Material Type

Photograph

Date Range

25 July 1956

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

Black and white photograph

Physical Condition

Excellent

History Biographical

Muriel Elizabeth Harvey was the granddaughter of William Harmon Fairfield, and the mother of Janet and Jean Harvey. The plaque on the cairn reads "Canada Department of Agriculture Experimental Farms Service - This prairie boulder symbolic of the parent soil material of the region, was moved to this site to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Lethbridge Experimental Farm and to honour W.H. Fairfield, O.B.E., M.S., LL.D. who established the farm on the virgin treeless prairie in 1906 and continued as Superintendent until his retirement in 1945. The original farm of 100 acres was donated by the Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company. - Unveiled July 25th, 1956, by J.G. Taggart, O.B.E., B.S.A., D.S.O., LL.D., Deputy Minister"

Scope and Content

Members of the Fairfield family gather in front of the cairn commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Lethbridge Experimental Farm. Left to right Janet Joyce Harvey, William Harmon Fairfield, Muriel Elizabeth Harvey (nee Strickland). The woman behind the cairn, on the left, is Mrs. Maydel Palmer. The men behind the cairn, to the right, are Herb Chester and Jack Downs.

Access Restrictions

Public Access

Accession No.

20001076199

Collection

Archive

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