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Eagle figure ontop of a large poleThunderbird Park, ca 1949
BC Government photograph.
Photo Branch 3399

Bird from a Coast Salish (Songhees) Pole, 1912
Carver: William Clallam

This ‘pole’ was constructed for Thunderbird Park by taking an Eagle figure from the top of a large pole with many figures (made by William Clallam of Port Angeles, Washington, for a member of the Songhees First Nation) and placing it on an uncarved wooden column. The rest of Clallam’s pole stood beside it in Thunderbird Park.
RBCM 5051.
Close up of eagle figureThunderbird Park, 1950s. BC Government photograph. BC Archives I-21007.
 Eagle, the top figure from a pole illustrating the history of a man known as Old Sam, who lived in the Victoria area before 1843.
Eagle figure on pole surrounded by other exibits in the parkThunderbird Park, ca 1949
BC Government photograph. Photo Branch 3399
 
Totem pole with eagle figure on top in the new Songees ReserveNew Songhees Reserve, 1920.
Charles F. Newcombe photograph.
RBCM PN 822.
Close up of the eagle figure on top of the totem poleNew Songhees Reserve, 1920. Charles F. Newcombe photograph. RBCM PN 822.
Totem pole with eagle figure on top in the new Songees ReserveNew Songhees Reserve, 1920. Charles F. Newcombe photograph. RBCM PN 823.
Close up of totem pole with eagle figure on topNew Songhees Reserve, 1920. Charles F. Newcombe photograph. RBCM PN 823.
Totem pole with eagle figure on top in the new Songees ReserveNew Songhees Reserve, 1928.
William A. Newcombe photograph.
RBCM PN 920.
Close up of the top half of the totem pole with the eagle figure on top New Songhees Reserve, 1928.
William A. Newcombe photograph.
RBCM PN 920.

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