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Edgar Spurgeon fonds
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- Source of title proper: Title based on creator of photographs
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Fonds
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102 photographs
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Biographical history
Edgar Spurgeon came to Edson in 1907 while working on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. When it was discovered he could work a movie projector, he was invited to become a partner in the Idyl Hour Theatre with Mr. Jack Anderson. Mr. Spurgeon also operated a local photo studio and one of his innovations was to take pictures of local residents during the week and project them on the screen every Friday night. There was always a full house. He left Edson with numerous, well labelled, local photographs. He enlisted in World War I and returned to Edson but felt surveying had a brighter future in Western Canada than motion pictures. [Edson 75 Years]
Custodial history
Items in 76.30 were donated by his neice, Mrs. Kathleen Collin
Scope and content
Fonds consists of photographs of the Edson and Coal Branch regions taken by Edgar Spurgeon in the early 1920's, depicting local scenery, town views, railways, surveyors, portraits, and farms.
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Collin, Mr. & Mrs. Merton;Collin, Kathleen
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- English
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There are no restrictions on access.
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Finding aids
Archives Accession Register;Accession Register Database 76.19, 76.30;Donors Database;Photograph Database;Accession Inventories
Associated materials
More photographs by Mr. Spurgeon can be found in the Provincial Archives and the Glenbow Museum
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Closed
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- Spurgeon, Edgar (Subject)