Photograph, Model pole, Scenery Shop
Dublin Core
Title
Photograph, Model pole, Scenery Shop
Subject
Souvenir Object
Description
History of Creation - "This model pole was likely originally purchased as a souvenir item. This design in particular was reproduced many times over and sold by W.L. Webber through his "souvenir and curio" shop called The Scenery Shop. The design is based on house posts that were carved by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Charlie James in the early 1900s and subsequently displayed in Stanley Park. Replicas of the house posts are still on view in Stanley Park today. Though the original design is by Charlie James, it is surmised that Webber commissioned other artists to reproduce the model poles" (Museum of Vancouver).
Creator
Photographer - Museum of Vancouver
Artist of Work Depicted - Unknown
Publisher
Museum of Vancouver
Date
Date of Creation - 1933 to 1952
Date of Acquisition - 2014
Relation
Souvenir item likely modelled after Thunderbird House Posts.
Format
PNG
Photograph
Photograph
Type
Still Image
Identifier
H2014.92.3, https://www.openmovportal.ca/argus/final/Portal/Main.aspx?component=AAFG&record=8caf97b0-0efb-4747-8a9b-4d1fd8aeb2e9
Coverage
Location of Creation - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Location of Repository - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Location of Use - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Object
Citation
Photographer - Museum of Vancouver and Artist of Work Depicted - Unknown, “Photograph, Model pole, Scenery Shop,” Omeka, accessed May 14, 2026, https://omeka.ischool.utoronto.ca/items/show/396.