A. D. 'Cowboy' Kean in western wear on horseback
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/photos38849
- Photographer / Studio
- Dominion Photo Co.
- Date
- August 18, 1923
- Accession Number
- 21626
- Material Type
- photograph
- Content
- Express Co.No.5
- Photographer / Studio
- Dominion Photo Co.
- Collection
- Dominion Photograph Company Collection
- Date
- August 18, 1923
- Content
- Express Co.No.5
- A. D. 'Cowboy' Kean (1882-1961), the ex-rodeo cowboy, packer, rodeo promoter, photographer, and filmmaker who lived in Vancouver ca. 1913-1927. Kean is probably best known as the first British Columbian to make a feature film – i.e., 'Policing the Plains', which was shot in the years 1924-1927 in Vancouver, the Cariboo, and southwestern and central Alberta, as well as in Saskatchewan and Trenton, Ontario
- His name is spelled out in studs on his leather chaps
- In the summer of 1923, A. D. was managing the 'Range Days' rodeo at the Vancouver Exhibition.
- Corporation
- Vancouver Exhibition Association
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver - Hastings-Sunrise - Hastings Park
- Accession Number
- 21626
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Glass negative (20x25 cm)
- Copyright
- Public Domain
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