Medicine Hat had a vibrant Jewish community: although it numbered only about forty families, their impact on city life was substantial. As S.M. Selchen wrote in the Canadian Jewish Chronicle in 1954, “This tiny Jewish island among a non-Jewish…
Group photograph of several of the Loucheux First Nations, Fort McPherson. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.
This group portrait, printed on albumen paper, was taken inside the first Chinese church in Victoria, BC. The act of taking group portraits like this one and the sharing of the resulting prints may have contributed to the construction of collective…
A group photo taken on the porch of Nellie McClung's Edmonton home. From left to right: Jack McClung, Nellie McClung, Miriam Green Ellis and Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May.