[Four Inuit boys in parkas and black-bottom kamik (sealskin boots), boy on the right is holding a dogsledding whip]

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[Four Inuit boys in parkas and black-bottom kamik (sealskin boots), boy on the right is holding a dogsledding whip]

Item ID number:

5270097

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

[between 1921-1922]

Reference:

R16326-537-8-E, Box number: 2350

Item no. (creator):

p. 9, top left

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5270097

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R. F. Waugh collection

[Photographs of Nunatsiavummiut and Innu]

[Nunatsiavummiut and Innu, page 9]

[Four Inuit boys in parkas and black-bottom kamik (sealskin boots), boy on the right is holding a dogsledding whip]
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Date(s):

[between 1921-1922]

Place:

Nain, Nunatsiavut (Nfld.):

Place of creation:

Newfoundland and Labrador

Extent:

1 photograph : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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One boy was identified as Amos Voisey and another as Ellias Obed. Photograph was taken in Nain, Nunatsiavut (Labrador). The building behind the boys, the one with a bell, was a temporary church used after a fire destroyed the church and mission house.

Finding aid no.:

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MSS2687

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General Note:

kamik (plural: kamiik, and formerly referred to as mukkluks) are a soft boot worn by Inuit. It is traditionally made of caribou or sealskin.

Source of title:

Title assigned by the archivist.

Related material:

A b&w negative of this image is held at the Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec. Control no. 54616.

Series added entry:

[Photographs of Nunatsiavummiut and Innu] [graphic material]

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1965-012 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [WAUGH, R.F. 1965-012] 2350

[Consultation 90 Open]

02350 Page 9

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: F. W. Waugh / Library and Archives Canada / R.F. Waugh collection / e011369232-009_s1 ; Copyright: Expired ; Restrictions on use: Nil

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