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Accidental Shooting of Laura Bigham
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- February 7, 1947
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh3 B2 2_550
- M7 S1 Sh3 B2 2_551
- M7 S1 Sh3 B2 2_552
- M7 S1 Sh3 B2 2_553
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Stollery Studio fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- 47-390 (2_550)
- 47-391 (2_551)
- 47-392 (2_552)
- 47-393 (2_553)
- Accession Number
- 2018-57
- Storage Room
- Archives 4th Floor Storage Room
- Storage Location
- M7 S1 Sh3 B2 2_550
- M7 S1 Sh3 B2 2_551
- M7 S1 Sh3 B2 2_552
- M7 S1 Sh3 B2 2_553
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- February 7, 1947
- Publication
- 2_550 published with article in St. Thomas Times-Journal on February 8, 1947, page six.
- 2_552 published with article in St. Thomas Times-Journal on February 8, 1947, page one.
- Physical Description
- 4 negatives : plastic
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the interior (kitchen) and exterior of the Bigham home on South Street, Aylmer, where Lloyd Bigham accidently shot his wife, Laura Evelyn (Parker) Bigham. Images of the kitchen show Aylmer Police Chief Harold Henderson holding the shotgun.
Caption from St. Thomas Times-Journal: "Tragedy Strikes Aylmer Home: Shotgun Fired by Husband Instantly Kills Young Mother in Kitchen of Aylmer Home."
St. Thomas Times-Journal, February 8, 1947, page one, for 2_552: "At left is a recent picture of Mrs. Laura Evelyn (Parker) Bigham, victim of Friday night's accidental shooting in the kitchen of her South street home in Aylmer where a shotgun in her husband's hands was discharged at a distance of about two feet into her stomach. The photograph of her husband, Lloyd, was taken at the same time. Above is Aylmer Police Chief Harold Henderson in the kitchen of the Bigham home examining the new 12-gauge pump gun Bigham forgot was still loaded when he began to clean the weapon."
St. Thomas Times-Journal, February 8, 1947, page six, for 2_550: "Scene of Friday Night's Aylmer Tragedy: Above is the home of the Bigham family in the southwest part of Aylmer on South street where Mrs. Bigham, mother of five children, was instantly killed in Friday evening's tragic shooting."
- Name Access
- Aylmer (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Accidents
- Related Material
- Original photograph sleeve: M7 S1 Sh4 B2 2_225
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