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A close view of the storage tag attached to one of the storage boxes in the Miriam Green Ellis collection. It indicates that this part of the collection resided at the Security Storage Co. Ltd. in Winnipeg, Manitoba immediately prior to its present…

A stack of boxes from magic lantern slide plates and photographic dry plates, from the Miriam Green Ellis collection.

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.

A wooden storage box from the Miriam Green Ellis collection, showing the University of Alberta Libraries' catalogue sticker. This box contains photographic and magic lantern supplies, and is battered from years of shipping.

A wooden box used for shipping and storing Miriam Green Ellis' collection of magic lantern slides, with storage tag attached. The leather handle is still in excellent shape.

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.

A wooden box used for shipping and storing Miriam Green Ellis' collection of magic lantern slides, opened to show the interior. Stiff cardboard dividers separate individual slides.

Miriam Green Ellis' journal, opened to show two pages with photographs pasted in. The short entries cover a period of about a month, spanning July and August.

Reverse of Miriam Green Ellis' scratch notes, detailing the order of slides for one of her magic lantern shows. The note is written on a stationary envelope from the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, Canada.

Miriam Green Ellis' scratch notes, detailing the order of slides for one of her magic lantern shows. The note is written on a stationary envelope from the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, Canada.