Item 2009.5.3.42 - Billy Seymour Breaking Trail for Dog Team

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Billy Seymour Breaking Trail for Dog Team

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2009.5.3.42

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  • [ca. 1908] (Creation)

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 13.8 cm

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(9 April 1875 – 20 January 1946)

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Photograph depicts a man in snowshoes leading a line of dogs pulling supplies on a toboggan. The second figure, walking behind dogs, is believed to be a man named Fred Burden. Forest trees in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph reads: "Billy Seymour at toboggan". Billy Seymour was a South Fort George man of First Nations descent, employed by the Hudson's Bay Company, and well-known for his ability and endurance in land travel by foot.

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      Northern BC Archives & Special Collections

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      .Tiff & .Jpg

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      Personal or academic use of photographic materials is welcomed under the standard fair use and educational use clauses of Canadian Copyright Law. Commercial use is, however, forbidden without the express permission of the copyright holder. For information on obtaining written permission from the copyright holder, please contact the Northern B.C. Archives and Special Collections.

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      Item is part of the Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection.

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      Photograph was printed on post card paper.

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      See annotated Ripley's "Believe It Or Not" newspaper excerpt regarding Billy Semour, and other associated ephemera.

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