Taxidermist at 13, Roy Huemmer shows some of his specimens

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Taxidermist at 13, Roy Huemmer shows some of his specimens

Date2/28/1973

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Norris, Dave (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Taxidermist at 13; Roy Huemmer shows some of his specimens. The peregrine falcon he's holding was shot by a hunter by mistake. Last summer; Roy didn't know what taxidermy was; but he took a course in it. Now he takes some of his work to his school; Earnscliffe Public in Bramalea; for science studies. [Incomplete]

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