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Grey Owl
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2879
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2879
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1919]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Archibald Belaney, better-known as Grey Owl, was a writer and conservationist. He was born in Hastings, England in September 1888 and died in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on 13 April 1938. Later, he portrayed himself as the son of a Scottish man and an Apache woman. His real identity was exposed following his death in 1938.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Grey Owl in Biscotasing, Ontario, a community in northeastern Ontario. He is wearing traditional First Nations clothing and is holding a rifle.
- Name Access
- Grey Owl, 1888-1938
- Subjects
- Authors
- Conservationists
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Biscotasing (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-3-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions