a Byron Harmon photograph
bear stands before his keeper
upright on widespread hind legs
paws drooped submissively
bear resembles
a paunchy middle aged man in a bear suit
bear’s taller than his keeper
who looks dusty
in striped trousers shapeless striped jacket
scuffed shoes
who looks like a convict
brim of his flat cap shadowing
____ hawk eyes
____ beaked nose
____ a small moustache
Norman Sanson looks at the camera
bear does not
bear waits patiently
____ for morsel in raised left hand
____ waits for the signal
what’s in Sanson's right hand
____ dangling down
long metal rod
____ with curved hook
cobblestone walls bound the pen
topped by metal fencing
____ vantage point for viewing the beasts
Norman Bethune Sanson was curator of the Banff Park Museum from 1896 to 1932. He hunted many of the taxidermy specimens in the museum which he exhibited in naturalistic dioramas and displays. The Banff Park Zoo which was located behind the Museum in Central Park and from 1902 to 1937 Sanson was it's zookeeper.
a Byron Harmon photograph
Norman Bethune Sanson was curator of the Banff Park Museum from 1896 to 1932. He hunted many of the taxidermy specimens in the museum which he exhibited in naturalistic dioramas and displays. The Banff Park Zoo which was located behind the Museum in Central Park and from 1902 to 1937 Sanson was it's zookeeper.
a Byron Harmon photograph
bear stands before his keeper
upright on widespread hind legs
paws drooped submissively
bear resembles
a paunchy middle aged man in a bear suit
bear’s taller than his keeper
who looks dusty
in striped trousers shapeless striped jacket
scuffed shoes
who looks like a convict
brim of his flat cap shadowing
____ hawk eyes
____ beaked nose
____ a small moustache
Norman Sanson looks at the camera
bear does not
bear waits patiently
____ for morsel in raised left hand
____ waits for the signal
what’s in Sanson's right hand
____ dangling down
long metal rod
____ with curved hook
cobblestone walls bound the pen
topped by metal fencing
____ vantage point for viewing the beasts