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"Doc" Griffin, a steam wheeler cook, holds two trout caught near the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album. The…

Portrait of a young Inuit man, Alikomiak, convicted of the murder of an Northwest Mounted Police officer and later hung for it. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo…

Miriam Green Ellis poses with a First Nations woman and two children. This image juxtaposes the coloured magic lantern version with the photographic print included in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album. The coloured magic lantern slide version is on the…

The elaborately decorated interior of the Roman Catholic church built in Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers. A caption has been…

One of Miriam Green Ellis' many efforts to capture the Midnight Sun. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured. A crack traverses the slide from top to bottom, and a scratch mars the image at the lower left.

One of Miriam Green Ellis' many efforts to capture the Midnight Sun, here over the Arctic Ocean. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is the more delicately painted of two glass slide interpretations of this image.

One of Miriam Green Ellis' many efforts to capture the Midnight Sun.This slide is shown in full, showing the black paper used to frame the image and the red and white indexing stickers. A caption has been written beneath the image.

One of Miriam Green Ellis' many efforts to capture the Midnight Sun. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, still vivid despite the scratches and wear to the pigment.

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.

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…