Series S1 - Glass plate negatives and glass lantern slides of Northern life

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Glass plate negatives and glass lantern slides of Northern life

Level of description

Series

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • 1895-1905 (Creation)

Physical description area

Physical description

139 photographs : b&w negatives on glass.
37 photographs : hand col. transparencies on glass.

Archival description area

Name of creator

Scope and content

The series consists of photographs of Cree and Inuit communities around Hudson Bay and James Bay, including portraits of individuals, and photographs of encampments and traditional ways of life. Some images are accompanied by short descriptions written by the photographer.