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The grave of Marie Fischer, identified as the wife of Charles Gaudet, in the Gaudet plot in the Fort Good Hope cemetery, Northwest Territories. She lived from 1841-1914; Miriam Green Ellis' inclusion of her birth name could suggest she knew her prior…

Between 1860 and 1874, a team headed by Josiah D. Whitney surveyed the state of California in order to gather and circulate information about the natural resources of California.Most of the photographs in the volume featured here were taken by…

University of Alberta women's track team and their coach.

Miriam Green Ellis (middle back) poses with the Prince Albert High School girls' hockey team, in Saskatchewan. She started and managed the team while George Ellis was principal of the Prince Albert College Institute.

This image is courtesy of the…

This souvenir book from Winnipeg provides a good example of the photogravure process.

Many Chinese immigrants came to Canada to work on the railway, but after these jobs ended, they were prohibited from entering or training for many professions. Many turned to restaurants to make a living. The earliest Chinese restaurant menus…