Oldtimers at work, building a log shack.

Harold Riley, standing below the scaffold on the ground with no hat, was the first secretary of the Oldtimers Association and the big man on the left is R. C. Thomas who erected the Thomas Block and operated the Wales Hotel. On the scaffolding on the right is J. J. McHugh and Colonel Walker is wearing a police stetson in the centre.

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Date 1924

Creator Oliver, W. J.

Person(s) or Group(s) McHugh, J. J., Riley, Harold, Thomas, R. C., Walker, James

Genre Negatives, Photographs

Place Alberta

Subject Calgary, Alberta--Associations, institutions, etc., Calgary, Alberta--Buildings, Calgary, Alberta--Personalities, Frontier and pioneer life, Log cabins and buildings, Oldtimers Association, Work clothes

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Fonds/Collection W.J. Oliver fonds

Reference code CA ACU GBA F1458-S0003-SS0003

Link to Finding Aid https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/photographs-already-in-glenbow-collection

Unique identifier CU166502

Legacy Identifier nd-8-341

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"Oldtimers at work, building a log shack.", 1924, (CU166502) by Oliver, W. J.. Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.