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Williams Bros. Photographers Collection British Columbia
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[Harry James sitting with masks]

Item is a photograph taken at the Nanaimo Reserve showing Harry James with masks. Inscription on verso of print: "No. 2994 - Indian ceremonial masks are handed down generation to generation. This Indian is nearly 80 years of age and keeps these masks hidden in an old chest in a smoke house on the Reservation. Considerable coaxing was necessary before he would produce them for photographing. It is his belief that if he should lose them a curse would descend upon his family. Don Coltman Photo."

Mount Cheam near Hope

Inscription on verso of print reads: "Mt Cheam - Fraser Valley near Hope, B.C.. Cariboo Highway"
Stamp on verso of print "PUBLISHERS PLEASE NOTE / If published this photograph / must carry credit / Steffens-Colmer Photo"

Sockeye salmon in net

Inscription on verso of print "2 col x6 Saturday 1st Edition"
News clipping on verso of print " 'It's in the bag,' this young giant of the sea exclaims as the seine net has been pursed and the catch of salmon enclosed within the net between the seiner and the skiff. This catch is eyed by the brawny skiff man who takes out the end of the seine net."
Stamp on verso of print "Copyrighted Photograph / This copy sold for / use of original purchaser only. / Additional copies available."
Inscription on additional print "#5530 - Hundreds of captured sockeye salmon mill about as the seine is hauled in. Photo Don Coltman"
Date stamp "Aug 30, 1952"

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