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Artifact

Catching Snakes in Venezuela

Description

A group of International Drillers and local workers pose with a snake which was presumably caught at the site of a drilling rig in Venezuela.
Harry Smith is standing third from the left and is holding an ocelot kitten which he eventually brought home to Canada with him.

Background Information

Part of a photograph collection belonging to Frederick Thomas Webb who worked in South America in the late 1920s.

Map Location

Latitude: 9° 48' 56.502" N
Longitude: 70° 56' 1.482" W

Date

Late 1920s

Dimensions

inches

Length:

4.2

Height:

3.4

Events, Places, People

Fred Webb
Harry Smith
Venezuela

Originating Location

South America›Venezuela

Subject

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