Material Type

Photograph

Date Range

[1935]

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

12.7 cm x 20.2 cm Black and white photograph

Physical Condition

Excellent

History Biographical

Donald Alexander Duff was born on14 December 1879 in Tomdachoil, Perthshire, Scotland. He was the son of John and Janet Duff, and came to Lethbridge with his parents in 1885. Trained as a civil engineer, Mr. Duff also served as Lethbridge City Clerk from 1917 to 1930. He was a surveyor for the Chief Mountain Highway in Waterton Lakes National Park when that road was constructed in the 1930s. When World War 2 began, Mr. Duff was employed by the federal government in the Civil Aviation Branch, assisting in the design and construction of airports in southern Alberta as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. He continued in this work until illness forced him to retire a few months before his death. A lifelong bachelor, Mr. Duff died on 19 June 1945.

Acquisition Source

Rutten Robert

Scope and Content

Photograph showing surveyor Donald Duff with two tripods.

Notes

Identification of Donald Duff supplied by Chris Morrison on 3 November 2004.

Access Restrictions

Public Access

Accession No.

19737697000

Collection

Archive

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