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Major Burwash, Ethel and Mrs. Gooch
Major Burwash, arctic explorer, poses with Ethel and Mrs. Gooch in the woods near Wrigley, Northwest Territories.
Main Street of Fort McMurray
The main street of Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Magic Lantern Storage Box with Storage and Shipping Tags
A wooden box used for shipping and storing Miriam Green Ellis' collection of magic lantern slides, with storage and railway tags attached.
Magic Lantern Slide with Crazing
The fragility of the glass slides is evident here. This slide, though otherwise whole, has been marred by a network of cracks interrupting a photo of skin boats set on the riverbank. It may have been dropped or its box struck over Miriam Green Ellis'…
Magic Lantern Slide - Tar Sands
A tar sands deposit eroding from the riverbank in northern Alberta. This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers. The framing paper on this slide is glossy and textured, rather…
Magic Lantern Slide - Stuck Horse
Attempting to ford the Salt River on horseback. This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers.
Magic Lantern Slide - Steam Wheeler Under the Midnight Sun
The Northern Trading Co's steam wheeler 'Trader', pictured at 11:30 at night with the sun only just going down. This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers.