Subject: Doukhobors
Doukhobor Village House
One communal Doukhobor village house, presumed to be in the Brilliant area. The village houses were always in pairs, connected by a series of u-shaped outbuildings.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0791 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Doukhobor Village House
A detatched outbuilding associated with a Doukhobor village, presumably in the Brilliant area. These detatched buildings sometimes functioned as residences, but more usually as craft shops, work spaces, etc.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0792 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Doukhobor Village House
One communal Doukhobor village house, presumed to be in the Brilliant area. The village houses were always in pairs, connected by a series of u-shaped outbuildings. This arrangement, with the single detatched outbuilding, is unusual.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0793 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Doukhobor Village House
One communal Doukhobor village house, presumed to be in the Brilliant area. The village houses were always in pairs, connected by a series of u-shaped outbuildings. Note fruit trees in foreground.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0794 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Doukhobor Village Houses
Two communal Doukhobor village houses, presumed to be in the Brilliant area. The village houses were always in pairs, connected by a series of u-shaped outbuildings. The orientation of these is traditional, but the outbuildings are no longer extant.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0795 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Doukhobor Village Houses
Two Doukhobor village houses, possibly Raspberry, B.C. The Raspberry School is visible in the background.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0812 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Doukhobor Communal Home
Old Doukhobor village home presumed to be in Brilliant,B.C. Normally there would be two similar structures connected by a u-shaped series of outbuildings.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0816 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Castlegar School
Old school at Raspberry converted to present day "The Schoolhouse Restaurant" on Robson Access Rd, Castlegar, B.C. This was a Doukhobor school, termed so because the students were almost all Doukhobor.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0817 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Doukhobor Communal House
Presumed to be located in the Castlegar area, this old structure is part of the u-shaped outbuildings that connected two communal homes in a Doukhobor village. There were almost always two arches, one on either end of the l;ong side of the "u", providing access to the inner courtyard of the village.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0818 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Doukhobor Communal Home
Presumed to be located in the Castlegar area, this old structure is a part of the u-shaped outbuildings of a traditional Doukhobor village. The large communal houses on either end of the "u" are not visible.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0819 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Aerial View
Presumed to be an aerial view of Ootischenia, an area settled by Doukhobors across the Columbia River from Castlegar.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0822 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Aerial view
Presumed to be an aerial view of Ootischenia, an area settled by Doukhobors across the Columbia River from Castlegar.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0823 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Brilliant Office Building
Vandalized abandoned office and storefront, believed to have been the office for the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood in Brilliant, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0824 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Brillian Office Building
Door of vandalized abandoned office building and store at Brilliant, B.C., formerly owned by the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0825 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Aerial view
Presumed to be an aerial view of Ootischenia, an area settled by Doukhobors across the Columbia River from Castlegar.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0826 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Aerial view
Presumed to be an aerial view of Ootischenia, an area settled by Doukhobors across the Columbia River from Castlegar.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0827 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Doukhobor Office Building
Inside of abandoned building, thought to be the office of the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood at Brilliant, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0828 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Doukhobor Office Building
Exterior view of the office building and store built and operated by the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood (C.C.U.B.) at Brilliant, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0829 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
Doukhobor Office Building
Vandalized abandoned storefront in Brilliant, B.C., fortmerly owned by the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood (C.C.U.B.), and more generically known as Doukhobors.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0830 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
The Brilliant Bridge
The Brilliant bridge, built across the kootenay River near Castlegar, B.C. This bridge was constructed by the Doukhobor community to gain access to Nelson to the north as well as Robson to the south.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0882 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 0000 |
Doukhobors Back in the News
Doukhobors back in the news, showing a much-used photo of Doukhobor women yoked to a plough. The text is racist and exclusionary. In the first days of Doukhobor settlement the men of the villages went off to earn money while the women and older people were left to get in gardens and crops. In the beginning the villages were unable to finance work animals.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0884 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1905 |
Young Doukhobor Men Performing Human Pyramid Balancing
A group of young Doukhobor men performing a balancing act - human pyramid. Unknown location, possibly Brilliant area.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0921 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1918 |
Doukhobor Discovery Centre
Man with rototiller in field near Castlegar, preparing part of the site of the Doukhobor Village Museum (later the Doukhobor Discovery Centre). Men in background are picking rocks.
| Internal ID: | 0132.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1975 |
Doukhobor Discovery Centre
Students walking into a re-created Doukhobor village house near Castlegar. This facility was developed to interpret the history and culture of Canadians of Doukhobor descent. It is now known as the Doukhobor Discovery Centre.
| Internal ID: | 0132.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Discovery Centre
One of the communal houses at the Doukhobor Discovery Centre, Castlegar BC.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0110 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1971 |
Doukhobor Ceremony
Doukhobor men preparing for a public religious ceremony with traditional items - loaf of bread, salt, water, fruit & flowers. In the Castlegar, B.C. area, probably Brilliant.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Doukhobor Gathering
Large crowd of Doukhobors at Brilliant, near Castlegar, BC. Presumably this gathering is related to the death of Peter Lordly Verigin in 1924. It was a tragic time for the Canadian Doukhobor community.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1924 |
Poupore Cemetery
Old Cemetery in Poupore, BC, north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Showing mostly unmarked grave sites, one headstone in Russian 1902-1954. Poupore was a largely Doukhobor rural community in West Kootenay.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0044 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Poupore Cemetery
Old Cemetery at Poupore, BC, north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mostly unmarked Doukhobor grave sites indicated by piles of rock.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0045 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Poupore Cemetery
Old cemetery at Poupore, BC, north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mostly unmarked Doukhoborgrave sites indicated by piles of rock. Poupore was a predominantly Doukhobor rural community.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0046 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Poupore Cemetery
Old cemetery at Poupore, BC, north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mostly unmarked grave sites indicated by piles of rock. The small wooden peaked grave markers were once common on Doukhobor graves in West Kootenay. Poupore was a predominantly Doukhobor rural community.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0047 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Poupore Cemetery
Old cemetery at Poupore, BC, north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mostly unmarked grave sites indicated by piles of rock. Poupore was a predominantly Doukhobor rural community in West Kootenay.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0048 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Poupore Cemetery
Old cemetery at Poupore, BC, north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mostly unmarked grave sites indicated by piles of rock. Poupore was a rural, predominantly Doukhobor, West Kootenay community.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0049 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Poupore Cemetery
Old cemetery at Poupore, BC, north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mostly unmarked grave sites indicated by piles of rock. This image has a headstone, with the peace dove dominant. Poupore was a largely Doukhobor rural community in West Kootenay.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0050 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Poupore Cemetery
Old cemetery at Poupore, BC, north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mostly unmarked grave sites indicated by piles of rock. This was a predominantly Doukhobor community in rural West Kootenay.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0051 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1983 |
Poupore Cemetery
Old cemetery at Poupore, BC, north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mostly unmarked grave sites indicated by piles of rock. This particular image is of a baby's grave site. Poupore was a predominantly Doukhobr rural West Kootenay community.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0052 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor Cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mostly rock grave markers.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0081 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor Cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore is north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0113 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
An old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Graves marked mostly with rock piles.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0114 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Grave markers were mostly rock piles. This one had a headstone for a baby.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0115 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Grave markers were mostly rock piles.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0116 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Grave markers were mostly rock piles.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0117 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Grave markers were mostly rock piles.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0118 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Grave markers were mostly rock piles.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0119 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Grave markers were mostly rock piles.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0120 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Grave markers were mostly rock piles. Some had boxes at the gravesite as well.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0121 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Grave markers were mostly rock piles.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0122 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Grave markers were mostly rock piles.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0123 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Grave markers were mostly rock piles, but some had headstones and some boxes.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0124 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Grave markers were mostly rock piles.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0125 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Doukhobor Cemetery
Old Doukhobor cemetery at Poupore, BC. Poupore was situated north of Trail on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Grave markers were mostly rock piles.
| Internal ID: | 0143.0126 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Bonderoff Farm
Nadya and Vasily Bonderoff picking tomatoes out of their home garden on their farm south of Salmo, B.C. Their barn is in the background with the house of their son Phillip to the right.
| Internal ID: | 0473.0100 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1990 |
Bonderoff Farm
Vasily (Bill) and Nadya (Nora) Bonderoff working in the forest of tomatoes in their home garden on their farm south of Salmo, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0473.0101 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1990 |
Bonderoff Farm
Nadya (Nora) Bonderoff working in the home garden on the Bonderoff farm south of Salmo, B.C. To the left is her son Phillip's house and to the right her grandson Ken's home. Nadya is in her late 70s or early 80s here, and still maintaining the garden with her husband Vasily.
| Internal ID: | 0473.0102 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1990 |
Bill Bonderoff, Artisan
Vasily (Bill) Bonderoff in his artisan workshop on his farm south of Salmo, B.C. Bill was known both for his Doukhobor ladles and his miniature spinning wheels, all crafted from raw wood in his small shop.
| Internal ID: | 0473.0105 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1990 |
Bill Bonderoff
Vasily (Bill) Bonderoff in his artisan workshop onhis farm south of Salmo, B.C. Bill is holding one of the model spinning wheels, complete with spinner's bench, that he was renowned for. To the far left are a number of rawq wheels hanging on the wall, and overhead are a number of blank ladles that Bill was also well known for throughout the Columbia Basin. Front right is one of the custom machines that he also made (being a retired blacksmith) for routing out the bowls of the ladles. Bill also made the lathe that he used to manufacture the spinning wheels from raw wood that he cut and dried to his specifications.
| Internal ID: | 0473.0111 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1990 |
Burning of the Arms Parade
Castlegar residents participating in the "Burning of the Arms" parade, celebrating an act of defiance by the Doukhobors back in Russia.
| Internal ID: | 0494.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Burning of the Arms Parade
Castlegar residents participating in the "Burning of the Arms" parade, celebrating an act of Defiance by Doukhobors back in Russia.
| Internal ID: | 0494.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Burning of the Arms Parade
People participating in the Bburning of the Arms parade in downtown Castlegar.
| Internal ID: | 0494.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Burning of the Arms Parade
Castlegar residents participating in the "Burning of the Arms" parade, celebrating a period of Doukhobor history in Russia.
| Internal ID: | 0494.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Burning of the Arms Parade
people participating in the "Burning of the Arms" parade in downtown Castlegar, celebrating a period of Doukhobor history.
| Internal ID: | 0494.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Burning of the Arms Parade
A Chinese dragon participating in the "Burning of the Arms" parade in downtown Castlegar. This event celebrated an event in the Doukhobor people's distant past, while still in Russia.
| Internal ID: | 0494.0007 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Burning of the Arms Parade
Castlegar people participating in the "Burning of the Arms" parade, celebrating a period of Doukhobor history while still in Russia.
| Internal ID: | 0494.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Burning of the Arms Parade
Young Doukhobors, possibly a choir group, participating in the "Burning of the Arms" parade in downtown Castlegar.
| Internal ID: | 0494.0009 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Robson Women's Institute
Polly Harcoff doing a demonstration of Doukhobor Cooking sponsored by the Robson W.I. Possibly Mrs. Chernoff beside her. If you recognize the other two women in the photo, please let us know.
| Internal ID: | 0497.0041 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Pete Oglow
Pete Oglow demonstrates the art of carving traditional Doukhobor wooden ladles, Frank Zak and Peter Ogloff observe.
| Internal ID: | 0511.0046 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | February 22nd 1989 |
Pete Oglow
Pete Oglow carving some traditional Doukhobor wooden ladles.
| Internal ID: | 0511.0049 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | February 22nd 1989 |
Doukhobor Exhibit
A photo montage of the Doukhobor community on display for heritage week at the Castlegar Station Museum.
| Internal ID: | 0511.0056 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1990 |
Doukhobor Village Houses
Two Doukhobor village houses, probably at Raspberry near Robson. These are models of the typical communal Doukhobor structure built in the Kootenays.
| Internal ID: | 0526.0126 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Mobile Irrigation
Spraying orchard and landscaping between Doukhobor Village Museum and the National Exhibition Centre with water truck, Castlegar, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0120 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Kootenay Gallery Beginnings
Landscaping around the Kootenay Gallery. The Kootenay Gallery is located beside the Doukhobor Discovery Centre above the Columbia River and near the Castlegar Airport.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1975 |
Doukhobor Discovery Centre
Landscaping in front of the Doukhobor Disocvery Centre and the Kootenay Gallery. Both are located above the Columbia River near the Castlegar Airport.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1975 |
