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1913

Christmas 1913

Christmas was gramophone music, moving pictures, and goodies from a "Christmas Box presented by the ladies of Victoria, B.C" (RMA Diary 1913).

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Christmas dinner, first table (scientists), Collinson Point, northern Alaska, December 25, 1913. KCG 43255. Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization


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Christmas dinner, second table (mainly crew members), Collinson Point, northern Alaska, December 25, 1913. KCG 43256. Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization


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Christmas dinner, third table (mainly Inupiat), Collinson Point, northern Alaska, December 25, 1913. KCG 43257. Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization


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Wilkins giving a motion picture show for the Inupiat, Collinson Point, northern Alaska. December 25, 1913. KCG 43258. Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization

 

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