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An elderly Loucheux First Nations couple at Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, watching the boats come in. They have come faithfully for years, despite his blindness. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a…

An elderly couple of the Loucheux First Nation sit watching the boats come in at Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories. They have come faithfully for years, despite his blindness. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured…

A group of Loucheux First Nations, pictured at Fort MacPherson, Northwest Territories. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

Two women of the Loucheux First Nations. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.

This carte-de-visite of Métis leader Louis Riel provides an example of how a photograph of a political figure circulates information and ideas. Riel led the Red River Resistance in 1869-70, and then negotiated the terms of Manitoba’s entry into…

A boat hanging in midair as it is navigated over a short waterfall. This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers.

The Discovery Well at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories, surrounded by the worker's camp, pictured from a boat on the river. This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white…

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.