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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 #313: Valley Centre. Focal Point of Prairie Culture: Saskatchewan Arts Board Summer Session

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Saskatchewan
Fort Qu'Appelle
Date
June 12, 1962
Subjects
Arts
Craft
Pottery
Arts
Dramatic
Arts
Literary
Arts
Musical
Arts
Visual
Education
Special

Photostory #313: Valley Centre. Focal Point of Prairie Culture: Saskatchewan Arts Board Summer Session

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Saskatchewan
Fort Qu'Appelle
Date
June 12, 1962
Subjects
Arts
Craft
Pottery
Arts
Dramatic
Arts
Literary
Arts
Musical
Arts
Visual
Education
Special

Photostory #41: Saint John, N.B.: Maritime Couple Make World Famous Pottery

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris; Jacques, R.
Locations
Canada
New Brunswick
Saint John
Date
January 17, 1956
Subjects
Arts
Craft
Pottery
Biography
Deichmann, Erica
Biography
Deichmann, Kjeld

Photostory #147: Quebec City Silversmiths: Bring New Beauty to Ancient Art

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Quebec
Quebec
Date
March 4, 1958
Subjects
Arts
Craft
Arts
Visual
Biography
Hernandez, Aurelio

Photostory #005: Furniture Making in Canada a Fine Art

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Date
August 3, 1955
Subjects
Arts
Craft
Education
Special
Consumerism

Photostory #53: Hand Made Glass Products Reflect Growth of Medicine Hat

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar
Locations
Canada
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Date
April 24, 1956
Subjects
Arts
Craft
Glass
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