Ernest "Ern" Joseph Pedler was born May 31, 1914 in Prospect, South Australia, Australia, the third child of William Joseph Pedler and Lily Violetta Cook. When he was between 2 and 3 years of age, the family emigrated from Australia to Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, after his parents were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He loved horses and began his career as a long-distance rider, cowboy, and horse wrangler at the age of sixteen. He rode horses in the Wasatch and Uintah Mountains and on the west desert of Utah, where he chased and caught wild horses, until that became illegal. Later in his life, he was able to live on a ranch in the Vernon area. Pedler was also a writer of fiction, writing about horses and the landscapes that surrounded him. In addition to numerous short stories, Pedler authored a novel,
The Ern Pedler photograph collection consists of 1 box containing 192 black-and-white photograph prints and negatives and color photograph prints. The images depict Ern Pedler's life, family, and work with horses and on ranches. It also contains scenic photographs of Utah. The collection dates from approximately 1940 to 1988.
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Purchased from Ken Sanders Rare Books in 2016.
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