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Schilde, Baby [Joachim and Gisela Schilde. A woman sits on a hospital bed with a newborn baby while a man stands next to them. Yellowknife.] October 1961

[Dogrib children playing hand games outdoors, likely in Fort Rae (now Behchoko).]

Studio, Mrs. McQueen [Portrait of two women (Doris McQueen, Vivienne DeMelt) holding two girls (Vivian and Linda) on their laps. Yellowknife Photo Service. September 27, 1957]

Giant Mine, 11 Gold Bricks [A miner wearing white coveralls and a helmet poses with gold bricks on a table. Behind him the Giant headframe is visible. Yellowknife. May 5, 1961. Guenther Golchert?]

[William (Bill) McDonald in snow with snowshoes nearby, Yellowknife, nd]

Dog races [Two Dene women sit outside on folding chairs next to a car while two Dene women stand behind them. Yellowknife. November 26, 1956][Possibly Elise Able, Helen Beniah, Helen Noel, Sophie Potfighter and Beècho’s wife][bottom right: Marie Adele "Arimo" Deti Arden wife of D'Arcy Phillip Arden Sr. and mother of Harry, Catherine Arden, D'Arcy Edward "Sonny" Arden Hugh Arden, James Arden and (adopted) Johnny Soldat.]

Hugh Arden, Baby [Hugh Arden holds a baby (Billie or Freda?) on a couch. Yellowknife.]

[Mack Fire truck being unloaded from the Bristol freighter airplane, summer 1957 Yellowknife]

[new car being unloaded from the Bristol airplane December 12, 1954, Yellowknife]

[Mack Fire truck being unloaded from the Bristol freighter airplane, summer 1957 Yellowknife]

[Woman with ulu cleaning fish (arctic char), child watching closely, 1950s]

New Year, Hotel [A man (likely YK Inn employee Stan Hutyra) fills his plate with food at the buffet during New Years celebrations. Yellowknife.]

[An elder Dene woman sits, smoking, while making a return trip from a fish camp. Standing next to her are two Dene children and two Dene women.]

[An archivist wrote the above description. Below, we have transcribed the original description written by photographer Henry Busse. We have redacted a derogatory term for Indigenous women. If you have feedback or questions, or would like to see the original description, please contact the NWT Archives.]

Old [slur redacted], Return Trip from Fish camp

[An elder Dene woman sits, smoking, while making a return trip from a fish camp. Standing next to her are two Dene children and another woman.]

[An archivist wrote the above description. Below, we have transcribed the original description written by photographer Henry Busse. We have redacted a derogatory term for Indigenous women. If you have feedback or questions, or would like to see the original description, please contact the NWT Archives.]

Old [slur redacted], Return Trip from Fish camp

[warming up a Stinson airplane CF-FKD on skis with a Herman Nelson on a sled and tarps, Old Town Yellowknife, nd]

Stinson plane [CF-FKD Two airplanes on skis are parked on the ice of Back Bay with canvas draped over the engines. The plane at rear is a Yellowknife Airways airplane, possibly Norseman. Yellowknife.]

Installation Officers, Elks Leg 314 [Members of the Elks Club sit for a group portrait at the Elks Hall. Yellowknife.][“New officers of the Elks Lodge at Yellowknife NWT were installed recently. They are (standing) Bill Johnston, Xavier Mercredi, Everett Tingley, Alex Morris, Fred Boysen, George Running, Karl Lust, John Bell, Arnold Smith. (seated) Lanky Muyres, Bob Robertson, Edward Olsen, Don Affleck, Norman Gaskarth, Tom Albers, Peter Worley.” (Edmonton Journal Nov 11, 1960)]

[Suspension bridge at Bluefish Hydro across the upper Yellowknife River (sign says Bridge unsafe, cross at your own risk), 1960]

[Men fishing and cleaning their catch, Yellowknife River, 1960]