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Photostory #113: Thunderbird Park, B. C.: Totem Poles Preserved for Posterity

Photographer(s)
Mailer, John; Atkins, Bernard
Locations
Canada
British Columbia
Alert Bay
Date
July 9, 1957
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Arts
Craft
Carving
Arts
Visual

Photostory #148: Canada's Northern Citizens Produce Unique Art: Lively Forms from Lifeless Stone

Photographer(s)
Doucette, Wilfred; Lunney, Gar; Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
March 11, 1958
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Craft
Carving
Arts
Visual

Photostory #236L: Eskimo Carvers at Stratford

Photographer(s)
Smith, S.
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Stratford
Ontario
Stratford
Date
November 17, 1959
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Craft
Carving
Festivals and celebrations
Arts
Dramatic

Photostory #279: Eskimo Artists at Cape Dorset: When the Wind Blows They Make Prints

Photographer(s)
Gilliat, Rosemary; N.A.N.R.
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
February 21, 1961
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Visual
Arts
Craft
Carving

Photostory #91: New Look for Juniper Roots: Alberta's Rancher-Sculptor

Photographer(s)
Harrington, Richard
Locations
Date
February 5, 1957
Subjects
Biography
Hodgson, Wilfred Garstrong
Arts
Craft
Carving

Photostory #203L: 5th Generation Totem Carver

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar
Locations
Canada
British Columbia
Alert Bay
Date
March 31, 1959
Subjects
Biography
Neel, Ellen
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Arts
Craft
Carving

Photostory #470: Canadian Sculptor George Wallace at Work

Photographer(s)
King, Brian
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Hamilton
Date
June 8, 1968
Subjects
Biography
Wallace, George
Arts
Visual
Education
University and college
Arts
Craft
Carving
Religion

Photostory #470: Canadian Sculptor George Wallace at Work

Photographer(s)
King, Brian
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Hamilton
Date
June 8, 1968
Subjects
Biography
Wallace, George
Arts
Visual
Education
University and college
Arts
Craft
Carving
Religion

Photostory #324: Italian Critics Acclaim Montreal Sculpture: Canadian Artist Wins Fame in Florence

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar; Ascani, Massimo
Locations
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Date
November 13, 1962
Subjects
Europe
Italy
Florence
Biography
Lefkovitz, Sylvia
Arts
Craft
Carving
Arts
Visual

Photostory #324: Italian Critics Acclaim Montreal Sculpture: Canadian Artist Wins Fame in Florence

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar; Ascani, Massimo
Locations
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Date
November 13, 1962
Subjects
Europe
Italy
Florence
Biography
Lefkovitz, Sylvia
Arts
Craft
Carving
Arts
Visual
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