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A Métis family at their camp with a Red River Cart in Manitoba

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Item

Context of this record:

Department of the Interior fonds

Immigration Branch. Photographic Albums of Canadian settlement.

Prairies, album 34

A Métis family at their camp with a Red River Cart in Manitoba
Record information
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A Métis family at their camp with a Red River Cart in Manitoba

Date:

ca. 1890-1910.

Reference:

R190-158-5-E, Box number: 1929

Item no. (creator):

p. 041

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3392788

Date(s):

ca. 1890-1910.

Bilingual equivalent:

See French record description

Place of creation:

Manitoba

Extent:

1 photograph: silver gelatin print; 19.1 x 24.8 cm.
Positive Paper Silver - gelatine

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

Item consists of a photograph of a Métis camp with Red River cart by Rice Studio for the Canadian Government's Immigration Branch. The Red River cart has become a powerful symbol of the Métis Nation. This Métis invention revolutionized the way goods were transported before the advent of railways. The cart was buoyant and could be floated across streams, yet it was strong enough to carry loads as heavy as 450 kilograms.

Additional name(s):

Photographer: Rice Studios

Additional information:

General note:

The caption of this record has not yet been revised through Project Naming.
Described by the RECON project.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

The nearest example of Red River Cart to be seen today in Manitoba, and some of the half-breeds who take contracts to brush land.

Series added entry:

Album p. 76

Subject heading:

Portraits

Transportation - Land - Carts

Métis

Métis Manitoba

Source:

Government

Other accession no.:

1939-451 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation 90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of a photo archivist.

Box [CANADA. DEPT. OF MINES AND RESOURCES 1939-451] 1929

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1939-451 NPC] C-001644

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Rice Studio / Library and Archives Canada / c001644
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired

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