The verso of the front wrapper for Harris’s The Fishes of North America That Are Captured on Hook and Line (1898) includes advertisements for the work and testimonials to its cost and quality, presumably to encourage subscribers to continue their…
This photo shows the front wrapper from Part 1 of Harris’s The Fishes of North America That Are Captured on Hook and Line (1898). The wrappers for the first part were relatively plain, but later parts (such as Part III shown in this exhibition)…
A young First Nations mother, pictured carrying her baby in a moss bag. Her location and nation affiliation are unknown, though this image may have been taken during Miriam Green Ellis' journey to Aklavik.
While food was always a key driver of Western Canada’s economy, the war meant that Prairie production had global consequences. This brochure, published by the North-West Line Elevators Association, encourages farmers to tailor their production to…