- CA GPR 0502-2007.042.08
- Item
- 1948
A caterpillar tractor pulls road making equipment down 100 Ave. in front of Bird's Store A group of men watch.
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A caterpillar tractor pulls road making equipment down 100 Ave. in front of Bird's Store A group of men watch.
Building Sidewalks Along 100 Ave.
Men work finishing the cement work on a sidewalk along Richmond Ave. in front of Thompson's Hardware.
A girl runs over a board protecting the newly poured sidewalk and into the 5c. -$1.00 Store on the north side of Richmond Ave. and 100 St. Up the street you can see the Royal Café, Strands Barber Shop and Kowensky's Mens and Boys Wear.
Building Sidewalks Along 100 Ave.
Men work spreading cement for a sidewalk along Richmond Ave. in front of Watcher's Jewellers while passersby inspect their job.
Jack Smart walked into the Peace River region to Grande Prairie over the Edson Trail around 1911. He was accompanied by Joe, Jack and George Crummy. He and the Crummy brothers went to work running their own hotel. He later filed for a homestead, which he never farmed since he returned to Edmonton in 1915 to enlist in the army and went overseas until he was wounded in early 1918. He met and married Annie Soar while he was overseas and they returned to live in Grande Prairie at the end of the war where he worked for the Alberta Railway for a time. He left there to work for Frontier Lumber as a bookkeeper, but in 1930 together with his partner Harry Newton they opened the first 5 to a dollar store in northern Alberta, which they ran until 1947. He also served nearly 20 years as secretary of the school board, was a lifelong member of the Masonic Lodge, was chairman of the hospital board, was a member of town council, and served in other civic organizations such as the Elks and Kinsmen. Meanwhile, Annie ran the household while teaching piano lessons. She eventually became the first music teacher in the school and was also the organist and choir leader at Christ Church Anglican for many years. In 1943, he was acclaimed mayor of Grande Prairie and held office until ill health forced him to resign after only a year. He continued with his business until 1947 when he sold and retired to Edmonton where he passed away in 1960 at the age of 80. Annie passed away in 1983 in Summerland BC at the age of 95.
Richmond Ave. and 102 St. Corner
Looking at the corner of 100 Ave., Grande Prairie, and 102 Street. Men are working constructing a road base. Building on the left may have been Taylor & Pearson Automotive supply or the theatre.
Building Sidewalk Curbs Along 100 Ave.
Looking east down 100 Ave., Grande Prairie, from 102 Street, showing work on constructing a street base with sidewalk curbing in place. Buildings on the left include the Co-op, and on the right is the Meat Market, a Café, a Beauty Shop and Hanson's Hardware.
Social Credit Party Campaign group for the 1967 election. Left to right back row: ? , Harry Schneider, ? , Ken Hanson, Roy Wright, Bill Bowes; front row: Jim Nasedkin, Henry Reith, Don Wood, ? , Lawrence Kirby, Ira McLaughlin, ? , Orm Schultz.
Looking east down 100 Ave. Grande Prairie, from 102 Street. Crummy's Garage is on the left corner and men appear to be constructing a street base.
County Fair, Grande Prairie, Alberta.
Alberta Social Credit party leader Harry Strom campaigns at the 1971 Grande Prairie County Fair.