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Portaging. Men walking along the riverbank pull the barge upstream. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

Pop-up constructions that manipulate words and word-forms which often reveal other words hidden below, assembled in a box. 13 total constructions and 1 word guide providing translations between English, French and Spanish words. Texts are printed in…

This group portrait of plumbers and steamfitters was taken during a picnic held at Shouldice Park in Calgary in July of 1926. The portrait was printed as one single print, in contrast to some panoramic photographs that were created by putting…

Two men ploughing a field at Hay River, Northwest Territories, with harnessed dogs. There were no horses or similar draft animals so far North, making dogs particularly important as beasts of burden. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

Anthropometric approaches to health and nutrition thrived in the twentieth century. Cookbooks and home economics manuals, including this volume (used as a high school textbook from 1964 to 1978 [“Alberta School”]), contained graphs highlighting…

Acquired in recognition of Molly Schoichet

This book's title and cover image suggest that the photographs found within conform to the conventions of the picturesque—though the photographs that follow do not all fit easily within this aesthetic category. The photographer who took these…

This snapshot album documents a year spent in Canada working on pipeline construction in the Northwest Territories. The album's compiler arranged the photographs by theme into neat grids.