Text transcribed from caption: ESKIMO WOMEN’S AUXILIARY #1941 AKLAVIK, Canada -- These Eskimo women of the All Saints Anglican church here are cutting up cloth for garments which will be distributed to members of the congregation. This town in the Northwest Territory lies 200 miles above the Arctic Circle. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DRM-NWT-MES-3A-6-ROTO-A-E)

Marsh, Donald M. (photographer)

1946

still image

negatives

negative : black-and-white ; 8 x 10 inches

Religious News Service--Archives.
All Saints Anglican Church (Aklavik, N.W.T.)
Church of England in Canada.

Inuvialuit--Northwest Territories--Aklavik.
Indigenous peoples--Northwest Territories--Aklavik.
Colonies--Religious aspects.
Women in church work--Northwest Territories--Aklavik.
Textile fabrics--Northwest Territories--Aklavik.

Northwest Territories
Aklavik.
Aklavik (N.W.T.)
Aklavik (Inuit community)
Aklavik (First Nation)
North and Central America--Canada--Northwest Territories--Aklavik

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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

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RNS RG 1, image no. 1941; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

RNS-RG1_1941

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