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Thomas Niven

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Material Type
Photograph
Accession No.
19991041006-015
Physical Description
Black and white photograph
Scope and Content
Portrait of Thomas Niven born July 23rd 1868 and died June 26 1951. He arrived in Lethbrdge in 1886 and he worked as a coal miner for 8 years and then as a machinist for the Galt Company. He married Anne Reid on July 20th 1899 and they had two sons Eddie and Bert. Along with his brother Alex they s…
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Material Type
Photograph
Physical Description
Black and white photograph
Physical Condition
Excellent
Scope and Content
Portrait of Thomas Niven born July 23rd 1868 and died June 26 1951. He arrived in Lethbrdge in 1886 and he worked as a coal miner for 8 years and then as a machinist for the Galt Company. He married Anne Reid on July 20th 1899 and they had two sons Eddie and Bert. Along with his brother Alex they started a machine shop called Niven Brothers Machine Shop in 1912. In 1940s Thomas retired leaving the shop to his two sons.
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The portrait is part of 24 portraits of the Pemmican Club Old Timers on an oversized matt
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19991041006-015
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