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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

Photostory #366: Prairie Provinces Promise Growing Prosperity: Canada's Mid-West: Tomorrow's Industrial Giant

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar
Locations
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Date
June 16, 1964
Subjects
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Mining
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Oil

Photostory #366: Prairie Provinces Promise Growing Prosperity: Canada's Mid-West: Tomorrow's Industrial Giant

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar
Locations
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Date
June 16, 1964
Subjects
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Mining
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Oil

Photostory #483B: Modern-Day Look at Life in the West

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Alberta
Date
December 7, 1968
Subjects
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Agriculture
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Animals
Livestock
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Oil
Urban development
Landscape
Canada as wilderness
Commercial activity
Trade and export
Consumerism
Sports, recreation and hobbies

Photostory #483B: Modern-Day Look at Life in the West

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Alberta
Date
December 7, 1968
Subjects
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Agriculture
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Animals
Livestock
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Oil
Urban development
Landscape
Canada as wilderness
Commercial activity
Trade and export
Consumerism
Sports, recreation and hobbies

Photostory #483A: Alberta: Canada's Big, Booming, Cowboy Province

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Alberta
Date
December 7, 1968
Subjects
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Agriculture
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Animals
Livestock
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Oil
Urban development
Landscape
Canada as wilderness
Education
University and college
Commercial activity
Trade and export

Photostory #483A: Alberta: Canada's Big, Booming, Cowboy Province

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Alberta
Date
December 7, 1968
Subjects
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Agriculture
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Animals
Livestock
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Oil
Urban development
Landscape
Canada as wilderness
Education
University and college
Commercial activity
Trade and export

Photostory #476A: Big, Two-Pronged Mineral Hunt: Up North -- Where the Action Is

Photographer(s)
Grant, Ted
Locations
Canada
Arctic
Date
August 31, 1968
Subjects
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Mining
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Oil
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Commercial activity
Shipping
Science
Geology

Photostory #476B: In the Canadian Arctic: Multi-Million Dollar Exploration Program

Photographer(s)
Grant, Ted
Locations
Canada
Arctic
Date
August 31, 1968
Subjects
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Mining
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Oil
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Commercial activity
Shipping
Science
Geology
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