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Louis Riel portrait, circa 1868

Louis Riel, circa 1868; photographer unidentified.

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Publisher / custodian
Wikimedia Commons; original holding Library and Archives Canada
Source date
circa 1868
Source type
Archival record
Format
Photograph
Regions
Canada
Peoples / communities
Métis
Creator
Unknown photographer
Item identifier
C-007625
Item date
circa 1868
Holding institution
Library and Archives Canada

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Louis Riel, circa 1868; photographer unidentified. Unknown photographer / Library and Archives Canada / C-007625.
Louis Riel, circa 1868; photographer unidentified. Unknown photographer / Library and Archives Canada / C-007625.
Creator
Unknown photographer
Source date / edition
circa 1868
Publisher / custodian
Library and Archives Canada
Licence
Public domain: individual Commons PD-Canada and PD-US/PD-US-expired tags

Original publisher record ↗ · Original file source ↗ · Record checked 2026-09-30

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Portrait location not established; biographical context, not an image of Saskatchewan in 1868.

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Individual Commons record explicitly marks public domain in Canada and the United States; source credit retained. Publisher rights information ↗
Record checked
2026-09-30

Commons individual description/licensing page and MediaWiki imageinfo opened and read; original holding follows file provenance.

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Wikimedia Commons; original holding Library and Archives Canada. Louis Riel portrait, circa 1868. circa 1868. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LouisRiel1868.jpg. Record checked 2026-09-30.

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