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Dressed in fringed and beaded tribal costumes, Indian women and children await the coming of the King and Queen to Calgary, where an encampment was se(...)
Dressed in fringed and beaded tribal costumes, Indian women and children await the coming of the King and Queen to Calgary, where an encampment was se(...)

Dressed in fringed and beaded tribal costumes, Indian women and children await the coming of the King and Queen to Calgary, where an encampment was se(...)

Date6/17/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dressed in fringed and beaded tribal costumes; Indian women and children await the coming of the King and Queen to Calgary; where an encampment was set up. One tired papoose is resting on a big buffalo robe.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0122426F
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