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- 1898-1920 (Creation)
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196 photographs
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Biographical history
J. Norman Hood came to Pincher Creek, Alberta from Galt, Ontario in 1904 and worked for J.H.W.S. Kemmis as a ranch hand on the Carrigean Ranch for a few years. He then took a position with Scott Brothers and later with Thomas H. Scott. He was a mortician. In 1920 Hood returned to Galt. While in Pincher Creek he was a member of the Masons and Oddfellows.
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Gift of James R. Hood, 1979.
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Scope and content
The fonds consists of photographs of the Frank slide, the funeral of Kootenai Brown, Oil City, mountain areas, the 1912 Calgary Stampede, Waterton and the Carrigean Ranch.
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No restrictions on access.
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The material is in English.
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Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S39C3XO
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PD 156, the original album, has apparently been taken apart and redesignated PA 2075. In the image bank the Stampede photos are labeled PD-156. There is a reference on the PD 156 box pointing to PA 2075.
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Thursday, December 14, 2017