NWT Archives and Reimann Studio

Erin Suliak: Visitors to theNWT Archives website can now search for their family name and claim the negatives from photography sessions dating back to the 1960s. "You see time pass by, according to CBC. Fashions change and hairstyles change," said senior archivist Erin Suliak. The photos were taken by photographers at the city Reimann Studio, later known as Yellowknife Photo, and were donated to the NWT Archives in 2008. More than 250 people have already applied to be reunited with old portrait photos. "There are pictures of people who are long gone. These families are still here in Yellowknife — if not the people who commissioned the photos themselves, then maybe their heirs." Anyone who submits a claim via the NWT Archives website can expect to receive an original envelope of negatives this fall if their submission is successful. There are children who are now adults and fine, upstanding members of our community." More than 250 people have already applied to be reunited with old portrait photos. "The town was smaller and this was the place to go for portrait photography, so a lot of people are here. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.