Fonds 252 Kathryn & Leo Auger fonds

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Summary information

Repository: South Peace Regional Archives
Title: Kathryn & Leo Auger fonds
Reference code: 0252
Date: 1911-1984 (date of creation)
Physical description: 4 cm of textual records

100 photographs

21 slides

1 postcard

1 sound recording

Language: English
Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Likely processed by Mary Nutting. 2019 accession processed by Josephine Sallis.
Exported from AoR and added to new database May 2022 – TD
Note: This fonds has been identified as having Indigenous related content. Researchers may encounter language that is outdated and offensive. To learn more about Indigenous records at the South Peace Regional Archives please see our guide.

Administrative history / Biographical sketch

Kathryn Evenrude was born in Grande Prairie in 1944 to parents Magnus Evenrude and Hazel (Medlock) and attended school in Grande Prairie. In 1963 she married Leo Auger and they had two children Kela and Arne. Kathryn worked with Leo in his office for several years and then in 1979 started working for Canada Post at the Wembley Post Office. In 1989 she transferred to the Canada Post Mail Plant in Grande Prairie and continued there until her retirement in March of 2005.

From 1967 until 1976 Kathryn was Statistician for the South Peace Hockey League, Secretary-Treasurer from 1973-1976 as well as Statistician for the Wheat Belt Baseball League and the Wapiti Men’s Fastball League. Kathryn was active as a volunteer at the South Peace Regional from January of 2011 until her death.

Kathryn died in Grande Prairie on February 7, 2017.

Custodial history

The records were donated to the archives by Kathryn & Leo in 2006. Accruals were added in 2014 and 2019.

Scope and content

The fonds consists of 117 photographs, copies of family history records, 2 Social Credit brochures “Keep Alberta in the Lead”, a booklet and a newspaper on the history of Catholic Education “The First Fifty Years”, one placemat featuring the Edson Trail and one showing the history of St. Joseph’s School in pictures, “Facts about the Grande Prairie District in the Famous Peace River Country” booklet (1926)”The Peace River Country” a booklet by the Department of the Interior (1927), invitation for a float in the Grande Prairie parade (1958), the book “Cold Tracks” signed by the author Clarence Steeves, program for the three plays; The Grand Cham’s Diamond, The Blue Willow Plate and The Wizard of Oz (1959), news clippings, program from the Grande Prairie High School Glee Club version of a Star of the Silent Night (1959), commencement program from the Grande Prairie High School (1959), program from the play Arms and the Man from the Grande Prairie High School, memorial program for Roger Repka’s funeral (1961) and a $0.61 dollar from the Bank of Trudeaumania (1974).

There is also a taped interview of Leo Auger talking about the Lanctot and Auger families.

Notes

Title notes

  • Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the fonds.

Restrictions on access

There are no restrictions on access.

Accruals

No accruals are expected.

Access points

  • Graphic material (documentary form)
  • Textual record (documentary form)
  • Sound recording (documentary form)
  • Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
  • Family and personal life* (subject)
  • Land, settlement and immigration* (subject)
  • Women (subject)

Table of contents

0252.01, Dolly Lanctot & Emile Auger, 1920-1950

0252.02, Walter & Dulcie Medlock Family, 1911-1975

0252.03, Miscellaneous Photographs, 1920-1984

Series descriptions

Series 0252.01: Dolly Lanctot & Emile Auger

Date: 1920-1950 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The fonds consists of 35 photographs, copies of family history records, 2 Social Credit brochures “Keep Alberta in the Lead”, a booklet and a newspaper on the history of Catholic Education “The First Fifty Years”, one placemat featuring the Edson Trail and one showing the history of St. Joseph’s School in pictures.

Physical description: 1 cm of textual records

36 photographs

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

File / item list
Reference code Title Dates Physical description
0252.01.01 Item – Lanctot House in Bear Creek Valley 1930 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

The Lanctot house on Bear Creek taken in October after a heavy snowfall. Grandma Lanctot helped look after the 3 Auger grandchildren after their mother Dolly died in 1936.

0252.01.02 Item – Mrs. Mary Auger  ca. 1920 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Mary was married to John Auger and they operated a stopping place on the Edson Trail for a short time before taking a homestead near Grande Prairie. John died in 1913 and Mary Auger applied for a homestead in 1914. When she gained title in 1919 she was married to a second husband, Mr. Sauroil.

0252.01.03 Item – Mission Cemetery  ca. 1920 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

The Roman Catholic Mission cemetery showing several tombstones and fence in the background.

0252.01.04 Item – Group of Prospectors  ca. 1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

A group of men stand beside a cart loaded with gear. They have stopped to eat and the man on the far right has a pot boiling over a fire. Emile Auger with hat on is third from the right.

0252.01.05 Item – Dredges Working on the Peace River  ca. 1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Dredges working on the Peace River.

0252.01.06 Item – Hudson Bay Boat on the Peace River  ca. 1925 1 photograph: b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Hudson Bay boat on the Peace River.

0252.01.07 Item – Emile Auger on Horseback  ca. 1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Emile Auger, born 1900, married “Dolly” Lanctot in 1928.

0252.01.08 Item – Railroad Camp on the CNR, Jasper  1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Railroad Camp on the CNR, Jasper

0252.01.09 Item – Bear Creek Bridge and Floodwaters  ca. 1927 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Shows the rushing waters under the bridge with houses shown in the background both on the hill and in the valley.

0252.01.10 Item – Bear Creek Bridge and the Spillway  ca. 1927 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Shows the rushing waters under the bridge with buildings shown on either side of the creek.

0252.01.11 Item – Horses Pulling a Skier  ca. 1927 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

People line the street while watching a team of horses pull a skier.

0252.01.12 Item – Emile Auger Standing on Bear Creek Bridge  ca. 1927 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Emile Auger as a young unmarried man posing on the bridge with homes shown in the background.

0252.01.13 Item – Emile and Dolly Auger  ca. 1930 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Emile and Dollie Auger as a young couple standing in front of a house.

0252.01.14 Item – Dolly Lanctot  ca. 1922 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Dolly Lanctot as a young girl, standing beside a house and holding a camera.

0252.01.15 Item – Dolly Lanctot and Girl Friends  ca. 1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Dolly Lanctot as a young girl, standing with her four girl friends including Velma Macklin.

0252.01.16 Item – Dolly Auger at a Skating Party  ca. 1928 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Dolly Auger, second from the right, pictured at a skating party.

0252.01.17a Item – Syd Cookshaw and Dolly Auger  ca. 1928 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Dolly Auger and Syd Cookshaw stand in an entrance.

0252.01.17b Item – Syd Cookshaw  ca. 1928 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Syd Cookshaw (left) poses with an unidentified man.

0252.01.18 Item – Dolly Auger as a Bride  ca. 1928 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

Portrait of the bride, Dolly Auger (nee Lanctot).

0252.01.19 Item – Auger Home on 102 Ave.  1930 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Image shows a portion of the front of the Auger home on 102 Ave in Grande Prairie in 1930.

0252.01.20 Item – Dolly Auger  1930 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Photo of Dolly Auger as a young woman. On the back of the picture is written “Such a silly picture I make with my face full of cake and my hand too. Feb 6, 1930.”

0252.01.21 Item – Alaska Highway Construction Camp  1942 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Four men stand in front of a bus labelled, “Northwest Service Command Bus Ltd.” Emile Auger is the shortest man.

0252.01.22 Item – Auger Home in College Park ca. 1936 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

The hired girl stands in front of the Auger home in College Park in the mid 1930s.

0252.01.23 Item – Dolly Auger and Son Leo  1930 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Dolly Auger standing in a doorway with her son Leo in her arms.

0252.01.24 Item – Leo Auger as a Child  ca. 1934 1 photograph : b&w ; 1 x 1 in.
Scope and content:

Leo Auger sitting in his yard

0252.01.25 Item – Eilene and Norma Auger and Cousin Donny McDermot  ca. 1943 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Eilene and Norma Auger standing and saluting with cousin Donny McDermot.

0252.01.26 Item – Norma Auger and Friends  ca. 1950 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Norma Auger, Patsy Bjerke, and Florence Pachnoski standing by the entrance to the high school.

0252.01.27 Item – Norma Auger and Florence Pachnoski  ca. 1950 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Norma Auger and Florence Pachnoski standing by a telephone pole in the winter.

0252.01.28 Item – Norma Auger with her Father  ca. 1950 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Norma Auger photographed with her father, Leo.

0252.01.29 Item – Easter Sunday with the Lanctot Grandparents  ca. 1940 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Lanctot grandparents (in the background) Eilene and Rene Duquette in foreground.

0252.01.30 Item – Richmond Avenue, Grande Prairie
Rex Harper
 
ca. 1950 1 postcard : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Looking east down Richmond Avenue (100 Ave.) from the corner of 101 St. seeing angle parked cars and Emil Auger’s delivery truck in the intersection. Signs visible include Simpsons, drug stores, Royal Café.

0252.01.31 Item – St. Joseph’s Catholic School Class  ca. 1940 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

St. Joseph’s Catholic School class assembled outside for a photo.

0252.01.32 Item – St. Joseph’s Catholic School Class  ca. 1940 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

St. Joseph’s Catholic School class assembled outside in front of the school.

0252.01.33 Item – Grades 1-4 St. Joseph’s Catholic School  ca. 1935 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Scope and content:

Students in Grades 1-4, St. Joseph’s Catholic School pose for a photograph in a classroom.

0252.01.34 Item – Grades 1-4 St. Joseph’s Catholic School  1939 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Scope and content:

Students in Grades 1-4, St. Joseph’s Catholic School pose for a photograph beside the school.

0252.01.35 Item – Emile Auger with children Leo and Eilene  ca. 1933 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Emile Auger standing outside with his two oldest children, Leo and Eilene, in front of him.

Series 0252.02: Walter & Dulcie Medlock Family

Date: 1911-1975 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The fonds consists of photographs, negatives, a postcard, and a newspaper article.

Physical description: 81 photographs

21 slides

1 postcard

1 newspaper article

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Graphic material (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

File / item list
Reference code Title Dates Physical description
0252.02.01 Item – Medlock Homestead on Crystal Lake  1911 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

The Walter and Dulcie Medlock homestead on Crystal Lake, labelled “town residence” referring to the tents. This is now part of a subdivision in north-east Grande Prairie.

0252.02.02 Item – Walter and Dulcie Medlock’s Home in Grande Prairie  1914 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Walter and Dulcie Medlock in front of their home in north-east Grande Prairie with daughter, Dorothy.

0252.02.03 Item – Walter and Dulcie Medlock’s Homestead  1913 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Walter and Dulcie Medlock’s homestead in north-east Grande Prairie, complete with fence

0252.02.04 Item – Ike Nelson  ca. 1914 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Ike Nelson homesteaded west of Walter Medlock’s place. He was the partner in Nelson and Archibald store.

0252.02.05 Item – Family Picnic  n.d. 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 2.5 in.
Scope and content:

Image shows a group of people enjoying a picnic in the forest. The back of the photograph reads “family picnic,” “mom,” and “Gosney or Newsome?”

0252.02.06 Item – Agnes Medlock, Dorothy Medlock, Marguerite Stewart, Hazel Medlock  ca. 1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Walter Medlock’s second wife Agnes (Stewart) with Dorothy Medlock, Agnes’s daughter, Marguerite, and Hazel Medlock.

0252.02.07 Item – Walter Medlock Building a Boat  ca. 1935 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Walter Medlock building a boat in his yard.

0252.02.08 Item – Walter Medlock on Crystal Lake  ca. 1935 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Walter Medlock sitting in a boat on Crystal Lake.

0252.02.09 Item – Walter Medlock and Girls on Crystal Lake  ca. 1935 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Walter Medlock with Hazel and Marguerite in his boat on Crystal Lake.

0252.02.10 Item – Al Turner  ca. 1935 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 cm
Scope and content:

Al Turner standing on a hill top with houses behind him.

0252.02.11 Item – Lucy & Enock Lundblad at Sturgeon Lake  ca. 1940 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 5 cm
Scope and content:

Lucy & Enock Lundblad having a ride in a row boat at Sturgeon Lake.

0252.02.12 Item – Rose Bush Island  ca. 1930 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Image shows a marshy looking area. The back of the photograph reads “Rose Bush Is. Sturgeon Lake.”

0252.02.13 Item – Grande Prairie High School Class  ca. 1932 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 in.
Scope and content:

High School Class picture taken in front of the Grande Prairie High School. Hazel (Medlock) Evenrude is eighth from the right.

0252.02.14 Item – D Company Army Parade  ca. 1942 1 photograph : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Army trainees parading down 100 Ave. The troops are passing Alberta 5 cent to $1.00 store and the Royal Café.

0252.02.15 Item – D Company Army Parade  ca. 1942 1 photograph: b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
Scope and content:

Army trainees parading down 100 Ave led by Sergeant Major Jack Mantle. The troops are passing Alberta 5 cent to $1.00 store and the Royal Café.

0252.02.16 Item – D Company Army Training Exercise  ca. 1942 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Magnus Evenrude (first left) and two other army trainees perform a training exercise with a machine gun dug in along the sidewalk. A child watches and the courthouse is seen in the background.

0252.02.17 Item – Pete Campbell  ca. 1942 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 2.5 in.
Scope and content:

Peter Campbell in his WWII uniform outside the St. Regis Hotel in Edmonton. The photograph is taken by a street photographer.

0252.02.18 Item – Medlock’s Home at Crystal Lake  1948 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Medlock’s home at Crystal Lake photographed just before they moved to Vancouver.

0252.02.19 Item – Medlock’s Home at Crystal Lake  ca. 1950 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 4 in.
Scope and content:

Medlock’s home and outbuildings at Crystal Lake.

0252.02.20 Item – Montrose School Grade 2  ca. 1951 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Scope and content:

The class of grade 2 students at Montrose School. Back Row – Mrs. Ward, Jim Gammon, Keith Godsman, ?, Terry Gorman, Bruce Logan, John Braseth, DerekMiddle Row – Sandra Stanton, ? Pat Smith, Shirley Nellis, Louanne Vagt, ? Clarice Mayo, Alexandra, Kathryn Evenrude, Gail Anderson? Front Row – Iris ? , Judy Stelmaker, Barbara Hnatiuk, Carole Donaldson, Gail Croft, Betty & Jean Borowski, Carol White, (Joyce?), ? , Opal Kimmerley, ?.

0252.02.21 Item – Kirk Evenrude in his Soapbox Derby Car  1955 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in.
Scope and content:

Kirk Evenrude sitting on his soapbox car with “The Herald-Tribune” painted on the front. More information about this event was in the Daily Herald Tribune on June 3, 1955 p. 10.

0252.02.22 Item – Starting Line of the Soapbox Derby  1955 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

Kirk Evenrude standing inside the trunk of a very large tree in August 1955.

0252.02.26 Item – Kirk Evenrude  1955 1 JPEG : colour
Scope and content:

Kirk Evenrude standing inside the trunk of a very large tree in August 1955.

0252.02.27 Item – Myrtle Medlock  1954 1 JPEG : colour
Scope and content:

Myrtle Medlock standing by a blooming pear tree.

0252.02.28 Item – Hazel Evenrude & Dorothy Rankin  1955 1 slide : colour ; 4 x 5 cm
Scope and content:

Sisters Hazel Evenrude and Dorothy Rankin, daughters of Walter and Dulcie Medlock, sitting for a picture in Vancouver surrounded with beautiful flowers. August 1955.

0252.02.29 Item – Art Rankin & Magnus Evenrude  1955 1 slide : colour ; 5 x 4 cm
Scope and content:

Brother-in-laws Art Rankin and Magnus Evenrude are relaxing in a garden in Vancouver in August, 1955.

0252.02.30 Item – Kathryn Evenrude  1955 1 slide : colour ; 4 x 5 cm
Scope and content:

Kathryn Evenrude wearing her Girl Guides uniform in March 1956.

0252.02.31 Item – Hazel & Magnus Evenrude  1956 1 slide : colour ; 4 x 5 cm
Scope and content:

Hazel and Magnus Evenrude sitting inside their home on 107th Ave, in Grande Prairie.

0252.02.32 Item – Evenrude Family  1956 1 slide : colour ; 4 x 5 cm
Scope and content:

The Evenrude family standing outside their home on 107th Ave., Grande Prairie, L-R Kirk, Kathryn, Magnus and Hazel, March 1956.

0252.02.33 -.35 Item – Tom & Mrs. Massee  1956 3 slides : colour ; 4 x 5 cm
Scope and content:

Tom Massee and his wife standing outside in the snow. Mrs. Massee has a fur coat on and is holding a camera. There is also a slide of Mrs. Massee standing alone and another with her and Marguerite Stewart in March, 1956.

0252.02.36 Item – Carol & Tommy Magnusson  1956 1 slide : colour ; 4 x 5 cm
Scope and content:

Carol and Tommy Magnusson in March 1956.

0252.02.39 -.50 Item – Girl Guides Camp at the Wapiti  1957 11 photographs : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 in.
Scope and content:

A series of photographs from a girl guides camp at the Wapiti in July 1957 showing the tents, the Wapiti ferry, and the various activities the girls participated in. People in identified in the photographs include: Mary Figgures, Peg Anning, June Cottrell, Mrs. Dean. Maureen Pronovost, Claire Allen, Barb MacNeil, Peg Brown, Doris Dinzey, Sharon Paquette, Kory Sluymers, Kathryn Evenrude, Mrs. Boucher, Sharon Crerar and ____ Farnsworth.

0252.02.51 Item – Medlock Family  1957 1 slide : colour ; 4 x 5 cm
Scope and content:

The Medlock family in Vancouver. Back – Kathryn, Kirk, Magnue Evenrude, Allison & Art Rankin. Front – Dorothy Rankin, Hazel & Myrtle Medlock in August 1957.

0252.02.52 Item – Medlock Family Gathered by the Water  1957 1 slide : colour ; 4 x 5 cm
Scope and content:

The Medlock family on the banks of Stanley Park. L-R Magnus Evenrude, Kirk Evenrude, Hazel Evenrude, Agnes (Munn) Medlock, Kathryn Evenrude, Ole and Agnes Evenrude. Ole and Magnus were brothers.

0252.02.55 Item – Students of Central Park School  1955 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm
Scope and content:

Students of Central Park School including Pat Smith, Bonnie McKnight, ____ McKee and Gail Croft.

0252.02.62 Item – 4-H Club Meeting in Grande Prairie  1958 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm
Scope and content:

A meeting of the 4-H Club in Grande Prairie, February 1958. Back row – Linda Voth, Kathryn Evenrude, Isabel Richards, ? Tofer, Kathleen East, Jody (?) Farnsworth, Alice Patterson. Front row – Mary McKeeman, ? Kimble, Ann Sutherland, Jean Girvan, ? Kimble (?).

0252.02.64 Item – Wizard of Oz Play  1959 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Scope and content:

The cast of the Grande Prairie High School play the Wizard of Oz in 1959. The actors identified as Karen Compton, Donna Davis, Sandra Stanton, Donna, Kohalyk, Carole Donaldson, Donna Leschert, Gloria Remple, Hazel DeWinter, Jackie Lidster, Mary Figgures, Judy Stellmaker, ?,?, Mary Lalonde, Loretta Doering, Gail Croft, Gloria Fredrickson, Kathleen East, Janet Matheson, Gloria Crerar, Diane Brown, Gloria Leishman, ?, Donna Gammel, Darlene Berg, Kathryn Evenrude, ?, Ann Carr, Marlene Moore, Beverly Hillman.

0252.02.65-.66 Item – Wizard of Oz Cast  1959 2 photographs : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Scope and content:

Some of the cast members of the play the Wizard of Oz that was put on by the drama students of the Grande Prairie High School in 1959. The actors identified as Janet Matheson, Mary Lalonde, Darlene Berg, Kathryn Evenrude, Loretta Doering, Donna Gammel, Carole Donaldson, Gail Croft, Hazel DeWinter, Gloria Crerar.

0252.02.68-.69 Item – Grad Dance at Grande Prairie High School  1960 2 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm
Scope and content:

The grad dance for the class of 1960 at the Grande Prairie High School. Some of the attendees identified as Betty Voss, Ritchie Iwa, Mary Lalonde, Bob Robinson, Kathryn Evenrude, Rosimond Wilson and teacher Edmund Dale.

0252.02.70 Item – Honor Students from Grande Prairie High School  1960 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Scope and content:

The Grande Prairie High School students who received honors are: seated Evelyn Peters, Jackie Lyon, Gail Anderson, Helen Steiner, Kathryn Evenrude, Lyla Horneland. Standing – Bruce Logan, Roger Repka, Dale Anderson, Arnold Blomke.

0252.02.72 Item – Helmer & Eileen Magnusson  1961 1 slide : colour ; 3.5 x 5.5 cm
Scope and content:

Eileen & Helmer Magnusson, Eileen’s maiden name was Rooney and the family was from Grande Prairie, March 1961.

0252.02.73 Item – Harry and Nora Watcher Aboard the Chusan  1961 1 slide : colour ; 3.5 x 5.5 cm
Scope and content:

Harry and Nora Watcher waving good-bye as their boat the Chusan departs, May 1961.

0252.02.74 Item – Crystal Lake  1964 1 slide : colour ; 5 x 3.5 cm
Scope and content:

A view of Crystal Lake in July 1964.

0252.02.75 Item – Hazel and Magnus Evenrude  1966 1 slide : colour ; 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Scope and content:

Hazel and Magnus Evenrude in Grande Prairie, October 1966.

0252.02.76 Item – Magnus and Myrtle Evenrude with Kathryn and Kela Auger  1966 1 slide : various ; colour ; 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Scope and content:

Magnus and Myrtle Evenrude outside their home in Grande Prairie with their daughter Kathryn and grandson Kela, October 1966

0252.02.78 Item – Magnus and Kirk Evenrude  1966 1 slide : colour ; 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Scope and content:

A successful duck hunting trip. Magnus and Kirk display their success from a duck hunting trip, October 1966.

0252.02.79 Item – Marguerite Stewart Graduating  ca. 1968 1 slide : colour ; 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Scope and content:

Marguerite Stewart graduating from McGill.

0252.02.80 Item – Leo Auger with a Fish  1974 1 slide : colour ; 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Scope and content:

Leo Auger displaying the steelhead fish he caught in Duncan, B.C.

0252.02.81 Item – Wilfred & Marguerite Gruber with Leo and Kathryn Auger  1974 1 slide : colour ; 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Scope and content:

Seated on a couch, Wilfred & Marguerite (Stewart) Gruber and Leo and Kathryn (Evenrude) Auger, in Duncan, B.C. in June 1974.

0252.02.82 Item – Grande Prairie Postcard  1954 1 postcard : colour ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope and content:

An aerial postcard of Grande Prairie in 1954.

0252.02.83 Item – Anderson’s House  ca. 1975 1 photograph : colour ; 8.5 x 13 cm
Scope and content:

Snow rollers after a wind storm in front of the Anderson house in Wembley,. This house served as an airport house, and now belongs to the Wembley Arts, Culture and History Society

0252.02.84 Item – Allison Rankin with Santa Claus
Woodwards Wonderful Toyland, Gwynne
 
1948 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and content:

This photograph depicts Allison on the knee of a department store Santa. The caption reads, “Dear Janice & Bryan. This is Allison with Santa Claus. Doesn’t she look funny? Love & kisses, Dot.”

0252.02.85 Item – “TCA’s Art Ranking grew up with Canadian Aviation”
Lorne Parton, B.C. Magazine
 
1955 1 page
Scope and content:

This artefact is a full page article dated Saturday, October 15, 1955, which contains a brief biography of Art Rankin, including personal history, as well as photographs.

Series 0252.03: Miscellaneous Photographs

Date: 1920-1984 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

Photographs collected by Kathryn and Leo Auger.

Physical description: 5 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

File / item list
Reference code Title Dates Physical description
0252.03.01 Item – Bert Cooke Farm  ca. 1920 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and content:

The view of a barn from the fence line, captioned Bert Cooke’s farm Grande Prairie.

0252.03.02 Item – Eddie Caran  ca. 1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and content:

Eddie Caran standing beside an old vehicle.

0252.03.03 Item – Porteous Hardware  ca. 1925 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and content:

A winter scene with horse on the road beside Porteous Hardware.

0252.03.04 Item – Bob Rigler  1956 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
Scope and content:

Bob Rigler in his Athletics hockey gear ready to shoot a puck. Photographer is Art and Craft, Grande Prairie.

0252.03.05 Item – Blais Family  1984 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
Scope and content:

Bob Rigler in his Athletics hockey gear ready to shoot a puck. Photographer is Art and Craft, Grande Prairie.