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    Title

    McCleary at Fort Norman

    Subject

    'McCleary. Fort Norman Man who was so badly frozen'

    Description

    A portrait of a Fort Norman man, McCleary. Originally from Pittsburg, McCleary suffered from gangrene during a particularly long, hard and isolated winter and was forced to amputate his own toes with a jackknife. He survived alone for over four months, subsisting on just 25 pounds of flour mixed with snow.

    This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

    Creator

    Miriam Green Ellis

    Identifier

    p049

    Original Format

    photographic print

    Citation

    Miriam Green Ellis, “McCleary at Fort Norman,” Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Online Exhibits, accessed May 11, 2025, https://omeka.library.ualberta.ca/items/show/446.