Title: Indian Festival Dress

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

Creator: Wrathall, William Walker

Date: 1909

Physical Description: ["1 acetate negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm (referred to as copy 1)", "1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm (referred to as copy 2)", "1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm (referred to as copy 3)", "1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm (referred to as copy 4)"]

Scope & Content: Item consists of two men wearing traditional Indigenous clothing and standing in front of a building. The two men are participating in a festival. Handwritten annotation on recto of copies 1 and 3 reads: "Indian Festival Dress Photo W.W.W." Handwritten annotation on recto of copy 2 reads: "Native Dress. Hazelton, B.C. 1910. Photo W.W. Wrathall." Stamped annotation on verso of copy 2 reads: "Photo by Jack Wrathall Prince Rupert, B. C. Not to be Reproduced or Published Without Authority of Wrathall's Photo Finishing Prince Rupert, B. C." Handwritten annotation on recto of copy 4 reads: "Indian Festival Dress. Hazelton, B.C. 1909."

Responsibility: William Walker Wrathall

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.
• PA95774 is a Library and Archives Canada (LAC) copy negative number.

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

Subject Access:
People
First Nations
Events and Celebrations

Geographic Access:
Hazelton, B.C.

Accession Number: WP1998-009-15863

Negative Number: PA95774

Record ID: 15835


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