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[Totem pole at Camp Mabry]

Description: Photograph of the totem pole at the Texas Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry. The totem pole was erected in 1949 by the Royal Canadian Air Force in honor of Texans who served in the RCAF during World War II. The totem pole itself was carved by Squamish Hereditary Chief Mathias Joe (1887-1966) of Vancouver Canada. The Camp Mabry Totem Pole is one of 3 poles carved by Chief Mathias Joe in the United States: 1 in San Francisco in front of the Cliff House at Ocean Beach, and 1 for Maurice Agly in… more
Date: July 18, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal & Mathias, Joe
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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