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- 1914-1925 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
550 photographs
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Esau Roland Davis, 1891-?, was born in Toronto. He was a farmer and ranch hand who lived for a number of years in the Claresholm area of Alberta. He worked for the Charles M. Grobe threshing outfit and on the McComb Ranch on Schaffer (Meadow) Creek. He served in First World War as a private in the 1st Depot Battalion (Alberta Regiment).
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of the Estates Branch, Alberta Attorney General, 1983.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of photographs of ranches at Bozeman, Montana, threshing views of the Grobe outfit and McComb Ranch near Claresholm, military views in Calgary, the Calgary Stampede and lumbering near Fernie, British Columbia.
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No restrictions on access.
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The material is in English.
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Thursday, January 10, 2019