Smart Ranch Garden Party
Archival item
2008.22.2
1921
A photo of a group of people sitting at long banquet tables, looking at the camera. They are attending a garden party on Labour Day c. 1921. There are two lists of names with this image. On one, Mr. and Mrs. Burke are referred to as 'your mother' and 'your dad', Jim Smart is referred to as 'uncle Jim', Elizabeth is referred to as 'aunty Smart'
The lists identify the individuals as: Miss Gibson, sister of Church of England Minister; Mrs. W.H. Wilkins; Alf Russel; Dawson MacPherson; Mrs. Elizabeth Smart; Dr. R. R. Stirritt; Mrs. Pete (Ada) Rooney; Mrs. Ed (Susie) McKenzie; W.P. Osborne; Mrs. Jack Furnis; Dr. Harold Burroughs; Mrs. Burroughs; Mrs. Stirritt; Mrs. Flossie Osborne; Mrs. W.O. Smyth; Percy Wood; Mrs. Claud Crombie; Mrs. R,.A. Ross; Mr. Dr. Kelso (Edith) Cairns; Ed McKenzie; Bob Campbell (lawyer); Mrs. Dr. Don E. Ross; Miss D. Gillespie (matron of S.C. hospital); Pete Rooney; Mrs. Frankie Burke; Bert Hare; Miss Brown; Edgar Burke; Miss Brown (friend of Bert Hare, sister to other Miss. Brown); Rev. Gibson (Church of England Minister); Mrs. Maud Brunyee; John Furnis; Mrs. Powell (Calgary); young Powell (Furnis nephew); Laurie Smart; Mrs. Ed (Mary) McClenaghan; Jim Smart; and Mrs. Gertrude Mann Graham.
"Emmy Lou's hat is discernible above No. 29 and Aunty says Mr. Mann's hat shows just above her head." is written at the bottom of the legend with the diagram.
Photographic Paper (Kodak)
Two lists of names of the individuals in attendance are found in an envelope that is taped to the back of the photo; text on the envelope reads "Burke & Son Ltd. // 640 Railway St. E // Swift Current, Sask." and "Names of those in attendance at Garden Party at Smart's Ranch"
Communication Artefacts, Documentary Artifact, Print, Photographic