The Face Pullers: Ch.4 Images - Vic Robertson Tire Service Truck
Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
John W. Gibson
Description
Black and white photograph of the Vic Robertson Tire Service truck which uses an idealized image of the Indigenous person to advertise Pathfinder tires. Standing on the back of the truck is an Indigenous man in an elaborate romanticized traditional outfit. The owners of the truck stand in front.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.