacific rail line and the village site of Gitlaxdzawk.

Aerial Photo

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Date: 1968
Description: Aerial view of the Grand Trunk Pacific rail line and the village site of Gitlaxdzawk.

Aerial Photo of Canyon

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Date: 1968
Description: Aerial view of the narrow channel of the Canyon and the village site in the top left corner.

Aiyansh Mission

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Date: 1895 to 1905
Description: Nisga'a people with Reverend Green at Aiyansh, ca. 1900.

Alaska Community House

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Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. Slides not taken by de Menil read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Alaska Potlatch

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Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. Slides not taken by de Menil read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Albert Edward Edenshaw Memorial

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Date: 1919
Name(s): Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description: In memory of Albert Edward Edenshaw Head Chief of North Island Q.C.I. Born 1822, Died 1894. Member of St. John Church. A staunch friend to the white man. He heroically saved the lives of Capt. Rooney and his crew of the Sch. Susan Sturgis attacked by Indians September 26, 1852 for which he is held in grateful remembrance.

Alder House

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Date: 1924
Name(s): Musgrave, A. S.
Description: Alder House and its frontal pole stand between the frames of Waste Food House (left) and the third house in the row from the east end.The mortuary on the left originally had a plaque painted with a grizzly bear crest. In the middle is an eagle mortuary, and on the right, a mortuary featuring a grizzly bear eating a boy and a whale eating a seal. Note that the frontal plaque featuring the head of a grizzly bear is still in place.

Alert Bay Cemetery from the Water

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Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The 'Namgis Burial Grounds at Alert Bay is an old native cemetery and one of the few remaining locations on the BC coast where totems remain undisturbed on their original site.