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    Title

    Laura, in Black and White

    Subject

    'Laura'

    Description

    A portrait of Laura, an Inuit woman travelling to Edmonton for trial. She is said to have beaten her husband. Miriam Green Ellis did not comment on the circumstances of the altercation, but did report that Laura was sent back home without a conviction from Justice Murphy.

    This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

    Creator

    Miriam Green Ellis

    Identifier

    p086

    Original Format

    photographic print

    Citation

    Miriam Green Ellis, “Laura, in Black and White,” Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Online Exhibits, accessed May 10, 2025, https://omeka.library.ualberta.ca/items/show/483.