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The ornate interior of the new Catholic church at Fort Good Hope in the Northwest Territories, as decorated by Father Emile Petitot. It was affiliated with the local Catholic Mission. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

A wooden box used for shipping and storing Miriam Green Ellis' collection of magic lantern slides, opened to show the interior. Stiff cardboard dividers separate individual slides.

A wooden storage box from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, opened and displayed with its contents. The box is lined with flocking and divided into three compartments. Miriam Green Ellis' scratch notes lay in the lid, while cardboard dividers occupy…

Miriam Green Ellis' journal, opened to show two pages with photographs pasted in. The short entries cover a period of about a month, spanning July and August.

The elaborately decorated interior of the Roman Catholic church built in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. The colouration highlights the friezes and extensive decoration by Father Emile Petitot, OMI. This magic lantern slide has been…

An unidentified woman poses with a group of Inuit in Aklavik, Northwest Territories.

A portrait of an elderly Inuit woman at Aklavik, Northwest Territories. Miriam Green Ellis identifies her as a Patriarchess.