Stuk 44 - The Far North

26 pp; 28 cm x 23 cm; bound album; printed cardstock leaves and mounted monochromatic photographic plates

A copy of ‘The Far North’, an historical photographic souvenir album compiled and published in 1902 by the Canadian photographer Charles Wesley Mathers (C.W. Mathers). Mathers travelled extensively through the Northwest Territories and the Arctic in 1901, documenting Indigenous communities, fur trade outposts, and northern landscapes. Upon returning to his studio in Edmonton, Alberta, he custom-bound these collections of photographs into string-bound souvenir albums to sell to collectors and travellers.

The green paper card wrappers and the string/cord binding are highly fragile. There is also notable edge fraying and wear to the covers.

See description of the album at https://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/far-north

For additional information and content from the album see https://www.abebooks.com/photographs/Far-North-Trading-life-Inuit-Indians/30601577533/bd