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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![Inuit woman dressed in her indoor winter clothes, Unknown Location, N.W.T. [Nunavut?], 1929.
Signatures and inscriptions - Eskimo woman, Hudson Bay west Coast, indoor winter clothes, note stockings.
Credit: G.H. Blanchet / Library and Archives Canada / e004665346Restrictions on use: NilCopyright: Library and Archives Canada
Source](http://25.media.tumblr.com/e2c12ed5c65c38093d82bdf6e7cdf1f1/tumblr_mfeoz3vCFC1qkvd06o1_500.jpg)
Inuit woman dressed in her indoor winter clothes, Unknown Location, N.W.T. [Nunavut?], 1929.
Signatures and inscriptions - Eskimo woman, Hudson Bay west Coast, indoor winter clothes, note stockings.Credit: G.H. Blanchet / Library and Archives Canada / e004665346
Restrictions on use: Nil
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![[Piliqtuq was the mother of Kannuta, from Hall Beach (Sanirajak).]
The title of the photograph in square brackets is based on information provided by the project “A face, a name.” This project allows youth and Elders in Nunavut to work together to identify people that appear on photographs held at Library and Archives Canada and register their names.
Igloolik, T.N.-O. [Igloolik (Iglulik), Nunavut]
Credit: Richard Harrington / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-146640 Restrictions on use: The information may not be copied for research or for personal use (September 2003). For more information, contact Library and Archives Canada. Copyright: The copyright has expired with respect to the photographs taken before 1 January 1949.
Source](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mctzq3GkkB1qkvd06o1_500.jpg)
[Piliqtuq was the mother of Kannuta, from Hall Beach (Sanirajak).]
The title of the photograph in square brackets is based on information provided by the project “A face, a name.” This project allows youth and Elders in Nunavut to work together to identify people that appear on photographs held at Library and Archives Canada and register their names.
Igloolik, T.N.-O. [Igloolik (Iglulik), Nunavut]
Credit: Richard Harrington / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-146640
Restrictions on use: The information may not be copied for research or for personal use (September 2003). For more information, contact Library and Archives Canada. Copyright: The copyright has expired with respect to the photographs taken before 1 January 1949. -
![(A woman and her child Padleimuit hungry in a camp on the South Henik Lake, near Padlei, NWT., February 1950.) [Kinaryuak (left) and Kipsiyak (right).]
Padlei, N.W.T., [Akunijuaq/Akuniyuaq, near Padlei, Nunavut]
Credit: Richard Harrington / Library and Archives Canada / PA-129943 Restrictions on use: Item may be copied for research or private use only (September 2003). For further information contact National Archives of Canada. Copyright assigned to Library and Archives Canada.
[Title of the photograph in square brackets is based on information provided by Project Naming. This project brings Youth and Elders in Nunavut to work together to identify and record the names of people in photographs held at Library and Archives Canada.]
Source](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mby6u9e8SM1qkvd06o1_400.jpg)
(A woman and her child Padleimuit hungry in a camp on the South Henik Lake, near Padlei, NWT., February 1950.) [Kinaryuak (left) and Kipsiyak (right).]
Padlei, N.W.T., [Akunijuaq/Akuniyuaq, near Padlei, Nunavut]
Credit: Richard Harrington / Library and Archives Canada / PA-129943
Restrictions on use: Item may be copied for research or private use only (September 2003). For further information contact National Archives of Canada.
Copyright assigned to Library and Archives Canada.[Title of the photograph in square brackets is based on information provided by Project Naming. This project brings Youth and Elders in Nunavut to work together to identify and record the names of people in photographs held at Library and Archives Canada.]
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![Spence Bay, N.W.T., [Taloyoak (formerly Spence Bay), Nunavut], 1951
Credit: Richard Harrington / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-144007 Restrictions on use: Item may be copied for research or private use only (September 2003). For further information contact National Archives of Canada. Copyright: For items photographed before January 1, 1949, copyright is expired.
Source](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbnipdTpvR1qkvd06o1_400.jpg)
Spence Bay, N.W.T., [Taloyoak (formerly Spence Bay), Nunavut], 1951
Credit: Richard Harrington / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-144007
Restrictions on use: Item may be copied for research or private use only (September 2003). For further information contact National Archives of Canada.
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![Spence Bay, N.W.T., [Taloyoak (formerly Spence Bay), Nunavut], 1951
Credit: Richard Harrington / Library and Archives Canada / PA-144000 Restrictions on use: Item may be copied for research or private use only (September 2003). For further information contact National Archives of Canada. Copyright: For items photographed before January 1, 1949, copyright is expired.
Source](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbciop9hE61qkvd06o1_400.jpg)
Spence Bay, N.W.T., [Taloyoak (formerly Spence Bay), Nunavut], 1951
Credit: Richard Harrington / Library and Archives Canada / PA-144000
Restrictions on use: Item may be copied for research or private use only (September 2003). For further information contact National Archives of Canada.
Copyright: For items photographed before January 1, 1949, copyright is expired. -
Inuit woman and child outside wood buildings. Skins hanging in background.
Credit: J.E. Bernier / Library and Archives Canada / C-000744
Additional name(s): Photographer:George Lancefield?
Additional information:(Bernier Expedition 1906-07
Signatures and inscriptions: Esquimau woman and child
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![Unidentified Inuit woman.
Unknown location, N.W.T. [now Nunavut], ca. 1929-1934
Credit: Ronald W. Stewart / Library and Archives Canada / e006609694 Restrictions on use: Nil Copyright: Expired
Source](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8pxoqF1Q31qkvd06o1_500.jpg)
Unidentified Inuit woman.
Unknown location, N.W.T. [now Nunavut], ca. 1929-1934
Credit: Ronald W. Stewart / Library and Archives Canada / e006609694
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![Unidentified Inuit woman cleaning a polar bear skin. “Innusivut / Our Way of Living”
Place Unknown, N.W.T. [Nunavut], 1952?
Photographer:unknown. Credit: Library and Archives Canada / e004413808
Source](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8d22xLq6d1qkvd06o1_500.jpg)
Unidentified Inuit woman cleaning a polar bear skin. “Innusivut / Our Way of Living”
Place Unknown, N.W.T. [Nunavut], 1952?
Photographer:unknown. Credit: Library and Archives Canada / e004413808
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![Unidentified Inuit woman with child.
Unknown Location, N.W.T. [Nunavut?], July 1951
Credit: Wilfred Doucette / National Film Board of Canada. Phototheque / Library and Archives Canada / e002265617
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Extra information provided by “Anonymous” in a message:
fyi: MIKAN 3603271, pic of Inuit woman wearing amauti is Mrs. Martha Micheal of Iqaluit, Nunavut. She lived in Apex for many years, and is still alive today. -thank you Anonymous!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7wljovMkM1qkvd06o1_500.jpg)
Unidentified Inuit woman with child.
Unknown Location, N.W.T. [Nunavut?], July 1951
Credit: Wilfred Doucette / National Film Board of Canada. Phototheque / Library and Archives Canada / e002265617
Extra information provided by “Anonymous” in a message:
fyi: MIKAN 3603271, pic of Inuit woman wearing amauti is Mrs. Martha Micheal of Iqaluit, Nunavut. She lived in Apex for many years, and is still alive today. -thank you Anonymous!
