RBCM Ethnohistoric Photograph Collection

About the Collection
One of the most extensive collections of ethnohistoric photographs depicting the First Nations history in B.C. is found at the Royal British Columbia Museum in the Audio/Visual Collection. About 23,000 original images, and 5,600 prints of negatives from other holding institutions, are arranged by cultural or linguistic group. The oldest photographs date from the early 1860's, when photographers such as Frederick Dally and George Maynard had to carry cumbersome equipment into remote locations in order to capture the images. The audio/visual collection is open to the public by appointment.

About the web sites and on-line collection
Here are selected digitized photographs from the Royal British Columbia Museum's Audio/Visual Collection. Images are as large as 500 pixels in dimension, and are accompanied by related information.

• Pacific Coast Salmon Fisheries has First Nations photographs attributed to the Coast Salish, Interior Salish, Kwakwak'wakw, and Nuu-chah-nulth language groups (This link will take you to an outside site. To return to this site, click 'close' on the new browser window.).
• The Cariboo Gold Rush has First Nations photographs atributed to the Nlaka'pamux, Stl'atl'imx, Secwepemc, Tsilqot'in, and Dakelhne groups (This link will take you to an outside site. To return to this site, click 'close' on the new browser window.).