A colourized photo of the Bohemian Maid Brewing Company Ltd. building in Edmonton, AB.
Blyth, AlfredDepicts Mt. Edith Cavell in Alberta, from across a lake. The photo is taken at the lake’s edge, and a wooden deck built next to the lake is visible on the right hand side.
Blyth, AlfredDepicts Water Fowl Lake from the water’s edge, facing two large mountains on the opposite side.
Blyth, AlfredProvides a view of Moraine Lake in Alberta from a low vantage near the water, facing the glacier on the opposite side.
Blyth, AlfredDepicts a man on a dogsled with a dog team, in front of a cabin in the woods.
Blyth, AlfredAlfred Blyth (1901-1980) moved to Edmonton from Scotland around 1913 and began work as a darkroom technician in 1916. He opened his own photographic studio in 1928, which he operated until his retirement in 1970. For more information, please see the biographical entry in the Provincial Museum of Alberta's Alfred Blyth fonds (available online at https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Details.aspx?ObjectID=PR0607&dv=True&deptID=1 [accessed on 11 December 2018]).
Although the photographs are not accompanied by annotations, they appear to document the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Alberta in 1939. Images of the Royal Couple - often pictured with Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie-King and other dignitaries - and crowd scenes predominate. Events at the Legislature, Calgary City Hall, the Banff Springs Hotel, as well as arrivals and departures from airports and railway depots are present.
Blyth, AlfredB&W print of a jet of flame bursting out of the ground in a grassy field, surrounded by billowing smoke. Stamp on back of print says “Photograph by Alfred Blyth, A. R. P. S. Edmonton, Canada…”
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