23 Vintage Fur Trapper Photos That Are Hot on the Trail
Daniel Bonfiglio
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07/25/2024
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Before the modern fashion industry, (and animal rights as a concept), fur trade was an integral part of the American economy. Especially in the early Wild West, Alberta Canada, and expansion through Native American territories.
Being a fur trapper was a respectable job, and a few earned themselves quite the reputation. It was a rugged life, but early 1900s men and women were up to the challenge.
Here are 23 vintage pics of early fur trappers.
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California hunter and trapper Seth Kinman sitting in a chair made out of a grizzly bear that he gave to President Andrew Johnson in 1865. -
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"Kinman claimed to have shot a total of over 800 grizzly bears, and, in a single month, over 50 elk. He was also a musician who performed for President Lincoln on a fiddle made from the skull of a mule." -
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“My Grandpa, late 1920's with his bounty.” -
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Cree trapper Isaiah Clark of Norway House, Manitoba. -
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Joe Louie, trapper, and saddle horse loaded with coyote pelts near Wainwright, Alberta, 1911. -
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Fur trapper in front of his cabin - Alaska, 1980's. -
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Old trappers’ cabin Circa 1900. -
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A trapper stands outside his cabin with a fine display of furs, 1932. -
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Spanish muskrat trapper hanging muskrats up to dry their fur before skinning. Delacroix Island, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana in 1941. -
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Shuswap First Nations drying beaver pelts on Shuswap Lake, British Columbia. Ca. 1883. -
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Portrait of Thomas McKean Finney, an Indian trader at Gray Horse, Osage Agency, Oklahoma Territory. circa 1874. -
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Hunter carrying a bear, 1900. -
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Trapper with handcar on railway tracks in northern Alberta, 1910. -
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Inuit Hunter looking cool with his shades that protected his eyes from snow-glare circa 1930s. -
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Trapper’s Cabin, Kananaskis area, Alberta, 1911. -
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Trapper with dog team at Islay, Alberta, 1929. -
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Trapper beside cabin, Alberta Coal Branch area, Alberta, 1920s. -
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Coyote skins at trapper’s cabin, Alberta Coal Branch area, Alberta. -
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“My 3rd great-grandparents on the Oregon Trail. He was a fur trapper. 1870s.” -
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Furs hanging on line, Edson area, Alberta, 1921-1922. -
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Unidentified trappers with animal skins hung to dry on Sled Island, Alberta, 1924. -
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Trapper with beaver pelts at Swift’s Ranch, Jasper, Alberta.
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California hunter and trapper Seth Kinman sitting in a chair made out of a grizzly bear that he gave to President Andrew Johnson in 1865.
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