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Photostory #445B: Scenes Around the Peace Tower

Photographer(s)
Grant, Ted; Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Ottawa
Date
June 20, 1967
Subjects
Arts
Architecture
Tourist attraction
Commercial activity
Services
Urban development
bilingualism
Arts
Visual
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Wood
Logging
Transportation
Railroad
Children
Education
High school
Consumerism

Photostory #445B: Scenes Around the Peace Tower

Photographer(s)
Grant, Ted; Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Ottawa
Date
June 20, 1967
Subjects
Arts
Architecture
Tourist attraction
Commercial activity
Services
Urban development
bilingualism
Arts
Visual
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Wood
Logging
Transportation
Railroad
Children
Education
High school
Consumerism

Photostory #238: Song Chaser, Helen Creighton

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Eastern
Atlantic Provinces
Date
December 1, 1959
Subjects
Biography
Creighton
Helen
Folk and tradition
Research
Arts
Musical

Photostory #284: Blood Indians Dance to Natoosi

Photographer(s)
Nielsen, Erik
Locations
Canada
Alberta
Date
May 2, 1961
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Aboriginal Peoples
Metis
Arts
Dance
Festivals and celebrations

Photostory #284: Blood Indians Dance to Natoosi

Photographer(s)
Nielsen, Erik
Locations
Canada
Alberta
Date
May 2, 1961
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Aboriginal Peoples
Metis
Arts
Dance
Festivals and celebrations

Photostory #113: Thunderbird Park, B. C.: Totem Poles Preserved for Posterity

Photographer(s)
Mailer, John; Atkins, Bernard
Locations
Canada
British Columbia
Alert Bay
Date
July 9, 1957
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Arts
Craft
Carving
Arts
Visual

Photostory #213L: At Home in the Clouds: Bridge Building Mohawks

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar; Photographic Services
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Brantford
Burlington
Date
June 9, 1959
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Construction
Arts
Architecture

Photostory #165: Pow Wow at Banff: Indian Pageant in the Rockies

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Date
July 8, 1958
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Festivals and celebrations
Arts
Dance

Photostory #148: Canada's Northern Citizens Produce Unique Art: Lively Forms from Lifeless Stone

Photographer(s)
Doucette, Wilfred; Lunney, Gar; Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
March 11, 1958
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Craft
Carving
Arts
Visual

Photostory #236L: Eskimo Carvers at Stratford

Photographer(s)
Smith, S.
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Stratford
Ontario
Stratford
Date
November 17, 1959
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Craft
Carving
Festivals and celebrations
Arts
Dramatic
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