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This chart is part of a Swift Canadian campaign, beginning in the late 1940s, that encouraged “Meats for Babies.” Although Swift’s Canadian headquarters were in Ontario, this pre-cooked and strained food, sold in small cans, might have been…

Dating from 1955, Saskatchewan’s Golden Jubilee, this book was produced by the Saskatchewan Homemakers’ Clubs. Founded in 1911 under the parentage of the University of Saskatchewan’s Extension Division, the organization was a key part of the…

This provincial curriculum book, issued by the Saskatchewan government, was renamed Recipes for Home Economics Classes by 1926, anticipating the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Household Science’s similar change to the College of…

Printed by the Calgary-based Western Printing & Lithographing Co., this particular edition is not included in Elizabeth Driver’s Culinary Landmarks; other 1915 editions were printed by S.A. Hynd Litho-Print Ltd. of Calgary (1043–44).…

A birch bark canoe, set on the shore at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album. The coloured magic…

An Inuit woman from Aklavik, Laura, poses behind the wheel of a car in front of the Templeman Bros. store in Edmonton, Alberta. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo…

A First Nations woman sits in front of a cabin making snowshoes. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album. The coloured magic lantern slide version is on the top,…

Men wait on the dock with cargo to travel up the Clearwater River in Alberta. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album. The coloured magic lantern slide version…

Alex Stefansson, back right, poses with two other Inuit boys in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album. The coloured magic…

Mrs. Conibear, trader and entrepreneur, posing in front of her Fort Smith home holding a bag made from the a moose fetus' hide by an Inuit craftsperson. 'Tea bags' like this were used much like a market bag. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic…