Browse Items (1348 total)

Mrs. Stefansson (far left) poses with her son Alex Stefansson (third from left), Old Mary (third from right) and three unidentified children at Akalvik, Northwest Territories. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the…

A First Nations mother poses holding her child, who is wearing a peaked cap, slung on her back at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in…

Two Slavie First Nations women at Providence, Northwest Territories, the younger of whom carries a small child in a sling on her back. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green…

An elderly couple of the Loucheux First Nation sit watching the boats come in at Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.…

Two Loucheux women, pictured at Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories. 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…

A First Nations woman tends the cookpot at Fort Chipewyan, 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 is on the…

A portrait of the Mother Superior of the Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Catholic mission. 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…

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…

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…