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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.
Magic Lantern Slide - Steam Wheeler Cook
A portrait of the cook on a steamwheeler, posing with fresh fish (though not trout as the caption indicates). 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 - Skin Boats
Skin boats at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), 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 faded caption has been written in beneath the image.
Magic Lantern Slide - Roman Catholic Church
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…
Magic Lantern Slide - Mrs. Stefansson and Old Mary
Mrs. Stefansson with her family. Mrs. Stefansson: far left. Alex Stefansson: third from left. Old Mary: third from right. 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 - Mission Father
A priest from the Catholic Mission at Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories poses with a covered wagon. 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 written…
Magic Lantern Slide - Midnight Sun on the Arctic Ocean
One of Miriam Green Ellis' many efforts to capture the Midnight Sun.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 written beneath the image.
Magic Lantern Slide - Laura
A portrait of Laura, an Inuit woman accused of beating her husband, taken while she was traveling South for trial. This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers.