Collection search - A "match box" house in Igloolik. These small houses with thin walls, little insulation and big stoves passed for housing in the 1950s. They were kept steaming hot in the winter, while outside it was bitter cold and bone dry. At the time when everyone lived in these government-build houses, tuberculosis raged through Inuit settlements. Igloolik, 1977
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A "match box" house in Igloolik. These small houses with thin walls, little insulation and big stoves passed for housing in the 1950s. They were kept steaming hot in the winter, while outside it was bitter cold and bone dry. At the time when everyone lived in these government-build houses, tuberculosis raged through Inuit settlements. Igloolik, 1977
Hierarchical level:ItemDate:1977.Reference:R12446-6-5-E, Volume number: 1Item no. (creator):19Type of material:PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:3804938Context of this record: -
Record information – Details Date(s):1977.Place:Nunavut:Place of creation:NunavutExtent:1 photograph : col. giclée print ; 27.5 x 35 cm.
Positive - paper - colourLanguage of material:EnglishAdditional name(s):Subject heading:Source:Private -
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