<p>Caption on image: Indian Village Alert Bay B.C. J.W. 
</p><pre>Postmark on verso: Aug 18 1926 
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 Filed in: British Columbia-Alert Bay<p class="mw-empty-elt"></p>
<p>Alert Bay was named in 1858.  The island was connected to the mainland with a telegraph service in 1911.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Totem poles--British Columbia--Alert Bay; Kwakiutl Indians--Arts &amp; crafts--British Columbia--Alert Bay; Kwakiutl Indians--Structures--British Columbia--Alert Bay</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Kwakiutl wood-carving--British Columbia--Alert Bay; Alert Bay (B.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.</li></ul>
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circa 1917 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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