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Frederick Dally
First Nations Peoples, New Westminster : 'Harrison River Indians encamped at New Westminster, May 24 1866'
1866, 24 May
Albumen print
14.0 x 16.5 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2368847
LL/105271
Photograph of two Indigenous Canadians facing the viewer and surrounded by tarpaulins and rush matting acting as temporary shelters. The man on the left stands, holding a long, narrow basket over his left arm. On the left and hanging from a pole, are fish hung to dry.
Eulachon fish were often known as 'candle fish' due to their large amount of body fat that they could be dried and burned as a candle
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