Lost Foote Photos

As an avid cyclist I am drawn to “bicycle race c. 1912” [page 42]. I cannot help but notice, as well, other bikes in other Foote photos… T...

On 18 January 1906 more than one hundred worshipers congregated in Winnipeg’s most unusual church, “Bishop” Seraphim’s “tin can cathedral,” ...

Hey all! I know this blog has mostly gone dormant, but I thought I'd note that Imagining Winnipeg has been shortlisted for On the Same ...

THIS JUST IN: The Lost Foote Photos blog and Jock Lehr's Community and Frontier were among seven projects recognized by the Associati...

Imagining Winnipeg was nominated for four awards at Manitoba Book Awards, held April 28 at the West End Cultural Centre. 2013 is the 25th...

* * * Here is the banner we worked up to celebrate Imagining Winnipeg 's four nominations for the 2013 Manitoba Book Awards. Fun!

The Manitoba Book Award shortlists were announced last week! And Imagining Winnipeg: History Through the Photographs of L.B. Foote by...

A little more than a year ago, our press launched this blog dedicated to the photography of L.B. Foote. Over the last 14 months, guided, cor...

* * * I've literally taken a page from the Winnipeg Public Library's latest newsletter so that I can share details around Esyll...

"Late last August, just in time for Labour Day, I shared what is called a 'real photo' postcard by L. B. Foote . The image sh...

By special request Esyllt W. Jones will be doing two more events at Winnipeg’s public libraries this winter: February 5, 6:30 pm Hende...

6) Was it difficult to select 150 images from the thousands in the Archives of Manitoba? Yes! David and Glenn Bergen from the press and I ...

My father was born in 1927 into the sepia and grey-toned world that Foote's photos captured like a bug in a mason jar. So many interes...

3) What is it like researching and writing about a city/province that you didn’t grow up in? (You were born/raised in Saskatchewan, correct?...

* * * Thanks to everyone who helped Imagining Winnipeg get back on the bestseller list! Yay!