Saturday, February 27, 2010

The Great Outdoors: The Life & Times of Claude and Mary Tidd.


Claude Tidd. Born in England, 1886. Left for the Yukon at age 24. 20 years as a Royal Mountie. Married Mary Ryder in 1925. Avid outdoorsm
an, photographer
, musician, writer and film maker. Died in Dersingham, England, 1949. A frontier renaissance man. The real deal. To read more on Claude and Mary, click HERE. To view more of Claude's photos from his life in the Yukon, click HERE.



























7 comments:

  1. SamFebruary 27, 2010 at 3:20 PM

    Looks like a happy, well lived life

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  2. WalterFebruary 27, 2010 at 4:44 PM

    Yes!

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  3. candycaneFebruary 27, 2010 at 9:46 PM

    great story! just linked it ... don't make em' like that anymore!

    http://reallifeiselsewhere.blogspot.com/2010/02/claude-mary-tidd.html

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  4. P.MFebruary 27, 2010 at 10:39 PM

    Such an epic post.

    Probably the definitive Secret Forts post.

    Holy shit, I don't even know where to start....

    Thanks for sharing this goldmine.

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  5. UlyssesMarch 1, 2010 at 6:19 PM

    This is what the fuck I'm talking about

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  6. Rebecca (Dog-Eared)March 2, 2010 at 11:07 PM

    love the 'god help those..' sign.

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  7. mMarch 4, 2010 at 2:09 PM

    so rad. thanks! -m

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