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Igloo building

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

25 April 1962

Reference:

R10187-1111-X-E, Box number: 2001102291

Item no. (creator):

10

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5139814

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Charles Gimpel fonds

Photo series

Photo slides

Igloo building

Igloo building
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Date(s):

25 April 1962

Place:

Itilliarjuk (N.W.T.) [now Nunavut]:

Place of creation:

Nunavut

Extent:

1 photograph : col. slide.

Language of material:

English

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Inuk man sitting inside an igloo (iglu) using a pana (snow knife) to level the tops of the snow blocks. Another Inuk man wearing an orange silapaaq (straight hemmed parka) stands with a Inuk boy just outside the wall. Another Inuk man is nearby. Photograph was taken in Itilliarjuk, Nunavut (formerly Northwest Territories). Itilliarjuk is located in Southwest Baffin Island, near Kinngait (Cape Dorset).

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Photographer: Gimpel, Charles, 1913-1973

Finding aid no.:

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MSS2662

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Dates of creation note:

Gimpel records in his notebook that he photographed "igloo building" on April 24, 1962.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Notes on slide: "On the Trail / Igloo building - Italiajuk / April 62"

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1995-077 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [GIMPEL, CHARLES 1995-077]

[Consultation 90 Open]

2001102291 Item no. assigned by LAC 28-1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Charles Gimpel / Library and Archives Canada / Charles Gimpel fonds / e011212525-v8 ; Copyright: Copyright assigned to Library and Archives Canada by the copyright owner Kay Gimpel ; Restrictions on use: Nil.

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