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CA EDM MS-156-EB-12-5 · Item · 1901
Part of Samuel and Archibald Dickson fonds

A view of wooden buildings, a teepee, and people in the community of Fort McPherson. The following is inscribed on front of the image: "It is on [Peel] River within the Arctic Circle, 2000 miles north of Edmonton. The midnight sun shines here for about two weeks. The Esquimaux quite frequently come as far south [as] McPherson to trade."

Trading With the Esquimaux
CA EDM MS-156-EB-12-4 · Item · 1901
Part of Samuel and Archibald Dickson fonds

An Inuk family standing with a Caucasian trader in front of their teepee. A printed inscription on the front of the photograph reads: "observe the stone ornaments the man has in his lips, they are inserted from the inside, a shoulder preventing it from coming all the way through".

Esquimaux in Their Kayaks
CA EDM MS-156-EB-12-3 · Item · 1901
Part of Samuel and Archibald Dickson fonds

A view of two men seated in kayaks on water; each holds a paddle. A printed inscription on the front of the photo reads: "The kayak is made of seal skin, and is about 16 feet long with only sufficient room for one man".

Esquimaux Man and Family
CA EDM MS-156-EB-12-2b · Item · 1901
Part of Samuel and Archibald Dickson fonds

A family standing outside their teepee; an inscription on the front of the photograph notes that "the man holds in his hand what is called a snow knife, made from a file to cut blocks of snow in making snow huts".
Copy of EB-12

Esquimaux Man and Family
CA EDM MS-156-EB-12-2a · Item · 1901
Part of Samuel and Archibald Dickson fonds

A family standing outside their teepee; an inscription on the front of the photograph notes that "the man holds in his hand what is called a snow knife, made from a file to cut blocks of snow in making snow huts".
Copy of EB-12

CA EDM MS-156-EB-12-23 · Item · 1901
Part of Samuel and Archibald Dickson fonds

A view of a group of Indigenous men trekking along the shore of the Athabasca River, tracking the progress of Hudson's Bay Company fur boats in the river. An inscription on the front of the photograph reads: "Indians tracking the H.B.Co's fur boats up the rapids on Athabasca River, from Fort McMurry [sic] to Grand Rapids, 87 miles is almost one continuous rapid".