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Series 6.6
   Art

    Cemetery, churches
    People
    School buildings
    Totem poles
    Village views


Series 6.6-- First Nations of Sechelt -- Cemetery, churches, Page 8

Photographs include the Sechelt 'Stone Image' (a seated figure bowl), brass bands, canoes, cemetery, the three churches and passion plays, identified individuals and groups, the residential school, pupils and nuns, totem poles and various village scenes. Photographers include Charles Bradbury, Phillip Timms, Helen McCall, Edric Clayton.

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6.6.49

1977 -- Stations of the Cross carved by Ed Jeffries in the second Our Lady of Lourdes church on the Sechelt Band lands.

Photograph courtesy The Press newspaper and the Richard proctor family


6.6.50

1977 -- Stations of the Cross carved by Ed Jeffries in the second Our Lady of Lourdes church on the Sechelt Band lands.

Photograph courtesy The Press newspaper and the Richard proctor family

 


6.6.51

circa 1901 -- Sechelt Band members perform a crucifixion tableau as part of the Passion Play presented at St. Mary's Mission on a bluff above the Fraser River. Sechelt Band actors, left to right, were roman soldier either Michael or George 'Policeman" Paul; Molly (Tutla) was Mary, mother of Christ; Mary Julius, wife of Chief Julius, was Mary Magdalene at the foot of the cross. See also oversize photograph 6.15.81

Photograph by Edwards Bros.


6.6.53

circa 1901 -- Sechelt Band members perform a crucifixion tableau as part of the Passion Play presented at St. Mary's Mission on a bluff above the Fraser River. Sechelt Band actors, left to right, were roman soldier either Michael or George 'Policeman" Paul; Molly (Tutla) was Mary, mother of Christ; Mary Julius, wife of Chief Julius, was Mary Magdalene at the foot of the cross. See also oversize photograph 6.15.81

Photograph by Edwards Bros.


6.6.55

circa 1900 -- First Nations from traditional villages throughout Sechelt and Jervis Inlets gather for religious services at Trail Bay. Outdoor altars like the one here were constructed for these occasions.

Photographer unknown, photograph courtesy the Vancouver City Archives See also oversize photograph 6.15.82


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