PHOTO GALLERY

Henry Busse’s portrait of Yellowknife from 1947 to 1962

A waitress pours a cup of coffee from a large coffee urn at a restaurant likely at the Yellowknife Inn. An RCMP officer sits at the counter eating. January 21, 1955
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A female cashier stands at a cash register at the sewing needs counter at the Hudson's Bay Company store, Yellowknife. April 13, 1962
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A male Con Mine cook stands at a stove with large stockpots in the Con Mine cafeteria kitchen. March 12, 1960
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Frame and Perkins mechanic Alf Olafson. April 23, 1952
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Customers in Rex Cafe. Owner Agathe Lessard (glasses) at rear. December 23, 1955
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Coca-Cola bottling plant. From L-R: Evelyn Nisbet, Les Nisbet, Mrs. Peterson, Doug Finlayson, Sammy Peterson, Mrs. Blackburg. August 6, 1957
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Gold Range staff and bar. May 28, 1958
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Ted Horton, editor/publisher at News of the North. July 29, 1960
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A woman stands in the doorway of Yellowknife Photo Service. May 20, 1952
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Father Bern Will Brown stands in Yellowknife Photo Service looking at photographs. September 1951
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Mrs. Sadler with girl at Yellowknife Photo Service. March 27, 1957
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Tingley child on counter at Yellowknife Photo Service. November 26, 1957
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Mrs. Ocada with children at Yellowknife Photo Service. September 12, 1958
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Santa at Yellowknife Photo Service. December 5, 1958
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Yellowknife Photo Service employee Rosemarie with Lady Vanier. June 21, 1961
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Pat “Moose” Balsillie with bird at Yellowknife Photo Service. ca. 1951-1953
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Mr. Morris from Giant at Yellowknife Photo Service. July 26, 1953
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Mr. Lafferty and Mr. Quittie from Fort Rae at Yellowknife Photo Service. ca. 1957-1958
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Small dog on counter at Yellowknife Photo Service. ca. 1959-1962
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A man and a woman stand together, holding drinks. Ca. 1951-1953
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Five men sit together during a house party. April 2, 1962
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Halloween costume party. October 28, 1950
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Women serving refreshments at outdoor midnight sun party. June 21, 1954
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Northern Construction company Christmas dinner. December 25, 1956
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Children dancing to band at outdoor street dance. Band members L-R : Archie Loutitt (guitar), Bob Gagnier (electric guitar), accordian player unknown, Ted Hartlett (drums). September 28, 1957
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View of dancefloor at RCMP ball. February 1959
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Men at Schoenne's house party. April 24, 1960
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New Years party and dance at Elk's Hall. January 1, 1960
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Daughters of the Midnight Sun party. From L-R: Mrs. Nikiforow, Myrtle Otto, Irma Weaver. Betty Stevens in background. December 21, 1961
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Men and women at YK Inn with fish. July 1962
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Alex Mitchell plays the fiddle at a Hudson’s Bay Company party. Vic Hookins and Veronica Shadforth are seated on couch. ca. 1951-1953
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The Boffa children. December 16, 1950
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Three Dene men. Ca.1949-1953
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Miss Bath. May 1961
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Roseanne Koyczan with two children. May 6, 1954
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Adolf Duesterhaus. November 25, 1954
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Pat Carey wearing fur parka and mukluks. February 23, 1956
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John and Janet Anderson-Thompson at home. November 24, 1957
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Frank Morrison with grandson Bobby Harris. June 5, 1957
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Ruth Stanton weaving on loom at home. December 8, 1957
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Mr. Hysel, employee of Rayrock mine. July 27, 1958
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Ward family. May 1958
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Miss Joan Jones. January 20, 1959
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RCMP officer Compton. ca. 1949-1956
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Gilbert Mercredi. ca. 1951-1953
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Carol-Ann, Elaine and Sheila Halliday. ca. 1958-1962
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De Staffany Tantalum Mine.
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Aerial view of New Town Yellowknife, looking east. Frame Lake in foreground.
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Polar bear cub in Pacific Western Airlines vehicle.
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Raven.
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Boy's baseball team.
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View of Con Mine buildings, looking north toward Rat Lake.
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Old Town Yellowknife waterfront, looking northeast toward Latham Island. Wardair floatplane base in foreground.
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Boys with dogs.
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Father Gathy performs a magic trick for a group of boys. May 18, 1949
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Four Catholic priests sit at a table while two priests and two children stand close by. Ca.1949-1956
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Church meeting at the Bethel Mission. May 29, 1949
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Wedding guests stand outside the Holy Trinity Anglican church and throw confetti at Mabel Loutitt and her new husband Nels Braathen. April 24, 1954
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Children perform the nativity story in the basement of the Holy Trinity Anglican church. December 21, 1956
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Girls do a craft activity with a teacher at Sunday School at the United church. May 5, 1957
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Two boys sit in pews at the Holy Trinity Anglican church, talking with Reverand Robert Douglas during Sunday School. March 24, 1957
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Father Maurice Beauregard baptizes a young Magrum boy. June 9, 1957
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A man stands with two women wrestlers in a change room at Gerry Murphy Arena. July 17, 1956
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A man sits on a bench in a change room at Gerry Murphy Arena. March 10, 1957
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Elliott and Hayes women’s baseball team. Back row man at left is Lanky Myers. Front row L-R : Joyce Dunphy, Smitty Myers, unknown, Mary Purcell, Verna Gordon, Mary Hamilton, Nell Beauchamp. August 31, 1950
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Girl figure skaters in costume. April 10, 1951
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Boy receiving curling trophy from X. Mercredi during awards banquet at St. Patricks School. May 2, 1960
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Man waterskiing. July 5, 1954
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Pee-Wee hockey players tying on skates. Jimmy Anderson at right. March 21, 1955
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Men's curling team. March 10, 1958
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Man wearing cross-country skis at winter carnival. March 1960
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Three-legged snowshoe races at winter carnival. March 31, 1962
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Girls in a bike race during July 1st celebrations, Sally Greenwood (braids), Joey Perkins at right. ca. 1949-1950
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Men offload boxes from a Northern Transportation truck into a warehouse. October 21 [1953-1957].
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The post office building being towed on skids by a caterpillar tractor over the frozen bay in Old Town Yellowknife. April 4, 1954
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Betty McAvoy (center) and a girl wash a Fairchild 82 floatplane, while a man checks the engine. August 16, 1955
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Four men stand next to a forklift and a Stranraer floatplane on a dock in Back Bay, Yellowknife. September 4, 1957
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Father Ebner sits on his motorcycle on a snowy road. Yellowknife buildings are visible behind him. March 10, 1957
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Men tie a barge loaded with lumber to a dock in Old Town Yellowknife. ca. 1947-1951
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Tom Reed leads a horse that two children ride. The water tower on top of the rock in Old Town is visible in the background. Ca.1951-1953
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Three men stand next to fuel pumps at a gas station. June 25, 1952
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Several Dene men stand around canoes pulled up on a shore in Old Town. June 21, 1954
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