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Bill Largent photograph album

other1920?-1951N-2013-013

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Where

Held by
Northwest Territories Archives via NWT Archives
Creator
Largent, Bill
Dates
1920?-1951 (indexed as 1920–1951)
Level
other (source: accession)
Extent
260 photographs (black and white prints)
Scope & content
The photographs were originally housed in an album. Most of the prints have no accompanying information such as dates or identifications. The album contains images of mines and mining camps, fishing, hunting, fur trading, dog sledding, the Largent family and the city of Yellowknife. Most of the photographs were likely taken in the 1940's. The cover page of the album reads: "This album was put together by Bill Largent. Bill spent from 1920 to 1951 in the Yellowknife and Hay River area. His parents were fur traders or supplied trading posts in these areas. Bill passed away in Nanaimo in 1981, July 25th."
Places
Yellowknife; Hay River (community)
Location
  • Yellowknife, NT · city · confidence 90% · city:geonames · found as “Yellowknife”
Subjects
Mines and mining; Fur trade; Harvesting; Human settlements
Genre / form
Graphic material
Access & use
No access restrictions.
Harvested
2026-10-16T04:03:53Z · source datestamp n/a · ead
Original metadata as harvested (ead)