A collage of photos from Miriam Green Ellis and Nellie McClung's trip to visit Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May at the Lacombe airfield in 1920. May, a celebrated World War I fighter pilot, operated an aviation business out of Lacombe after the war.
The Fire Rangers' camp near Fort McMurray, Alberta. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.
The Fire Rangers' camp near Fort McMurray, as seen from the river. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.
A group of First Nations, posing with Bishop Emile Grouard before the community of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. Bishop Grouard spent the first thirteen years of his missionary career, the period from 1862-1875, at Fort Chipewyan.
A First Nations woman tending a camp cookpot at Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis photo album. The slide shows the delicate shading possible in the…
A First Nations woman tends the cookpot at Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.