Framing Canada
A Photographic Memory
Photos from the Library and Archives Canada (LAC), which holds approximately 30 million photographs from various public and private sources in its collection.
Representing the history of photography from its beginnings in the early 1840s to the present day, these images are an invaluable resource for the visual history of Canada and Canadians.
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![Behind the tunik mask. Frobisher Bay, N.W.T., [Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), Nunavut], 1968.
Credit: Charles Gimpel / Library and Archives Canada / e002414678
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Behind the tunik mask. Frobisher Bay, N.W.T., [Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), Nunavut], 1968.
Credit: Charles Gimpel / Library and Archives Canada / e002414678
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140th anniversary of the North West Mounted Police
The Establishment of the North West Mounted Police
The History of the Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceAll images courtesy Library and Archives Canada
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![Fun in an Igloo. Igloolik, N.W.T., [Igloolik (Iglulik), Nunavut], 1953
Credit: J.C. Jackson / Library and Archives Canada / e002213394
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Fun in an Igloo. Igloolik, N.W.T., [Igloolik (Iglulik), Nunavut], 1953
Credit: J.C. Jackson / Library and Archives Canada / e002213394
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![George Lush holds up fox furs near his home, Tha-Anne River (vicinity), N.W.T. [Nunavut], 1949-1950
Credit: Richard Harrington / National Archives of Canada / PA-140587 Restrictions on use: Item may be copied for research or private use only (September 2003). For further information contact Library and Archives Canada. Copyright: For items photographed before January 1, 1949, copyright is expired.
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George Lush holds up fox furs near his home, Tha-Anne River (vicinity), N.W.T. [Nunavut], 1949-1950
Credit: Richard Harrington / National Archives of Canada / PA-140587
Restrictions on use: Item may be copied for research or private use only (September 2003). For further information contact Library and Archives Canada.
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View of Goldenville District Eastern end looking North from Liscomb Road, Guysborough Co., Goldenville, N.S. 1892.
Credit: E.R. Faribault/Library and Archives Canada/PA-039831
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1868 - 1929, no place, unknown, or undetermined
Credit: Robert Bell / Library and Archives Canada / PA-021862
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The last moments of the doomed German cruiser “Bleucher”, just before she capsized & sank.
Credit: Canada. Patent and Copyright Office / Library and Archives Canada / C-023096
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Sgt. Ronnie Leather, Toronto, ON, of the Three Rivers Regiment, on a stretcher after being hit in the tank he commanded, near Termoli, Italy, 6 October 1943.
Credit: Lieut. Dwight E. Dolan / Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-115201
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Allen’s Creek Bridge, N.B., 1930.
Credit: Photographer: G.A. Bennet / Canada. Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys / Library and Archives Canada / PA-020379
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Carlisle Indian Industrial School- group photo, 189- (1890s)
Credit: David Ewens / Library and Archives Canada / PA-182257
(via Description found in Archives - Search - Library and Archives Canada)
