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Object Number 34-7-10/100530.1.40
Display Title Indian reservation at Whycomaugh
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Micmac, Algonquian. Indian Reserve at Whycogomaugh. Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Photo by F. Johnson, 1930."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Rural Settlement
Subject
  • Village
Department Photographic
Date 1930
Artist Frederick Johnson
Culture
  • Micmac
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nova Scotia / Cape Breton Island
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)

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Wife of chief Gabriel Sylliboy, with two children
34-7-10/100530.1.44 Wife of chief Gabriel Sylliboy, with two children
Cape Breton Island
Mother of chief Gabriel Sylliboy
34-7-10/100530.1.45 Mother of chief Gabriel Sylliboy
Cape Breton Island
Family and a few relatives of Stephen Morris
34-7-10/100530.1.43 Family and a few relatives of Stephen Morris
Cape Breton Island
Caves on edge of cove, figuring in the legends
34-7-10/100530.1.42 Caves on edge of cove, figuring in the legends
Cape Breton Island
Hill figuring in the local legends
34-7-10/100530.1.41 Hill figuring in the local legends
Nova Scotia
Hughie Goo Goo, born at Whycogomaugh
34-7-10/100530.1.12 Hughie Goo Goo, born at Whycogomaugh
Eskasoni
House on reserve
34-7-10/100530.1.108 House on reserve
Eskasoni
Woman of the reserve in costume
34-7-10/100530.1.48 Woman of the reserve in costume
Cape Breton Island
Reserve at Syaney
34-7-10/100530.1.46 Reserve at Syaney
Cape Breton Island
Woman of the reserve in costume
34-7-10/100530.1.49 Woman of the reserve in costume
Cape Breton Island
Houses and chapel on reserve at Eskasonie
34-7-10/100530.1.102 Houses and chapel on reserve at Eskasonie
Eskasoni
Road alongside lake showing small island and surrounding landscape
34-7-10/100530.1.105 Road alongside lake showing small island and surrounding landscape
Eskasoni