Emery la Grandeur, World Champion Bronc Rider
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1913
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 19831056005
- Physical Description
- 18.5 x 12.6 cm.Black and white copy print
- Scope and Content
- Emery la Grandeur, winner of the world's bucking bronco riding championship held in Winnipeg, August 1913 rides a bucking bronc.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1913
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 18.5 x 12.6 cm.Black and white copy print
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- The caption on the photo read "Emery le Grande", but the Pincher Creek history book, "Prairie Grass To Mountain Pass: history of the pioneers of Pincher Creek and District" (page 88), shows the spelling la Grandeur. Emery la Grandeur was born in Pincher Creek and died in Hussar, Alberta at the age of 51. He won $1000 and a gold medal for this competition.
- Acquisition Source
- Lethbridge Herald
- Scope and Content
- Emery la Grandeur, winner of the world's bucking bronco riding championship held in Winnipeg, August 1913 rides a bucking bronc.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19831056005
- Collection
- Archive
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