Thomas Hills Poses with Two Trophy Elk

[Shotgun Steve]

Mounted silver gelatin print
Photographer unknown, Manitoba, Canada, ca. 1900
2003.093

The caption on the back of this photograph indicates that Thomas Hills (left) was an avid hunter, primarily in the Riding Mountains of western Manitoba. Here, Hills and an unknown man pose in a photography studio with two large trophy elk. Hills is holding a Model 1895 Winchester sporting rifle and his younger companion is holding a European sporting rifle. Thomas Hills died in 1924.