Canadian History Roundup – Week of June 25, 2017
Chris Lund. “Betty Dixon (left) and Barbara Coutts select Indian souvenirs at St. David’s, Ontario. At left is Chief Sky of the Six National Indian Reserve, Brantford, Ontario. At right is Warrior...
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Family making a shore dinner on Stony Lake. Mother, Father, and two little girls around fire in the foreground. August 1951. Photo by Chris Lund. National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library...
View ArticleCanadian History Roundup – Week of July 23, 2017
Two travellers – one man and one woman – consult a road map before the trans-Canada highway sign at the intersection of highways 15 and 17, Ottawa, Ontario (July 1952). Chris Lund. National Film Board....
View ArticleCanadian History Roundup – Week of July 30, 2017
Two young women in front of flags at Place des Nations, Expo 67, on opening day. April 27m 1967. Library and Archives Canada. 3198220 The latest in blog posts, news, and podcasts from the world of...
View ArticleCanadian History Roundup – Week of August 6, 2017
Daughters of two fishermen (The girl on the right has been identified as Susie Etok, here aged 14). Circa 1960. Rosemary Gilliat. Library and Archives Canada, e010835968. CC by 2.0. The latest in blog...
View ArticleCanadian History Roundup – Week of August 20, August 27, and September 3, 2017
Hostesses from different countries posing for a group photo at Expo 67. Library and Archives Canada, e000990931. CC BY 2.0 The latest in blog posts, news, and podcasts from the world of Canadian...
View ArticleCanadian History Roundup – Week of September 17, 2017
Woman canning salmon outdoors. 1947. National Film Board of Canada. Phototheque / Library and Archives Canada / e010948781. Copyright expired. This photograph was probably taken during the production...
View ArticleCanadian History Roundup – Week of November 12, 2017
Three young women wearing knitted sweaters seated on a bench in the snow. Rosemary Gilliat Eaton in the middle. Shilly Shally Lodge, Gatineau Park. 1965. Rosemary Gilliat Eaton / Library and Archives...
View ArticleCanadian History Roundup – Week of November 19, 2017
Woman (possibly Rosemary Gilliat Eaton) wearing a winter coat with a fur-trimmed hood and using photographic equipment to make images of frost on the windows. Shilly Shally Lodge, Gatineau Park. N.D....
View Article2017 Holiday Gift Guide for Historians
Do you know a Canadian historian? (::nods::) Are they impossible to shop for because they already own all the books? (::nods vigorously::) Then have we got just the thing for you! Welcome to the...
View ArticleCanadian History Roundup – Week of December 3, 2017
Christmas Card. c.1923-1928. This card is part of the Canadian Artists Series by Rous & Mann Ltd. Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1991-12-38 Gift of Joan and W. Ross Murray, Whitby, Ontario....
View Article2017: A Year of Canadian History in Review
Welcome to our second annual Unwritten Histories year-end review and the last post of 2017! As I did last year, I have divided this look back into two parts. The first is a month-by-month recap of...
View ArticleCanadian History Roundup – Weeks of December 17th, 24th, 31st, 2017 and...
J.T. Henderson, “A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year: Tobogganing.” 1884. Toronto Lithographing Company. Library and Archives Canada, Arch. Ref. No. R11648, album 9, item 34 ; Copyright: Expired....
View ArticleCanadian History Roundup – Week of January 21st, 2018
Gar Lunney, “One male and two female skiers in a class at a winter resort in the Laurention mountains of Québec,” February 1953, Library and Archives Canada. Copyright: Expired . The latest in blog...
View ArticleCanadian History Roundup, Weeks of May 20, May 27, and June 3, 2018
Tourists on hand for a sightseeing bus ride through the city of Montréal. June 1950. Chris Lund. National Film Board of Canada. Library and Archives Canada. Copyright: Expired. The latest in blog...
View ArticleBest New Articles from August/September 2018
Because, let’s face it – who has time to catch up on all the journal articles published in Canadian history? Welcome back to the Best New Articles series, where each month, I post a list of my...
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