Big Horn Sheep
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- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w photographs, some captioned. The photographs document big horn sheep in the wild in various locations in Southwestern Alberta, ram trophies, a hunter posing with gun and ram trophy, dead sheep found by Riggall, and Riggall's 1906 record ram trophy. Locations of photographs i…
- Date Range
- 1927 to 1944
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / B2 / PA - 30 to 54
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Bert Riggall fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- III. Professional Photography: Topical Files
- Reference Code
- V26 / III / B2 / PA - 30 to 54
- Date Range
- 1927 to 1944
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 25 prints, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 25 b&w photographs, some captioned. The photographs document big horn sheep in the wild in various locations in Southwestern Alberta, ram trophies, a hunter posing with gun and ram trophy, dead sheep found by Riggall, and Riggall's 1906 record ram trophy. Locations of photographs include Horseshoe Ridge, Lakeview Ridge, and Galena Basin.
- Subject Access
- Big Horn Sheep, Hunting
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- Riggall's Grandson John Russell provided idendifications on some photographs they are as follows:
- V26 / III / B2 / PA - 1 to 16 Rams above Carthew Pass. Two negatives here, one of these rams and on eof F.H.R "old friend" the broken horn ram.
- Identifications also given by an unknown author, possibly Riggall's daughter Doris "Babe" Burton they are as follows:
- V26 / III / B2 / PA - 37 to 38 Early trophies Mt Sheep, 1910, 1912, 1914, hunts by F.H.R guided.
- V26 / III / B2 / PA - 39 to 44 Sick sheep that died found by F.H.R.
- V26 / III / B2 / PA - 45 to 51 Dad's (F.H.Rs) friend Mt sheep with broken horn and it finally died and Dad brought his skull and horns home.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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