▲ 134 ▼ Beaver being fed a jelly roll, Canada, 1931 (upload.wikimedia.org) submitted 5 months ago by PugJesus@piefed.social [M] to c/historyphotos@piefed.social 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Netraven@hear-me.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 child) @PugJesus This image *is* Canada. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago Um, an Englishman coming here, pretending to be O.G., while taking advantage of a much younger indigenous woman? That is, historically, not a bad metaphor for Canada. Photo is Archibald Belaney, stage name Grey Owl, and the beaver was a pet because his young girlfriend didn’t like how he ran his trapline. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago Um, an Englishman coming here, pretending to be O.G., while taking advantage of a much younger indigenous woman? That is, historically, not a bad metaphor for Canada. Photo is Archibald Belaney, stage name Grey Owl, and the beaver was a pet because his young girlfriend didn’t like how he ran his trapline. permalink fedilink source parent
