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 shows Gid Ashley and the animals that lived on Churchill Island.

Physical description

Black and white photograph with a white border of a man standing and feeding a flock of chickens and a small pig in front of a tall white fence, with a tank in the background. The photographer's shadow is visible in the centre of the frame

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

Inscriptions & markings

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