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A collage of photos from Miriam Green Ellis and Nellie McClung's trip to visit Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May at the Lacombe airfield in 1920. May, a celebrated World War I fighter pilot, operated an aviation business out of Lacombe after the war.

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This plate from my fragmentary copy of Renard’s Poissons [1754] illustrates three species of tropical fish from the Indonesian archipelago.

Cone-Shaped. 23 x 9 cm (triangular).
N 7433.4 M52 A6 C732

A communion service at the Anglican mission at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories. The congregation members shown are from the local First Nations community.

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…

Alex Stefansson, posing with two husky puppies at 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 lantern slide…