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Photostory #162L: English Lessons with Leah

Photographer(s)
Grant, Ted
Locations
Date
June 17, 1958
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Government
Federal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Education
Special
Children

Photostory #289: Kenojuak -- Poet of the Arctic

Photographer(s)
Gilliat, Rosemary; N.A.N.R.
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
July 11, 1961
Subjects
Biography
Kenojuak
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Visual
Government
Federal
National Gallery of Canada (NGC)
Gender
Women

Photostory #289: Kenojuak -- Poet of the Arctic

Photographer(s)
Gilliat, Rosemary; N.A.N.R.
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
July 11, 1961
Subjects
Biography
Kenojuak
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Visual
Government
Federal
National Gallery of Canada (NGC)
Gender
Women

Photostory # 60: Number One Canadian the Nation's Busiest Man

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar; Lund, Chris; unattributed
Locations
Canada
Newfoundland
St. John's
Date
June 29, 1956
Subjects
Biography
Massey, Vincent
Government
Federal
Houses of Parliament
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Saint John’s

Photostory #292: Vilhjalmur Stefansson -- Conqueror of Canadian Arctic

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris; unattributed
Locations
Canada
Arctic
Date
August 22, 1961
Subjects
Biography
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Government
Federal
National Gallery of Canada (NGC)

Photostory #292: Vilhjalmur Stefansson -- Conqueror of Canadian Arctic

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris; unattributed
Locations
Canada
Arctic
Date
August 22, 1961
Subjects
Biography
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Government
Federal
National Gallery of Canada (NGC)

Photostory #306: Her Excellency, Madame Georges P. Vanier: Canada's Gracious First Lady

Photographer(s)
Grant, Ted; Marcil, C.; Lunney, Gar; Lingard, W. [Bill]; Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Ottawa
Date
March 6, 1962
Subjects
Biography
Vanier, Pauline
Government
Federal
Parliament Buildings
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations

Photostory #306: Her Excellency, Madame Georges P. Vanier: Canada's Gracious First Lady

Photographer(s)
Grant, Ted; Marcil, C.; Lunney, Gar; Lingard, W. [Bill]; Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Ottawa
Date
March 6, 1962
Subjects
Biography
Vanier, Pauline
Government
Federal
Parliament Buildings
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations

Photostory #320: Dr. Alice Wilson: The World Is At Her Feet: Canada's Leading Lady of Geological Science

Photographer(s)
Taylor, Herb
Locations
Date
September 18, 1962
Subjects
Biography
Wilson, Alice Dr.
Science
Geology
Government
Federal
Geological Survey of Canada
Government
Federal
Parliament Buildings
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Oil

Photostory #320: Dr. Alice Wilson: The World Is At Her Feet: Canada's Leading Lady of Geological Science

Photographer(s)
Taylor, Herb
Locations
Date
September 18, 1962
Subjects
Biography
Wilson, Alice
Dr.
Science
Geology
Government
Federal
Geological Survey of Canada
Government
Federal
Parliament Buildings
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Oil
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