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A man working on a very small piece of soapstone. He is wearing pyjamas, a plaid patterned housecoat and a wristwatch. On the table in front of him is a carved goose on a stand with what may be eggs. What may be a hand cranked drill and piece of white stone are also on the table. A closed window is visible directly behind the subject.

Community feedback: This is Edward Berthe from Kuujjuaq (formerly known as Fort Chimo).

From original archive: In February 1962, Don Reynolds, a staff photographer from the Saint Joseph Museums in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA visited The Pas, Manitoba with the then Director, Roy Coy, on a flora specimen gathering trip. Mr. Reynolds took a series of wonderful journalistic quality black and white photos and created a photobook of his visit, a photobook that the Sam Waller Museum now has in its collection. Images cover the Trappers' Festival, Dog Derby and TB patients at the Clearwater Lake Hospital. What is of particular note with regards to these photographs is that all of the Clearwater Lake Hospital patients are identified by name, home location and various other unique bits of information. The images remained with the photographer and the Museum until his death. Following his death the images were deemed to be unrelated to the Saint Joseph Museums mandate. It was at this point that the Sam Waller Museum was contacted and the photographs accepted in the Museum's permanent collection.

February, 1962

Edward Berthe

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