Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Two bear posts
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.
Description: Shaman's amulet carved from a bear tooth, with the face of a sleeping human.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Carved bear monument. Hydaburg was established in 1911 by Haida people from three villages. In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) created Hydaburg Park, and several other similar parks in Southeast Alaska. CCC workers brought poles to these parks from other locations. The government then hired local Haida workers to restore these totems. When restoration was not possible, replicas were carved. Twenty-one poles were brought to Hydaburg, five of which were able to be restored. The…
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.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Base of a pole in Stanley Park. In the early 1920s, the construction of an Indian village was proposed for the area near Lumberman©s Arch in Stanley Park. The site was chosen because it was located on a massive shell midden, or cultural mound that was the result of many years of Coast Salish habitation. This large deposit of calcified shells covered an area 8 feet deep and spanning several acres. The original poles were all from the Alert Bay area, but others were purchased from the islands of…
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of a pole in Stanley park. In the early 1920s, the construction of an Indian village was proposed for the area near Lumberman©s Arch in Stanley Park. The site was chosen because it was located on a massive shell midden, or cultural mound that was the result of many years of Coast Salish habitation. This large deposit of calcified shells covered an area 8 feet deep and spanning several acres. The original poles were all from the Alert Bay area, but others were purchased from the islands…
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Blackfish and Brown Bear pole. The original totem poles were carved many years ago at a site on nearby Tuxekan Island where a large Tlingit settlement once existed. Later, around the 1930s, copies of those totems were re-carved by unemployed master boat builders in Klawock through the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a public work relief program.
Date: 2008
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: A tall and relatively plain pole that originally had a small bear at the top. This is a detail of the small bear cub attached towards the bottom of the pole above the head of the Bear-Mother, who sits at the base.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Totems and housepost at Totem Park. The original totem poles were carved many years ago at a site on nearby Tuxekan Island where a large Tlingit settlement once existed. Later, around the 1930s, copies of those totems were re-carved by unemployed master boat builders in Klawock through the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a public work relief program.
Date: 1971
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Remains of the Beaver pole.
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: This is the top figure form a Haida pole that originally stood at the village of Tanu. The pole was restored and erected at the Totem Park at Prince Rupert.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Mortuary post with a beaver at the base and an eagle above. The top of the pole was badly burned.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Mortuary post with a beaver at the base and an eagle above. The top of the pole was badly burned.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Mortuary post with a beaver at the base and an eagle above. The top of the pole was badly burned
