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Image Not Available for Our first encounter with the Doukhobors on approaching the Doukhobor village of Brilliant B.C in the Columbia and rivers
Our first encounter with the Doukhobors on approaching the Doukhobor village of Brilliant B.C in the Columbia and rivers
Image Not Available for Our first encounter with the Doukhobors on approaching the Doukhobor village of Brilliant B.C in the Columbia and rivers

Our first encounter with the Doukhobors on approaching the Doukhobor village of Brilliant B.C in the Columbia and rivers

Creator Edith Sara Watson (American, 1861 - 1943)
Date1890s-1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions18.2 x 22.9 cm
Credit LineFrances Rooney Collection. Purchase with funds generously donated by Martha LA McCain, 2018
Object number2018/3598.84a
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Our first encounters with the Doukhobors on approaching the Doukhobor village of Brilliant, B.C. on the Columbia and Kootenay rivers. [Page 84 of The Doukhobors II album]
Our first encounters with the Doukhobors on approaching the Doukhobor village of Brilliant, B.C. on the Columbia and Kootenay rivers. [Page 84 of The Doukhobors II album]
Edith Sara Watson
1918-1920
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Image Not Available for A mortar in the making, from a British Columbia cedar, Brilliant, B.C [Page 7 of The Doukhobors II album]
A mortar in the making, from a British Columbia cedar, Brilliant, B.C [Page 7 of The Doukhobors II album]
Edith Sara Watson
1918-1920
Page
Image Not Available for Doukhobor women gathering beans in a Community village at Brilliant, B.C [Page 21 of The Doukhobors II album]
Doukhobor women gathering beans in a Community village at Brilliant, B.C [Page 21 of The Doukhobors II album]
Edith Sara Watson
1918-1920
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Image Not Available for "A Doukhobor grandfather, whose task is to carve wooden spoons of all shapes + sizes for the Community village, in Brilliant, B.C [Page 71 of The Doukhobors II album]
"A Doukhobor grandfather, whose task is to carve wooden spoons of all shapes + sizes for the Community village, in Brilliant, B.C [Page 71 of The Doukhobors II album]
Edith Sara Watson
1918-1920
Page
Image Not Available for Among the Doukhobors, In Brilliant, B.C., Grand Forks [B.C.], and Verigin [SK], page 1 of The Doukhobors II album]
Among the Doukhobors, In Brilliant, B.C., Grand Forks [B.C.], and Verigin [SK], page 1 of The Doukhobors II album]
Edith Sara Watson
1918-1920
Page
Image Not Available for Homeward bound from the village store, Brilliant, B.C [Page 69 of The Doukhobors II album]
Homeward bound from the village store, Brilliant, B.C [Page 69 of The Doukhobors II album]
Edith Sara Watson
1918-1920
Page
Image Not Available for Spinning wheels and looms are always busy in the Community "villages", Brilliant, B.C [Page 5 of The Doukhobors II album]
Spinning wheels and looms are always busy in the Community "villages", Brilliant, B.C [Page 5 of The Doukhobors II album]
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
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Image Not Available for Doukhobors are vegetarians, so a great deal of dried fruit is used. Apples, pears, plums, peaches, etc. In the courtyard at Brilliant, B.C [Page 45 of The Doukhobors II album]
Doukhobors are vegetarians, so a great deal of dried fruit is used. Apples, pears, plums, peaches, etc. In the courtyard at Brilliant, B.C [Page 45 of The Doukhobors II album]
Edith Sara Watson
1918-1920
Page
Image Not Available for A Doukhobor graveyard at Brilliant, B.C. Their offerings to their dead is the fruits of the season, instead of flowers. An orange is sometimes given. [Page 72 of The Doukhobors II album]
A Doukhobor graveyard at Brilliant, B.C. Their offerings to their dead is the fruits of the season, instead of flowers. An orange is sometimes given. [Page 72 of The Doukhobors II album]
Edith Sara Watson
1918-1920
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Image Not Available for A Doukhobor graveyard. Apples, peaches, cherries, and plums are often seen, as above, a-top of the graves, In Brilliant, B.C [Page 73 of The Doukhobors II album]
A Doukhobor graveyard. Apples, peaches, cherries, and plums are often seen, as above, a-top of the graves, In Brilliant, B.C [Page 73 of The Doukhobors II album]
Edith Sara Watson
1918-1920
Page
Image Not Available for Doukhobor women in the community door yard, breaking flax on the home made wooden knives, Brilliant B.C. [Page 76 of The Doukhobors II album]
Doukhobor women in the community door yard, breaking flax on the home made wooden knives, Brilliant B.C. [Page 76 of The Doukhobors II album]
Edith Sara Watson
1918-1920
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Image Not Available for The Doukhobor Community owns a large commercial jam factory, but each individual house wife likes to make her own jam, and dry her own fruit. In Brilliant, B.C [Page 42 of The Doukhobors II album]
The Doukhobor Community owns a large commercial jam factory, but each individual house wife likes to make her own jam, and dry her own fruit. In Brilliant, B.C [Page 42 of The Doukhobors II album]
Edith Sara Watson
1918-1920
Page
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