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Please browse the gallery below for all the images, videos and audio related to Métis-sur-Mer: 200 Years of Shared History. Click on an item to see an enlarged image with description.
Black and white photograph from a newspaper of five men in black suits. Three men in the middle are holding white certificates. Two men flanking them are empty-handed.
Black and white photograph of Senator John Gillanders Turriff taken while seated and from the waist up. Figure is wearing a period suit and tie.
Black and white newspaper advertisement warning Canadians of the threat of German submarines. Contains two illustrations, first is of couples dancing aboard a ship. The second image is of a ship sinking, with passengers in a lifeboat and a young girl panicked and swimming to safety.
Monochromatic photograph of Hugh MacNider.
A sepia coloured picture of an Indigenous woman seated in front of a tent selling woven baskets.
Black and white photograph of a fisherman standing in the middle of several dozen belugas on the beach. The belugas have been killed and then pulled up onto the beach. The rope, which was used to pull the small white whales onto the beach, is visible in the foreground of the image. In the background, a long cape of rock hides the St. Lawrence River.
Black and white photograph of Metis. On the left side of the photograph, we see the beach at low tide. On the right, a dense forest of spruce trees rises above the shoreline of the St. Lawrence.
Black and white photograph of vacationers sitting in lawn chairs. Some are in the sun, others are in the shade under a tree or an umbrella. They are located on a landscaped area. In front of them passes a dirt road, possibly the driveway to their hotel. In the background past spruce trees is the St. Lawrence River.
Watercoloor of the shore of the St. Lawrence at Metis from 1878. The foreground is occupied by rocks. The largest rock seems to be a few meters high. In the distance, the top of the hill is covered by a forest of trees. In the distance, a church spire and the red roofs of two other buildings are visible.
Profile portrait of politician Pierre Elliott Trudeau. The 49 year-old is wearing a jacket and tie with a houndstooth pattern.
Black and white studio portrait of Lady Byng. Lady Byng poses in front of a painted background of clouds and trees. She is wearing a black cape of satin, lace and fur. A black dress and two white flowers in fabric at the belt. She wears a crown made of maple leaves. Her left hand is resting on her hip allowing to see the details of her cape and dress. Her right arm is outstretched and she is holding her cloak to leave it open. The photograph is mounted on a card signed by her hand Evelyn Byng of Vimy and the photographer Rice.
Black and white photograph of Princess Alice and Governor General, the Earl of Athlone. The couple, dressed in military garb, are greeted at the train station in Mont-Joli by city officials. The train cars can be seen in the background.
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