Historical information

Churchill Island Heritage Farm has a large photographic collection dating from the nineteenth century.

This series showcases photographs taken in the 1930s and 1940s and shows people who lived and worked on the Island during the Jenkins period. This photograph was taken in January 1940 and shows the son of the owner of Churchill Island, Ted Jenkins, with Billie Smith.

Physical description

Sepia photograph white narrow white border of two people posing for the camera. The woman stands to the side of the man in a wheelchair, with a cigarette in his hand, and a gun in his lap.

Digitised from a high resolution copy (original Polaroid is in poor and fragile condition)

Inscriptions & markings

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