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Daily Mirror (1903 -)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Buried in a Snowdrift for a Month - a Herdwick Sheep, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2396
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Gritstone Sheep in Snowdrifts, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1636
Scope and Contents

Photographs from the Daily Mirror in the early 20th century from an article, 'Buried Sheep Which Breathe Through Holes in Snowdrifts in the Peak'. The four photographs show: a dog digging out the sheep; a farmer's wife digging out the sheep; the farmer's wife uncovering a Gritstone sheep and a farmer and his wife leading back the rescued sheep.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

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