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A saddled horse, stuck in the soft mud while trying to ford the Salt River in the Northwest Territories, thrashes its head. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo…

The Fire Rangers' camp near Fort McMurray, as seen from the river. 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…

The Salt Springs Patrol, in the 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 the top, and the…

The Office of the Mining Recorder at Fort Smith, 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…

The community of Fort Resolution, as seen from the deck of a steam wheeler. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album. The album print version is on the top, and…

"Doc" Griffin, a steam wheeler cook, holds two trout caught near the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album. The…

Portrait of a young Inuit man, Alikomiak, convicted of the murder of an Northwest Mounted Police officer and later hung for it. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo…

Miriam Green Ellis poses with a First Nations woman and two children. 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…

The elaborately decorated interior of the Roman Catholic church built in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers. A caption has been…

One of Miriam Green Ellis' many efforts to capture the Midnight Sun. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured. A crack traverses the slide from top to bottom, and a scratch mars the image at the lower left.