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A selection of the snapshot albums housed in Bruce Peel Special Collections.

A selection of the souvenir books housed in Bruce Peel Special Collections.

Stereoscope technology was developed to experiment with binocular vision, and later became a popular tool for both entertainment and instruction. Stereographs seen through the stereoscope offered such a convincing illusion of three-dimensional…

Photograph of University of Alberta students at the sophomore dance.

The photograph captioned "Cowgirl?" provides an example of how identities can be reimagined through photographs. In this example, a young woman challenges the gender stereotypes of the day by dressing up as a cowboy, just like the men posed in the…

Two Slavie First Nations women at Providence, Northwest Territories, the younger of whom carries a little girl slung on her back. They may be three generations of the same family. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available…

A group of Slavie First Nation women and children, pictured at Providence, Northwest Territories.

Tents belonging to the Slavie First Nation at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.