J.P. Hooper, Canadian fox farmer, ca. 1929
by Truth About Fur, voice of the North American fur tradeUp until 1900, Charles Dalton and Robert Oulton were the only individuals breeding foxes in the West Prince area of…
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Up until 1900, Charles Dalton and Robert Oulton were the only individuals breeding foxes in the West Prince area of…
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When the fox industry began in Prince Edward Island, Canada, foxes were kept in communal enclosures. When in these enclosures,…
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Armand Herscovici, grandfather of Truth About Fur’s senior researcher Alan Herscovici, learned the furrier’s art from his father in Paris, before…
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An archival picture of fur buyers at a Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) fur auction held in Montreal in the early…
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1929 – A look into the Seattle Fur Exchange grading area filled with fur buyers and smocked graders evaluating and…
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1 Lime Street, London, England, circa 1924. One year later (1925), to mark the 255th anniversary of the Company, Beaver…
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When I lived in Willow River, British Columbia, I stumbled on a very old log house in the woods by…
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Show lots of marten fur in the third floor warehouse of the Hudson’s Bay Company headquarters, at 1 Lime Street,…
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1950’s – Graders at Seattle Fur Exchange inspect every pelt to evaluate and sort by quality, color and length of…
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1973 – A view from the stand of the American Legend (formerly Seattle Fur Exchange) auction room. It is filled…
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Fox farming began on Prince Edward Island, Canada. One of the pioneers was Sir Charles Dalton, who had a farm…
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Alan Herscovici is the founder and senior researcher of Truth About Fur. In 2015, he took a voyage to the…
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