Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Glass plate negatives and glass lantern slides of Northern life
Level of description
Series
Repository
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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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
(1877-1959)
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.