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The Changing of the Guard: Graphic Incidents of the Two World Wars provides examples of photojournalism created by “official and other photographers” and collected into a commemorative album published in Australia. Some of the action shots…

N 7433.3 D794 2004.

The Catholic mission at Providence, Northwest Territories, pictured from the street.

5 printed lead sheets, each 12 x 9 x 1/2", seven pages of text, plus title page, in two wooden cartons.

The Aurelian: A Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies was created by English entomologist and artist Moses Harris. The book’s title page explains that its pictures were “drawn, engraved and coloured from the natural…

The Art of Swimming was published before the discovery of photography and includes engravings as a means of circulating knowledge. As explained by the subtitle, the book contains "forty proper copper-plate cuts, which represent the different postures…

Acquired in honour of Dr Charles Lee

Produced by the Social Credit Women’s Auxiliaries of Alberta, probably around 1947, this book features some Alberta notables, including “Veal Albertan,” “Alberta Stuffed Breast of Veal,” and “Baked Alberta Ham.” The recipe for…