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ARCHIVED - Framing Canada:
A Photographic Memory

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Nation Building

Gallery - Regional Icons

Photographs made the unique symbols of each Canadian region familiar to the young country's geographically widespread citizens. By gaining access to photographs of Prairie grain elevators, Maritime fishing villages and the iconic architecture of the nation's capital, individuals from across the country could feel connected to events in parts of the country that were far from home.

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Photograph of three railroad workers in outdoor clothing, holding shovels, Hamilton, Ontario, 1944

Three railroad workers
Hamilton, Ontario, March 1944
Photographer: Ronny Jacques
e000762848
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Photograph of fishing houses, Sandy Point (St. George's), Newfoundland, 1859

Fishing houses
Sandy Point (St. George's), Newfoundland, 1859
Photographer: Paul-Emile Miot
PA-195498
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Photograph of a line of Chinese workers pushing wheelbarrows up a slope, British Columbia, 1887

Chinese workers on the Canadian Pacific Railway
British Columbia, 1887
Photographer: Ernest Brown
C-006686B
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Photograph of a South Asian man carrying a long piece of lumber on his shoulder, Vancouver, circa 1890-1910

South Asian lumberyard worker
Vancouver, British Columbia, ca. 1890-1910
Photographer: unknown
PA-122652
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Photograph of the frame of a large barn with men seated on the beams and women and a few men on the ground in front, Brampton, Ontario, 1900

Barn raising
Brampton, Ontario, 1900
Photographer: J.F. Cole
PA-164911
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Photograph of a city street with large arches erected to celebrate FIFTEEN YEARS' INCREASE IN MANITOBA WHEAT, Winnipeg, 1901

"The Wheat Festival"
Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1901
Photographer: unknown
PA-136248
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Photograph of three men portaging between Little Trout and Clare Lakes, Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, unknown date

Portaging between Little Trout and Clare Lakes
Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, unknown date
Photographer: unknown
PA-049797
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Photograph of nine men standing on a bridge, Agabob, British Columbia, 1913

Canadian, American, Swedish, Italian and Scottish workers at a Canadian National Railway construction camp
Agabob, British Columbia, 1913
Photographer: unknown
C-046150
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Photograph of women workers and their male supervisors standing at long worktables covered with manufactured goods, Montréal, circa 1916

Workers at the Northern Electric Company Ltd. Factory
Montréal, Quebec, ca. 1916
Photographer: unknown
PA-024627
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Photograph of a man driving a horse and wagon past a line of grain elevators, Vulcan, Alberta, circa 1920-1930

Driving "wheat-tanks" to the elevators
Vulcan, Alberta, ca. 1920-1930
Photographer: unknown
C-064834
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Photograph of a young girl posing beside a river with her fishing gear and caught fish, Kedgemakooge District, Nova Scotia, circa 1925

Young girl fishing
Kedgemakooge District, Nova Scotia, ca. 1925
Photographer: unknown
PA-042006
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Photograph of piers, fishing shacks and lobster traps, Little Wood Island, New Brunswick, circa 1926

Fishing scene
Little Wood Island, off Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, ca. 1926
Photographer: unknown
PA-047956
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Photograph of three people, a tent and a canoe beside a placid mountain lake, Jasper National Park, Alberta, 1929

The Narrows, Maligne Lake
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Sept. 1929
Photographer: William J. Oliver
PA-116694
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Black and white photograph of six men putting up interior walls

Japanese-Canadian workers employed in the construction of the New Denver camp hospital
British Columbia, ca. 1943
Photographer: Jack Long
C-024450
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