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Leonard "Len" Keith and Joseph "Cub" Coates grew up in the rural
New Brunswick village of Havelock in the early 20th century. The
two were neighbours, and they clearly developed an inseparable
relationship. Len was an amateur photographer and automobile
enthusiast who went on to own a local garage and poolhall after
serving in the First World War. Cub was the son of a farmer, also a
veteran of the First World War, a butcher, contractor, and lover of
horses. Their time together is catalogued by Len's photos which
show that the two shared a mutual love of the outdoors, animals,
and adventure. Photographs of Len and Cub on hunting and canoe
trips with arms around each other's shoulders or in bed together
make clear the affection they held for each other. Their story is
one of the oldest photographic records of a same-sex couple in the
Maritimes. LEN & CUB features Len's photos of their life and
tells the story of their relationship against the background of
same-sex identity and relationships in rural North America of the
early 20th century. Although Len was outed and forced to leave
Havelock in the 1930s, the story of Len and Cub is one of love and
friendship that challenges contemporary ideas about sex and gender
expression in the early 20th century.
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