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Altered Book. 14 x 21 cm.
N 7433.4 S8795 A6 S65

Altered Book. 13 x 19 cm.
N 7433.4 S8795 A6 O43 2006

The age of this book is not clear. A calendar stuck in one of its leaves suggests it might have been published as early as 1936. Elizabeth Driver estimates a date during World War II, based on “Help Win the War” coloured plates pasted on…

This panoramic photograph was created from three different prints, as we can see from the seams between the photographs.For another example of a panoramic photographic, see the group portrait of plumbers and steamfitters.This album is part of…

This poster promoting Hoffman’s Novelty Circus provides an example of the halftone process used in advertising. Notice the grid pattern across the surface of the image, showing how dots were printed closer together or further apart to achieve…

Here we have an example of photojournalism before photojournalism was entirely practical. It would still be a few decades before thehalftone process made it efficient and therefore cost-effective to print photographs and text side-by-side. In this…

This pamphlet for Otis dump cars provides an example of the promotional uses of photography in the early-twentieth century. It also calls to mind some of the more mundane uses of photography, which were taken up and parodied by conceptual artists in…

The owner of this souvenir book inscribed the back of the last page with a short unattributedpoem: For unadulterated mountain scenery With its snow capped jagged peaks The Canadian Rockies furnish everythingThat the true lover of Nature seeks

This souvenir book promoted travel on the Canadian Pacific Railway in the early-twentieth century by featuring sublime landscapes alongside modern conveniences like trains and luxury hotels (such as the CPR Banff Springs Hotel). The cover artwork is…

This souvenir book from Saskatoon includes twenty photographs, each one mounted on its own separate page. The photographs are typical of souvenir books of Prairie towns during this period, as can be seen from comparisons toPicturesque Edmonton…