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A tar sands deposit in a riverbank at Waterways in northern Alberta. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

A portrait of Sister St. Rose, the Mother Superior of the Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Catholic Mission. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album. The image…

A First Nations woman tending a camp cookpot at Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis photo album. The slide shows the delicate shading possible in the…

Two women of the Loucheux First Nations. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.

An elderly Loucheux First Nations couple at Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, watching the boats come in. They have come faithfully for years, despite his blindness. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a…

The Discovery Well at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories, surrounded by the worker's camp, pictured from a boat on the river. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

Alex Stefansson, posing with two husky puppies at Aklavik, Northwest Territories. Alex is the son of Mrs. Stefansson and famed Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo…

A priest from the Catholic Mission at Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories poses with a covered wagon. The wagon is drawn by large dogs by necessity rather than eccentricity, due to the absence of horses and other more typical draft animals so far…

The fragility of the glass slides is evident here. This slide, though otherwise whole, has been marred by a network of cracks interrupting a photo of skin boats set on the riverbank. It may have been dropped or its box struck over Miriam Green Ellis'…

Five men packing gear into camp. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.