Real-life Spider-man

Trick photography: young man with four hands (*IN STUDIO), 26 April 1948

Courtesy the Galt Museum & Archives: 20121093149

We'd like to share with you a rare archival photo of a real-life spider-man...

This is one of 54 archival photos we have posted in the album “Fort Macleod’s Anonymous” on Flickr the Commons. Most are shot in Fort Macleod, Alberta in the late 1940s. The donor of the photos purchased them at a garage sale in Pincher Creek. Who are these people? What are they doing? Who were the photographers? What are these places and buildings? Please share your knowledge and help us reclaim your community’s history!

Please tell us as much as you can about the people and places by emailing the Archives at archives@galtmuseum.com, leaving a comment on Flickr or right here on this blog. Please tell us where your knowledge comes from – personal memories, local history research, or grandpa’s tips.

* The CAPITALIZED text in the descriptions was copied from the envelopes in which the negatives were found.

Thank you!