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[First Nation man sitting by water with string of pemmican hung between tree stumps]. Original title: Bridge at Medicine Hat, N.W.T

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Date:

[ca. 1885]

Reference:

R7719-203-0-E, Volume number: 122

Type of material:

Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5112992

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Sir William Van Horne fonds

Photographs, illustrations, and other graphic material

Photographs related to the construction and management of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Views along CPR line from Port Arthur West by Prof. Buell

[Views along CPR Line by Prof. Buell]

[First Nation man sitting by water with string of pemmican hung between tree stumps]. Original title: Bridge at Medicine Hat, N.W.T
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Date(s):

[ca. 1885]

Place:

Medicine Hat (Alta.):

Place of creation:

Alberta

Extent:

1 photograph : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Photo depicts an unidentified First Nation man with a string of pemmican hung between tree stumps standing in front of the Canadian Pacific Railway bridge.

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Photographer: Buell, Oliver, 1844-1910

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MSS1786

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General note:

Pemmican is a nutritionally dense food made of dried meat that has been ground into powder and melted fat. Dried berries or fruit are sometimes added. The word Pemmican comes from Cree, and is derived from the word "pimî", meaning fat or grease. Pemmican is an important part of Plains region First Nations and Métis cuisine, as it is rich in protein, spoil-proof and freeze-proof, in addition to being easy to travel with and easy to make without the use of fuel. It continues to be enjoyed today.

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Title assigned by the archivist based on the caption.

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Caption on reverse: Bridge at Medicine Hat, N.W.T.

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Volume [R7719] 122

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Credit: Professor Oliver B. Buell / Library and Archives Canada / Sir William Van Horne fonds / e011367822 ; Copyright: Expired ; Restrictions on use: nil.

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