Title: Kispiox an Indian Village on the Skeena

This record describes an item in the Wrathall Photo Finishing Ltd. fonds.

Creator: Wrathall, William Walker

Date: 1908

Physical Description: ["1 acetate negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm (referred to as copy 1)", "1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 23 cm (referred to as copy 2)"]

Scope & Content: Item consists of a view of a group of totem poles and houses. Handwritten annotation on recto of copy 1 reads: "Kispiox an Indian Village on the Skeena. W.W.W. 1908." Handwritten annotation on recto of copy 2 reads: Kispiox Indian Village. Near Hazelton, B.C. 1909. Photo W.W. Wrathall." Stamped annotation on verso of copy 2 reads: "Not to be Reproduced or Published Without Authority of Wrathall's Photo Finishing Prince Rupert, B. C. Photo by Jack Wrathall Prince Rupert, B. C."

Responsibility: ["William Walker Wrathall", "Wrathall Photo Finishing Ltd."]

Notes:
• Title is a formal title proper.
• Copy 1 is a copy negative.
• The title contains historical terms that some may consider offensive. Although it does not reflect today's sensibilities, it is being maintained because it contains the official name of the body that created the records at their time of creation and provides evidence of the attitudes and usage of the time period.

Name Access:
Wrathall, John (Jack) Richmond
Wrathall, William Walker

Subject Access:
Totem Poles
First Nations Art
First Nations Villages
Houses

Geographic Access:
Kispiox, B.C.

Accession Number: WP1998-010-15882

Negative Number: PA95521

Record ID: 15583


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