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Laura, in Blue
A portrait of Laura, an Inuit woman travelling to Edmonton for trial. She is said to have beaten her husband. Miriam Green Ellis did not comment on the circumstances of the altercation, but did report that Laura was sent back home without a…
Laura, in Red
A portrait of Laura, an Inuit woman travelling to Edmonton for trial. She is said to have beaten her husband. Miriam Green Ellis did not comment on the circumstances of the altercation, but did report that Laura was sent back home without a…
Louis Riel
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…
McCleary at Fort Norman
A portrait of a Fort Norman man, McCleary. Originally from Pittsburg, McCleary suffered from gangrene during a particularly long, hard and isolated winter and was forced to amputate his own toes with a jackknife. He survived alone for over four…
McCleary at Fort Norman
A portrait of a Fort Norman man, McCleary. Originally from Pittsburg, McCleary suffered from gangrene during a particularly long, hard and isolated winter and was forced to amputate his own toes with a jackknife. He survived alone for over four…
Memory Book - Emily Murphy
Facing pages from a memory book gifted to a departing member of the Edmonton Women's Press Club, showing prominent member Miriam Green Ellis' contribution. It includes a formal portrait and a handwritten farewell passage. Murphy was notable not only…
Memory Book - Miriam Green Ellis
Facing pages from a memory book gifted to a departing member of the Edmonton Women's Press Club, showing prominent member Miriam Green Ellis' contribution. It includes a formal portrait and a handwritten farewell passage. This book now resides in the…
Memory book - Nellie McClung
Facing pages from a memory book gifted to a departing member of the Edmonton Women's Press Club, showing prominent member Nellie McClung's contribution. It includes a formal portrait and a handwritten farewell passage. McClung is notable not only as…
Normal Class
This group portrait of a graduating class in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, brings together 49 individual portraits, mostly sharing the same oval shape and similar poses, facing forward or turned slightly to the side. The similarities between them, and…
Plumbers and Steamfitters
This group portrait of plumbers and steamfitters was taken during a picnic held at Shouldice Park in Calgary in July of 1926. The portrait was printed as one single print, in contrast to some panoramic photographs that were created by putting…