Looking north down 5th Street South from the corner of 4th Avenue South. The sign for the Alexandra Hotel is visible on the left and the Shasta Cafe cane be seen on the right.
William Hasulak was a resident of Lethbridge all his life. He worked for Eaton's and retired in 1987. His passion was the outdoors and animals. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. He did much travelling throughout his life taking pictures of the places he'd visited in Canada, and the United States. His hobbies included photography, collecting musical records and stamps. He passed away in 1990.
Scope and Content
Looking north down 5th Street South from the corner of 4th Avenue South. The sign for the Alexandra Hotel is visible on the left and the Shasta Cafe cane be seen on the right.
Presentations/Retirements - Mr. and Mrs. Purdy's Retirement Party: II - Eaton's, Part 12/65. Mr. and Mrs. Purdy celebrate at their retirement party from the Eaton's company.
Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department.
Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.
Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Presentations/Retirements - Mr. and Mrs. Purdy's Retirement Party: II - Eaton's, Part 12/65. Mr. and Mrs. Purdy celebrate at their retirement party from the Eaton's company.
Presentations/Retirements - Mr. Purdy's Last Day - Eaton's, Part 15/65. Mr. Purdy opens a gift from the staff on his last day at the Eaton's store. Walter Hag stands on the left.
Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department.
Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.
Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Presentations/Retirements - Mr. Purdy's Last Day - Eaton's, Part 15/65. Mr. Purdy opens a gift from the staff on his last day at the Eaton's store. Walter Hag stands on the left.
Presentations/Retirements - Mr. and Mrs. Purdy's Retirement Party: III - Eaton's, Part 16/65. Mr. Purdy shakes hands with Eaton's Store Manager, Mr. Davis, as he accepts a gift from the Eaton's staff at the Purdy's retirement party.
Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department.
Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.
Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Presentations/Retirements - Mr. and Mrs. Purdy's Retirement Party: III - Eaton's, Part 16/65. Mr. Purdy shakes hands with Eaton's Store Manager, Mr. Davis, as he accepts a gift from the Eaton's staff at the Purdy's retirement party.
Assortment of magazines from the late 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s including: Song Hits, Home Chats Book of Christmas Knitting, 1937, and a variety of needlework, knitting, and crochet magazines.
Assortment of magazines from the late 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s including: Song Hits, Home Chats Book of Christmas Knitting, 1937, and a variety of needlework, knitting, and crochet magazines.
Cecil Thomas Arthur Cuell (1899-1982) born Portsmouth England. Immigrated to Canada with family 1913. Settled first in Calgary where he apprenticed with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Ogden Shops as an electrician. Moved to Lethbridge in 1922 and married Violet Ann Beaton on September 2, 1925. They had 8 children including a set of twins. Cuell was an electrician at the Government Elevator in Lethbridge when it was built in 1930 until he retired in 1964. He was an amateur photographer who developed and processed his own film in his home darkroom. Cuell like to experiment with flash powder and various chemicals to produce different colours and special effects on his photos.
Custodial History
Photographed by Cecil Cuell and kept in Cuell family.
Scope and Content
Cecil Cuell, on the left and 2 unidentified soldiers during training at an unidentified Ontario base.
2 women's magazines from 1967 ("True Story" and "Modern Romance"). 2 Lethbridge Herald Special Editions, 1985. "The First 50 Years", and "The Second 50 Years".
2 women's magazines from 1967 ("True Story" and "Modern Romance"). 2 Lethbridge Herald Special Editions, 1985. "The First 50 Years", and "The Second 50 Years".
Notes
The newspaper special editions are stored in the Reading Room File Cabinets in the Newspaper Special Editions drawer.
10 cm of textual records; 17 photographs; 203- 35mm slides; 7- 8mm films
Scope and Content
2018.1077/001: Sakamoto Family Photographs Part 1/2, 14 photographs, 1950-2004?
2018.1077/002: Sakamoto Family Photographs Part 2/2, 3 photographs, 1 information booklet on Shin Buddhism, 1952-1960. Folder.
2018.1077/003-203: Sakamoto Family Slides, 203 slides, 1967-1981.
2018.1077/204-210: 8mm fil…
10 cm of textual records; 17 photographs; 203- 35mm slides; 7- 8mm films
History / Biographical
Masahiro Sakamoto was born in Ruskin, B.C. in 1914, where his family farmed his entire life. He met Asaye Goto while living in the area, and they married in 1936. They eventually moved to Taber, Alberta where Masahiro Sakamoto worked in construction. In 1957, they moved to Lethbridge where he continued to work until his retirement in 1979.
Both Masahiro and Asaye Sakamoto were strong in their faith, and attended the Buddhist Temple of Southern Alberta in Lethbridge. They had six children, 8 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Their family was always their highest priority.
Scope and Content
2018.1077/001: Sakamoto Family Photographs Part 1/2, 14 photographs, 1950-2004?
2018.1077/002: Sakamoto Family Photographs Part 2/2, 3 photographs, 1 information booklet on Shin Buddhism, 1952-1960. Folder.
2018.1077/003-203: Sakamoto Family Slides, 203 slides, 1967-1981.
2018.1077/204-210: 8mm film on the Sakamoto family.
The Southern Alberta Cooperative Association Limited was a retail and consumer cooperative operating in Southern Alberta towns. It was a consumer’s cooperative that primarily engaged in retail trade and other small local businesses. The Southern Alberta Cooperative Association was incorporated under the Co-operative Association Act of the Province of Alberta on April 30, 1924. It dealt primarily with selling hardware, petroleum, and agricultural products to Southern Alberta farmers, ranchers, and town residents.
The Cooperative’s head office was in Lethbridge, and they operated in towns such as Bow Island, Taber, Barons, Coaldale, Picture Butte, and Lethbridge. The Southern Alberta Cooperative Association was responsible for purchasing lands for retail store facilities in these towns. They also allocated funds for building materials and farming supplies to these centers. The Southern Alberta Cooperative Association represented farmers and ranchers throughout the southern portion of the province from 1924-1983.
In 1976, the Cooperative’s administration consisted of President Tymen Donkersgoed (Coaldale), Vice-President Tom Parker (Picture Butte), Secretary Eugene Wauters (Lethbridge), General Manager Ray Dyken (Lethbridge), and Controller Ken Smith (Lethbridge). The Southern Alberta Cooperative Association Ltd. was liquidated in the fall of 1983.
Scope and Content
Meeting Minutes Book, 1924-1988.
The Board of Directors of Cooperatives Manual
Prospectus for the Southern Alberta Cooperative Association Ltd. 1988
Parties - Dancing at Eaton's Anniversary Party - Eaton's, Part 40/96. Eaton's staff dancing at an unidentified Eaton's Anniversary party. In the background, Mr. Hegan dances with his wife. The photographic print is believed to have originally been printed in the Eaton's Store Newsletter, "Chinook W…
Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department.
Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.
Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Parties - Dancing at Eaton's Anniversary Party - Eaton's, Part 40/96. Eaton's staff dancing at an unidentified Eaton's Anniversary party. In the background, Mr. Hegan dances with his wife. The photographic print is believed to have originally been printed in the Eaton's Store Newsletter, "Chinook Winds".
Parties - Hegan Stands and Gives Speech at Banquet - Eaton's, Part 48/96. Lethbridge Eaton's Store Manager, Mr. R. J. Hegan stands and gives a speech at an Eaton's staff banquet. The photographic print is believed to have originally been printed in the Eaton's Store Newsletter, "Chinook Winds".
Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department.
Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.
Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Parties - Hegan Stands and Gives Speech at Banquet - Eaton's, Part 48/96. Lethbridge Eaton's Store Manager, Mr. R. J. Hegan stands and gives a speech at an Eaton's staff banquet. The photographic print is believed to have originally been printed in the Eaton's Store Newsletter, "Chinook Winds".
Parties - Peef Allison, Hegan and Others Dance at Anniversary Party - Eaton's, Part 57/96. A crowd of Eaton's staff dance at an unidentified Eaton's Anniversary party. On the far left is Peef Allison, with R. J. Hegan and his wife on the other end of the chain of dancers in the front.
Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department.
Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.
Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Parties - Peef Allison, Hegan and Others Dance at Anniversary Party - Eaton's, Part 57/96. A crowd of Eaton's staff dance at an unidentified Eaton's Anniversary party. On the far left is Peef Allison, with R. J. Hegan and his wife on the other end of the chain of dancers in the front.
Parties - Crowd Gathered at Eaton's Store 25th Anniversary Dinner - Eaton's, Part 67/96. A crowd of Eaton's staff members gathered around the buffet area at the Eaton's 25th Anniversary party.
Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department.
Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.
Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Parties - Crowd Gathered at Eaton's Store 25th Anniversary Dinner - Eaton's, Part 67/96. A crowd of Eaton's staff members gathered around the buffet area at the Eaton's 25th Anniversary party.
Parties - Two Men Laughing and Exchanging Gifts - Eaton's, Part 68/96. Two unidentified Eaton's staff members laughing and exchanging gifts at a Christmas party? The photographic print is believed to have originally been printed in the Eaton's Store Newsletter, "Chinook Winds".
Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department.
Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.
Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Parties - Two Men Laughing and Exchanging Gifts - Eaton's, Part 68/96. Two unidentified Eaton's staff members laughing and exchanging gifts at a Christmas party? The photographic print is believed to have originally been printed in the Eaton's Store Newsletter, "Chinook Winds".
Parties - Blindfolded Party Game - Eaton's, Part 69/96. Two unidentified men wearing blindfolds and oven mitts play a game at an Eaton's party. Three unidentified people watch the men in the background. The photographic print is believed to have originally been printed in the Eaton's Store Newslett…
Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department.
Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.
Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Parties - Blindfolded Party Game - Eaton's, Part 69/96. Two unidentified men wearing blindfolds and oven mitts play a game at an Eaton's party. Three unidentified people watch the men in the background. The photographic print is believed to have originally been printed in the Eaton's Store Newsletter, "Chinook Winds".
Parties - Diner Skit - Eaton's, Part 70/96. Four unidentified Eaton's staff members act in a 1950's diner skit. On the sign by the standing man's foot, it reads: "Visit Soady's House of Glamour".
Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department.
Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.
Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Parties - Diner Skit - Eaton's, Part 70/96. Four unidentified Eaton's staff members act in a 1950's diner skit. On the sign by the standing man's foot, it reads: "Visit Soady's House of Glamour".
Parties - Western Hoedown Dancing Skit: II - Eaton's, Part 71/96. Unidentified Eaton's staff members playing the violin, accordion, and piano as part of the Western Hoedown Dancing skit at an Eaton's party.
Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department.
Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.
Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Parties - Western Hoedown Dancing Skit: II - Eaton's, Part 71/96. Unidentified Eaton's staff members playing the violin, accordion, and piano as part of the Western Hoedown Dancing skit at an Eaton's party.
Parties - Stan Charles? and Others at a Party - Eaton's, Part 72/96. Five Eaton's staff members gathered together at an Eaton's party, wearing evening wear. The man on the left in glasses is believed to be Stan Charles?
Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department.
Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.
Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Parties - Stan Charles? and Others at a Party - Eaton's, Part 72/96. Five Eaton's staff members gathered together at an Eaton's party, wearing evening wear. The man on the left in glasses is believed to be Stan Charles?
Lethbridge War Veterans' hockey club: a hockey club for those men that served in WWI that returned home to the Lethbridge area. Winners of the City and District League and Provincial Championship for the 1919-1920 Season.
Back Row: Sutherland (Goal), F. Henderson (L. Defence), T.J. Davies (Chairman…
The ENMAX (formerly Sportsplex) Centre is a multipurpose facility operated by the City of Lethbridge. The complex was built in 1975 in preparation for the Canada Games.
Scope and Content
Lethbridge War Veterans' hockey club: a hockey club for those men that served in WWI that returned home to the Lethbridge area. Winners of the City and District League and Provincial Championship for the 1919-1920 Season.
Back Row: Sutherland (Goal), F. Henderson (L. Defence), T.J. Davies (Chairman Sports Com. G.W.V.A.), C. Ramsay (Trainer), G. Reber (L. Wing), L. Turcotte (Centre).
Front Row: J. Marion (R. Defence), T. Longworth (President G.W.V.A), W. Henderson (R. Wing)