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A wooden fish wheel, set just off shore at Wrigley in the Northwest Territories. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured.

First Over Everest: The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933 brings together the technologies of aviation and photography to exert a sense of control over asublime landscape. The book’s photographic illustrations demonstrate photography’s…

A First Nations woman poses with her child held in a sling on her back. An older woman, possibly the child's grandmother, gazes at the camera from behind them both. The image has been overexposed at the middle bottom.

A First Nations woman tends the cookpot at Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

A First Nations woman tending a camp cookpot at Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis photo album. The slide shows the delicate shading possible in the…

A First Nations woman, photographed while preparing a caribou hide.

A close view of a First Nations woman making snowshoes.

A First Nations woman sits in front of a cabin making snowshoes. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

A First Nations woman making snowshoes. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.