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White visitors pose with Inuit hunters and what appears to be a freshly killed Beluga. This photo is not taken by Miriam Green Ellis, but is included with her collection of glass slides. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

Alex Stefansson (right, at back) with friends in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. Alex is the son of Mrs. Stefansson and famed Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo…

Alex Stefansson, posing with two husky puppies at Aklavik, Northwest Territories. Alex is the son of Mrs. Stefansson and famed Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo…

An arrangement of items from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, including two of the original storage boxes and mix of photography dry plate and magic lantern plate boxes.

Two of Miriam Green Ellis' wooden boxes, used for storing and shipping her magic lantern slides, displayed with boxes of photographic dry plates and magic lantern plates.

Inside a First Nations family's tent at Fort Norman in the Northwest Territories. The mother tends the older children, while her newborn sleeps in a makeshift hammock. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo…

A First Nations woman at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories, carrying her child in a sling on her back. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.

A canoe hulled with birch bark, pictured on the shore at the Fort Norman First Nations camp. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.

A boat hanging in midair as it is navigated over a short waterfall. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

Alex Stefansson, back right, poses with two other Inuit boys in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album. The coloured magic…