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Robert "Bobby" West in Costume

Description
Creators
Unknown, Photographer
West, Robert
, Depicted
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Photographs
Description
This photograph depicts Robert "Bobby" West dressed in one of his eccentric, exotic costumes. Robert was an entertainer for many years, as well as the operator of the Nith Navigation Co. after his father, William "Wally" West, grew old.

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 page 250 of At the Forks of the Grand: Volume I by D. A. Smith.
Date of Original
19[??]
Dimensions
Width: 5.3 cm
Height: 8.3 cm
Subject(s)
Local identifier
2009.0062.01, Page 11, Photo 3
Collection
D.A. Smith Photograph Collection
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -80.38333
Donor
Paris Museum and Historical Society
http://www.parishistoricalsociety.com/
Email: parismuseum@rogers.com
Phone: (519) 442-9295
15 Curtis Avenue North
Paris, Ontario, Canada
N3L 3W1
Recommended Citation
Robert West in Costume, 19[??], D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 2009.0062.01, Page 11, Photo 3, Paris Museum and Historical Society
Terms of Use
The information and images provided are for personal research only and are not to be used for commercial purposes. Use of this information should include the credit “Paris Museum and Historical Society.”
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