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A Photographic Memory

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Photographic Collections

Gallery - Life Behind the Scenes

Library and Archives Canada's expansive selection of privately assembled photographs has enabled researchers to glimpse into Canada's private past. Family life, business culture and the record of daily events from before Confederation have been illustrated by professionals and amateurs alike; their photographs provide endless insight into the nation's cultural history.

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Photograph of a small young girl using a chair to help herself step out of her crib, 1880

Unidentified child
Unknown location, 1880
Photographers: Notman and Fraser
PA-028734
Source

Daguerreotype of a young John A. Macdonald, date unknown

Daguerreotype of John A. Macdonald
Unknown location and date
Photographer: Unknown
PA-121571
Source

Photograph, SAGA OF THE STATIONMEN, of a group of miners standing beside coal-filled carts at the entrance to a mine

"Saga of the stationmen"
Unknown location and date
Photographer: H.N. Topley
C-006911
Source

Photograph of an Aboriginal man feeding a baby beaver at the Pointe-Bleue Indian reserve, Quebec, date unknown

Aboriginal man feeding a baby beaver
Pointe-Bleue Indian reserve, Quebec, unknown date
Photographer: Department of the Interior
PA-044219
Source

Photograph of a blonde girl, Mary Elizabeth Carter, sitting on a cushion on front of a window, circa 1915

Mary Elizabeth Carter
Unknown location, ca. 1915
Photographer: Sydney Carter
PA-121665
Source

Photograph of a group of Aboriginal people playing a game, 1915

The qágyuhl game,
Unknown location, 1915
Photographer: Edward S. Curtis
C-016782
Source

Photograph of the newborn Dionne Quintuplets in bed with their mother, Callander, Ontario, 1934

Dionne Quintuplets with their mother
Callander, Ontario, 1934
Photographer: unknown
PA-133260
Source

Photograph of a man using a horse and buggy to deliver the mail in early spring, Vernon, Ontario, 1947

John Phillips delivering mail
Vernon, Ontario, April 1947
Photographer: Chris Lund
C-053545
Source