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Archival description
A Moose and Teepee
CA EDM MS-156-EB-12-27 · Item · 1901
Part of Samuel and Archibald Dickson fonds

Image of a moose wearing a cart harness and standing in front of a teepee at an unknown location. An inscription on the front of the photo reads: "The moose is not much used being too difficult to train, dogs are used now exclusively instead".
Same as EA-10-1185

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-12-5 · 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."