Buried in a Snowdrift for a Month - a Herdwick Sheep

This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 237 Coll-1434/2396
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1870s-1930s
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 81mm by 81mm 1 slide
      81mm by 81mm

Scope and Content

Newspaper photograph from the 14 February 1917 edition of the Daily Mirror entitled, 'Buried in a Snowdrift for a Month' about a Herdwick sheep that was discovered by its owner's dog under a 10 ft. snowdrift on the Langdale Pikes, Westmorland. The image shows a young man holding the sheep on his lap with one arm around his dog on a hillside.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Kristy Davis as part of Towards Dolly Project, 2012-2013

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