Ric Hall’s Photo Corner
June 30, 2014
For this week, Ric Hall has selected the photograph theme of “living conditions at Force outposts and detachments.”
The living conditions which Force members were subjected to would be totally unacceptable today. However, the conditions probably made them tougher and able to cope with the hardships on isolated patrols.
Photograph of NWMP Constables Temple, Thompson and McLean doing fatigues while stationed at Prince Albert (Source of photo – Doug Madill)
1898 – Photograph of the barrack room at NWMP Battleford in winter with the members surrounding a warm wood heater (Source of photo – Ric Hall’s Photo Collection).
1915 – Photograph of RNWMP members at Lumsden Saskatchewan having a meal (Source of photo – Ric Hall’s Photo Collection).
1915 RNWMP members doing potato peeling duty (Source of photo – Ric Hall’s Photo Collection).
Photograph of RNWMP members having a Christmas dinner in the North with some local citizens (Source of photo – Ric Hall’s Photo Collection).
1916 – RNWMP Recruits clear the snow from the sidewalk so Commissioner Bowen Perry could walk to his office (Source of photo – Vancouver Division – RCMP Veterans’ Association Photo Collection).
If you have any old Force photographs that Ric could include in a forthcoming Photo Corner webpage, please email him at rshall69@shaw.ca. Ric will scan the photographs and return the originals to you.
His webpage is very popular and provides an incident into life in the Force.
