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Robert "Bobby" West, 1937

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Creators

Unknown, Photographer

West, Robert

, Depicted

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This photograph depicts Robert "Bobby" West, noted Parisian eccentric and for many years an entertainer and operator of the Nith Navigation Co. This photograph was taken in 1937, when he was approximately 80 years old. In his late years, he was afflicted with rheumatism and wore goggles to protect his eyes.

More information about the Wests can be found in chapter 18 of volume I of At the Forks of the Grand, linked to on the right.

This image was printed on the thirty-fourth page of photographs in At the Forks of the Grand: Volume II by D. A. Smith.

Inscriptions

P.S.

Date of Original

1937

Dimensions

Width: 18.6 cm
Height: 24 cm

Subject(s)

Aged persons
Bowler hats
Entertainers
Goggles
Men
Paris, Ontario
West, Robert

Local identifier

1999.1407.01

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -80.38333

Recommended Citation

Robert West, 1937, D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 1999.1407.01, Paris Museum and Historical Society

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