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A Photographic Memory

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Essays

Photographic Collections

Gallery - The Snapshot Style

Over the course of the 100 years featured in this exhibition, photography as a pastime went through monumental shifts in method and style. What started as an activity of privileged gentlemen hobbyists quickly became a widely accessible and popular leisure interest thanks to rapid changes in photographic technology.

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Photograph of William A. Norfolk, taken by himself, tending a campfire, Lake Aguasabon, Ontario, 1939

Self-portrait of William A. Norfolk tending a campfire
Lake Aguasabon, Ontario, 1939
Photographer: William A. Norfolk
PA-126872
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Group of photographs showing various scenes of Mi'kmaq in their daily activities, New Brunswick, date unknown

Views of Mi'kmaq from Sir Charles Hastings Doyle's album
New Brunswick, unknown date
Photographer: Sir Charles Hastings Doyle
PA-186167
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Photograph of a woman and two children having an outdoor tea party, Ottawa, 1892

Babs and Joe O'Gara with Lillie Ballantyne (left to right) having a tea party
Ottawa, Ontario, October 10, 1892
Photographer: James Ballantyne
PA-131941
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Photograph of a man and woman in costumes seated on horses, also wearing trimming, at the Québec tercentenary pageant, Québec, 1908

Monsieur Boily and Madame Green at Québec's tercentenary pageant
Québec, Quebec, 1908
Photographer: Jules-Ernest Livernois
PA-138505
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Photograph of a group of Ukrainian men and women, many holding stringed instruments, wearing traditional costumes, Edmonton, 1924

Orchestra and Dramatic Society of the A.Kotzks Ukranian Students Society
Edmonton, Alberta, 1924
Photographer: unknown
PA-088424
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