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Falconer family fonds
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1 cm of textual records and other material.
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The fonds consists of photographs of Athabasca citizens and scenes; the program for the second annual bonspiel of the Athabasca Curling Club; the prize list for the Athabasca and District Agricultural Association, 1918; the programme for the opening of Athabasca Public School in Feb., 1914; the deed of sale of Mr. Falconer's share of Athabasca Funeral Supply Co.to Harvey Cull in 1919; a mallet used for caulking scows; an Indian bead work moccasin and glove. Some of the subjects in the photographs include: Athabasca Curling Club [1912], SS Fort McMurray, Athabasca Canadian Northern train station, ferry on Athabasca River, view of Strathcona Street [1911] and [1940s], Athabasca Hospital 1922-1952, men lined up to purchase Hudson's Bay and CNR lots in 1911, Pelican Portage, Falconer Hardware Store on Skinner Street just after the fire of 1913, Northern News building [1911], Louis Menard's field of fall wheat, laying of corner stone for new public school in 1913, and a photo of Frank L. Falconer. A 1961 interview of Frank and Catherine Falconer scusses: agriculture, Blacks, coal mining, curling, Joseph Daigneau, J.P.Evans, freighting, government, Grand Trunk Railroad, Hudson's Bay Co., immigration hall, J.H.Kennedy, Klondike Gold Rush, Scotty MacKay, Sterling McKinley, scows, sports, Ukrainians, Robert Vance, Sr., James Wood,and Tom Wood,
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Includes 18 photographs, 7 negatives, 1 audio cassette, 2 artifacts
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Donated by Frank Leonard Falconer at various times, 04.08 was donated by Marvyn Rogers
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- The material is in English.
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Photograph list with number key available.
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The prize list of the Athabasca and District Agricultural Association, 1918 has advertisements for local businesses on every second page.<br><br>Record No. 85.59, 85.136, 85.259 (artifact # 10), 85.269 (artifact# 21), 85.283 (audio cassette# 6), 85.392 (photos# 736-740, 743-745, 747-750), 85.417 (photo# 1155), 86.44 (photo# 1254), 86.83 (photos# 1786, 1788, 1789), 86.113 (photo# 2701), 04.08<br><br>
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- Falconer (family) (Subject)
- Falconer, Frank Robert (Subject)
- Falconer, Frank Leonard (Subject)