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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Old Monument Remains in Tian

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remnants of an old monument

Old Monument Remains in Tian

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remnants of an old monument

Old Monument Remains in Tian

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remnants of an old monument

Old Monument Remains in Tian

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Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Remnants of an old monument

Old Ringbolt from Sternwheeler Days

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Date: 1980 to 1985
Description: Ringbolt attached to the rocks at Ringbolt island. Ringbolts were attached to the island to help sternwheelers winch themselves throught the Canyon. Stern wheelers or paddle wheelers were the main mode of transportaion in the Canyon before the Grand Trunk Pacific rail line was built.

Old Totem

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Old totem poles

Old Totems

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Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Old Poles at an unknown location in Ketchikan. One has rotted and fallen to the ground.

Old Whale House

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Date: 1895
Description: Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Old Witch Totem

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Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain numbers and some descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. all slides read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Old Woman Mask

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Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Freida Diesing, Haida, wearing mask and costume elements made by Ksan artists.

Old Woman Mask

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Date: 1972
Description: Mask created by Freda Diesing

Old Woman Totem

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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.

On it Sleeps Raven

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Date: 1969
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: On it Sleeps Raven Pole. On-it-Sleeps Raven Pole. This pole was erected before 1884. It was re-erected and the raven on top re-carved in 1927 as a part of a National Museum of Canada project. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).

On the Trail

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Date: 1972
Description: Collecting moss. These scenes of resource gathering were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The Book Builders of 'Ksan also produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled Gathering what the Great Nature provided: food traditions of the Gitksan, by the people of 'Ksan.

On-it-Sits-the-Cormorant Pole

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Date: 1920
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: Detail of the Cormorant, then an Eagle, and at the base of the pole is a Grizzly-Bear. In the background is the Frog-Pole.