Item - PE001553 - Sunny memories: [Images of Saskatchewan and Manitoba]

Album (17 x 22 cm.) bound in red covers. The top left of the front cover is decorated with the design of a sunrise over which the title is set. Contains [ca. 95] b/w photographs and postcards pasted down in the album. One image - a portrait of a young woman - is loose in the album. Many of the photographs are accompanied by manuscript annotations. Some captions include dates.

Documentation from the dealer who conveyed the album indicates that one of the photographers represented is Arthur E. Cubbidge of Winnipeg. Born in England, Cubbidge (1881-1952) settled in Canada in the early 20th century and established himself as one of Winnipeg's leading architects. For more information, please see Cubbidge's entry in the Manitoba Historical Society's Web site Memorable Manitobans (available online at http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/cubbidge_ae.shtml [accessed on 12 December 2018]).

The album contains several images of buildings (one of which is a plan carrying the caption "Front elevation: Design for public library, A.E. Cubbidge") as well as three photographs of a street in the aftermath of a fire. The album's focus, however, is not architectural. Most of the photographs capture friends, family, and colleagues in a variety of settings. Some subjects are identified by at least their first name and, in some cases, more fully.

Several images appear to document the activities of a surveying crew in Moose Mountain and other areas of southeastern Saskatchewan. Agricultural scenes are also captured.