Vancouver: Queerest Cemetery In The World / Indian Burial Ground (Vintage Photo 1920s/1930s)

original vintage press photo - no reprint!

sepia toned matte gelatin silver print

canada ~ 1920s/1930s

photographer: CHARLES TRAMPUS

on back is written:

QUEEREST CEMETERY IN THE WORLD

ON THE WEST COAST OF VANCOUVER IS SITUATED

THIS INDIAN BURIAL GROUND. WITHIN THOSE PALINGS ARE SOME OF THE QUEEREST HEADSTONES

THAT EVER GRACED A GRAVE. A COFFEE POT; SHIP

MODEL, SEWING ACHINE, HEADREST OF A BRASS BED ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MODERN,

CONCENTIONAL TOMBSTONE WHICH ONE CHIEF ERECTED

TO HIS SON. OVER ALL PRESIDES THE WOODEN IMAGE

OF THE INDIAN GOD.

size: ~ 18 x 23.5 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

condition: good...tears, tear offs, lots of creases..general wear...please also refer to scans which show complete front and backside of photo

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