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An image of the frontispiece ofInvectives contre la secte de vauderieby Johannes Tinctor, housed in the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford

An image of the frontispiece ofInvectives contre la secte de vauderieby Johannes Tinctor, housed at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford

The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire was founded in 1900 to support the British Empire during the Boer War. The Military Chapter of Calgary was formed in 1914 (Glenbow, “IODE”). Likely published around 1927 (Driver 1054), this…

This carte-de-visite of Métis leader Louis Riel provides an example of how a photograph of a political figure circulates information and ideas. Riel led the Red River Resistance in 1869-70, and then negotiated the terms of Manitoba’s entry into…

A group photo of the Canadian Women's Press Club, taken at the CWPC Golden Jubilee in Toronto, 1954.

Left to right, standing: Kate Aitken; Miriam Green Ellis; Madeleine Levason;

Seated: Joan Duggan; Charlotte Whitton, Her Worship, Mayor of…

Jesse Beaufort Hurlbert was born in Canada to Loyalist parents. He became Professor of Natural Science at Victoria College in Toronto in 1841 (Neill 82). The long title of this book is Physical Atlas with Coloured Maps Showing the Geographical…

Between 1860 and 1874, a team headed by Josiah D. Whitney surveyed the state of California in order to gather and circulate information about the natural resources of California.Most of the photographs in the volume featured here were taken by…