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Old photograph raises questions

Caroline Palmantier is hoping someone might know the origin of an historical photo she owns.
mly Caroline Palmatier and her historical photo
Caroline Palmatier wonders if anyone has information on an historical photo that hangs in her Williams Lake home.

Caroline Palmantier is hoping someone might know the origin of an historical photo she owns. It depicts a First Nations man, dressed in full regalia, sitting on a white horse.

“These are braided reigns, there is bead work and he is riding a saddle,” Palmantier said, adding another person who looked at it wondered if he was a chief.

“A lot of his beadwork matches and he has beaded pants on.”

When Palmantier bought her house in Williams Lake in 1985, the photograph was in a frame, hanging in the bedroom. She said the home was previously owned by Harold and Aggie Armes.

 



Monica Lamb-Yorski

About the Author: Monica Lamb-Yorski

A B.C. gal, I was born in Alert Bay, raised in Nelson, graduated from the University of Winnipeg, and wrote my first-ever article for the Prince Rupert Daily News.
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