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822 images
Closeup of Indigenous person sitting on tree trunk, hands clasped and a pipe in their mouth.

Old Dick Jakesuwallis: the oldest man in Bella Bella

Bella Bella, [between 1898 and 1910]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Dr. R.W. Large]

UCCA, 1993.049P/23N
Three Indigenous people sitting on wooden steps in front of wooden buidlings.

Old Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and old Jacob White, Bella Bella

Bella Bella, [between 1898 and 1910]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Dr. R.W. Large]

UCCA, 1993.049P/24N
Two Indigenous people standing in front of door, holding hands. One is dressed in a suit and cap and the other in a long dark dress.

Tom Humchitt, Bella Bella Chief, and his wife

Bella Bella, [190-?]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

UCCA, 1993.049P/25N
Four people are in dug out canoe in the water, two are sitting and two are standing with paddles on either end. Two dogs are on shore walking along the water.

Riding in a dug-out canoe, Bella Bella

Bella Bella, [190-?]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

UCCA, 1993.049P/26
Two Indigenous people are posing for the camera, one dressed in whie blouse and skirt is stitting on a wooden chair, the other is dressed in a suit and standing next to the other.

James Starr and his wife, Bella Bella

Bella Bella, [190-?]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photograph published in the Missionary Bulletin vol. 3, no.1, 1905.

UCCA, 1993.049P/27
Two Indigenous adults standing with two children along the road. Trees are in the distance.

[Heiltsuk family from Bella Bella]

Bella Bella, [19--]

First Nation: Heiltsuk

UCCA, 1993.049P/28
Closeup of Indigenous person wearing a shawl and head scarf, sitting in front of wooden house.

Old Ida, Bella Bella

Bella Bella, 1909

First Nation: Heiltsuk

Photographer: [Dr. R.W. Large]

UCCA, 1993.049P/32
Image of wooden school house with a person standing in doorway. A tree is in front of the building.

School house in old Bella Bella

Bella Bella, 1900

First Nation: Heiltsuk

UCCA, 1993.049P/33
Faded image of wooden church with a steeple surrounded by broken wooden fence.

[Mission Church at Bella Bella]

Bella Bella, 1900

First Nation: Heiltsuk

UCCA, 1993.049P/34
A group of Indigenous youth posed, seven in the back wearing pants and hats. Four wearing dresses are sitting on the ground. One is holding a baby.

[Dakelh youth from Babine Lake area]

Bella Coola, [19--]

First Nation: Babine

UCCA, 1993.049P/37
Exterior view of wooden hospital showing multiples stairs and exits.

Quiet Sunday afternoon, R.W. Large Memorial Hospital, Bella Bella

Bella Bella, 1966

Photographer: Berkeley Studio, United Church of Canada

UCCA, 1993.049P/38
Close view of totem poles and wooden boardwalk in front of them. Snow capped mountains are in the distance.

A scene in the old [...] village of Bella Coola

Bella Coola, 1928 July

First Nation: Nuxalk

Photographer: Rev. J.E. Rendle

UCCA, 1993.049P/40
Large dug out canoe with carving on side in moored on land under wooden planks. A person is standing at the stern of the canoe.

[Bella Coola carved canoe]

Bella Coola, 1928 July

First Nation: Nuxalk

Photographer: Rev. J.E. Rendle

UCCA, 1993.049P/41N
Images shows wooden street with totem poles on the right and wooden structures on the left. Six people are standing in the distance.

Street scene from the village of Bella Coola

Bella Coola, [19--]

First Nation: Nuxalk

UCCA, 1993.049P/42N
Vertical view of wooden building with open door, yard and log in the forefront.

[Nuxalk house with smoke hole]

Bella Coola, [not after 1921]

First Nation: Nuxalk

Photographer: [Rev. W.H. Gibson]

UCCA, 1993.049P/43a
Two wooden buildings are positioned above a sandy beach with driftwood.

[Nuxalk house, Bella Coola]

Bella Coola, [not after 1921]

First Nation: Nuxalk

Photographer: [Rev. W.H. Gibson]

UCCA, 1993.049P/44N
Two Indigenous people wearing long sdresses are sitting on wooden dock in front of water.

[Two Nuxalk people]

Bella Coola, [not after 1921]

First Nation: Nuxalk

Photographer: [Rev. W.H. Gibson]

UCCA, 1993.049P/45
An older Indigenous person wearing a striped skirt is standing in grass field. A shawl is draped over their arm.

[Nuxalk person]

Bella Coola, [not after 1921]

First Nation: Nuxalk

Photographer: [Rev. W.H. Gibson]

UCCA, 1993.049P/46
An Indigenous person wearing a large hat, vest, shirt and pants is standing in a grassy field.

[Nuxalk person]

Bella Coola, [not after 1921]

First Nation: Nuxalk

Photographer: [Rev. W.H. Gibson]

UCCA, 1993.049P/47
Group of people are standing in a field, two are carrying a dead bear hanging from two wood logs.

[Returning from hunting, Bella Coola]

Bella Coola, [not after 1921]

First Nation: Nuxalk

Photographer: [Rev. W.H. Gibson]

UCCA, 1993.049P/48