Author of the article: Eric Volmers
Publishing date: Jan 22, 2021 • January 22, 2021 • 5 minute read •
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Twenty-six years ago, George Webber was in Scotsguard, Sask., on one of his many image-scouting expeditions through the province’s small towns.
By 1994, Scotsguard had long been considered a ghost town. In fact, Webber remembers only one man living there at the time. At one point, the Calgary photographer went into a long-shuttered general store and took a picture of a slowly disintegrating magazine lying on the floor. A portrait of a young Queen Elizabeth was on the cover, which also revealed that 10 pages of pictures from her 1953 coronation were featured inside. The magazine’s regal cover photo was still bold enough that it made for a startling image when set against the faded and stained tiles on the floor. It was also in good enough shape to suggest that it had only recently been placed there. What strange circumstances had led to it being dropped there?