Writing on the back of the photo indicates the photo belonged to C. Redvers Perry originally.
Other Title Information
June 5-12, 1940
Subjects
Farm Young People
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20 cm x 25 cm b&w print from original held by donor
Scope and Content
Item consists of a photograph: b&w (print), of 3 men standing in front of an Economy Carriers truck, near the Economy Service building in Calgary, L-R - Harry Bietz, Alvin Bietz, Harvey Bietz.
Creator
Economy Carriers - ECL Group
Names
Economy Carriers Ltd.
Bietz, Alvin
Bietz, Harry
Bietz, Harvey
Accession Number
UF 2002.0087.03
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Date
[1945?]
Notes
The three Bietz Brothers were proprietors of Economy Carriers and Economy Service Maple Leaf Petroleum Products in Calgary.
Economy Service was a Maple Leaf dealer in Calgary.
"Sitting - H. W. Allen, Huallen; A. B. McGorman, Penhold; Miss Eileen Birch, Secretary-Treasurer; R. Gardiner, President; Mrs. Winnifred Ross, President U.F.W.A.; Eugene O'Neil, Woodhouse, Vice-President; Keith Rosenberger, Balzac, Junior President. / Middle Row - Chas. Watson, Pickardville; James Cameron, Youngstown; Mrs. M. E. Lowe, St. Albert; First Vice-President U.F.W.A.; Geo. E. Church, Balzac; Miss Molly Coupland, Lethbridge, Second Vice-President U.F.W.A.; G. E. Pritchard, Wetaskiwin; Carl Colvin, Sedgewick. / Back Row - Donald McLeod, Lake Isle,; C. T. Armstrong, Hussar; A. Wood, Dewberry; H. J. Flock, Lethbridge; M. H. Ward, Arrowwood; R. Hennig, Fort Saskatchewan."
Names
Allen, Hugh Wright
McGorman, A. B.
Birch, Eileen
Gardiner, Robert
Ross, Winifred
O'Neil, Eugene
Rosenberger, Keith
Watson, Charles
Cameron, J. A.
Lowe, Vera
Church, George E.
Coupland, Molly
Pritchard, G. E.
Colvin, Carl
Macleod, Donald
Armstrong, C. T.
Wood, A. B.
Flock, H. J.
Ward, Milt
Hennig, Rudolph
Macleod, Donald
Accession Number
UF 2003.0090.0053
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24 cm x 20 cm b&w print, on 30 cm x 35 cm cardmount
Scope and Content
Portrait sitting of 1942 U.F.A. Board of Directors
Creator
McDermid Studios
Subjects
Board of Directors - 1942
UFA Presidents - Gardiner, Robert
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.13
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"Sitting: Mrs. E. A. Wagler, Standard, Second Vice-President, U.F.W.A.; Mrs. Winifred Ross, Millet, President U.F.W.A.; Robert Gardiner, Excel, President, U.F.A.; J.K. Sutherland, Hanna, Vice-President, U.F.A.; Mrs. M. E. Lowe, R.R. No. 2m St. Albert, First Vice-President, U.F.W.A.; Miss Eileen Birch, Secretary / First Row Standing: R. Pye, Penhold; J. M. Bentley, N. Edmonton; Eugene O'Neil, First Vice-President Jr. U.F.A., Woodhouse; Hugh Allen, Huallen; R. McManus, Ranier; Carl Colvin, Sedgewick; Wm. Runte, Wetaskiwin; Chas. Watson, Pickardville. / Back Row: J. Cameron, Youngstown; A. B. Wood, Riverton; L. Lee, Woolford; Geo. E. Church, Balzac; R. Hennig, Fort Saskatchewan; M. H. Ward, Arrowwood."
Names
Wood, A. B.
Bentley, James M.
Lee, Lester
Allen, Hugh Wright
Sutherland, J. K.
Church, George E.
Hennig, Rudolph
Wagler, E. A.
Ross, Winifred
Gardiner, Robert
Lowe, Vera
Birch, Eileen
Pye, R.
O'Neil, Eugene
McManus, Robert
Ward, Milt
Cameron, J. A.
Colvin, Carl
Runte, William
Accession Number
UF 2003.0090.0052
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"Standing - H. E. Spencer, Edgerton; A. B. McGorman, Penhold; R. Hennig, Fort Saskatchewan; Mrs. W. C. Taylor, 2nd Vice-Pres., U.F.W.A., Wainwright; Miss E. Birch, Secretary; Miss M. Coupland, Lethbridge, 1st Vice-Pres., U.F.W.A.; J. A. Cameron, Youngstown; D. MacLeod, Lake Isle; C. T. Armstrong, Hussar. / Sitting - H. J. Flock, Lethbridge; M. H. Ward, Arrowwood; Mrs. M. E. Lowe, Namao, President, U.F.W.A.; G. E. Church, Blazac, President; A. B. Woodm Dewberry, Vice-Pres.; G. L. Pritchard, Wetaskiwin; P. Farnalls, Halkirk. / Front Row - V. C. Flint, Beaverlodge; O. Hart, Claresholm, President, Junior U.F.A.; Ray Wood, Carstairs. / Absent - W. J. Williams, Brownvale, and Chas. Glen, Westlock."
Names
Spencer, Henry Elvins
McGorman, A. B.
Hennig, Rudolph
Taylor, Wendy
Birch, Eileen
Coupland, Molly
Cameron, J. A.
Macleod, Donald
Armstrong, C. T.
Ward, Milt
Lowe, Vera
Church, George E.
Wood, A. B.
Pritchard, G. L.
Farnalls, P.
Flock, H. J.
Flint, V. C.
Hart, Orrin
Wood, Ray
Williams, W. J.
Glen, Charles
Accession Number
UF 2003.0090.0055
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Portrait sitting of 1948 U.F.A. Board of Directors
Creator
E.W. Cadman
UFA Board of Directors
Subjects
Board of Directors
UFA Presidents - Church, George
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.17
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Coal miner standing on pick near stratified coal face. The Maple Leaf Coal Mine Co. was purchased and operated by UFA ca. 1946-1950 to supply saleable coal to UFA Locals in central Alberta
Underground shaft mine with coalbed cutting machine mounted on rail trolley, operator standing nearby. Another worker can be seen in background in the coal room. The Maple Leaf Coal Mine Co. was purchased and operated by UFA ca. 1946-1950 to supply saleable coal to UFA Locals in central Alberta
Subjects
UFA Subsidiaries - Maple Leaf Coal Company
UFA Products - Coal
Accession Number
UF 2004.0037.08
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Date
1947
Notes
Source of Name: Attached Label created from writing on back
The original Maple Leaf agency building in Cardston, operated by Emil Fredericks after moving the operation from Jefferson. Economy Feed & Transfer was also one of the original ventures of Emil Fredericks and the Bietz Brothers, which eventually evolved into Economy Carriers, UFA's longtime transportation partner
Names
Economy Carriers Ltd.
Maple Leaf Petroleum
Accession Number
UF 2004.0037.04
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20 cm x 25 cm b&w print from original held by donor
Scope and Content
Item consists of a photograph: b&w (print) of Emil Fredrericks' Economy Feed & Transfer store and Maple Leaf Petroleum agency in Cardston, Alberta.
Administrative History
Emil Fredericks, a Maple Leaf dealer, was the genesis of Economy Carriers (note from Gord Tolton).
Creator
Economy Carriers - ECL Group
Names
Economy Carriers Ltd.
Maple Leaf Petroleum
Fredericks, Emil
Accession Number
UF 2002.0087.04
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20 cm x 25 cm color print from original held by donor
Scope and Content
Item consists of a photograph: b&w (print), of a row of Economy Carriers Tanker Trucks and van trucks at a Maple Leaf Truck Terminals in Calgary.
Creator
Economy Carriers - ECL Group
Names
Economy Carriers Ltd.
Maple Leaf Petroleum
Places
Calgary
Accession Number
UF 2002.0087.05
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A photograph of the main handling and distribution centre for central and southern Alberta, located at 1926 10 Ave W, Calgary. Railcars brought product in and stored it for pick-ups from agents and/or delivery from carriers like Economy Carriers Ltd. The centre doubled as the Calgary agency for agent Glen Taylor. The facility was closed in the 1960s.
Names
Maple Leaf Petroleum
Places
Calgary
Accession Number
UN 12-1
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The fonds includes minute books of Kerndale U.F.A. Local No. 775, 1918-1941, including financial and membership records. Includes a transcription of the 1918-1927 minute book produced in 2003. Includes the By-laws of the North Peace Purchasing Committee (ca. 1935).
Administrative History
The Kerndale U.F.A. Local No. 775, located in the district of Kerndale near the village of Berwyn in the Peace River region of Alberta, was founded in 1918. It became inactive in 1941.
Custodial History
The fonds had been in the possession of Jim and Eileen Allan.
Maple Leaf Petroleum Ltd. Maintenance & Construction Panel Van, with Tractor and pull-type combine harvester, dated 1949, winer scene, two men working on or standing around equipment.
Van is possibly a mechanical service van from a Maple Leaf agency
Subjects
Farm Machinery - Combines
Farm Machinery - Tractors
Accession Number
UF 2004.0037.03
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Coal tipple, chute, sorting shaker, railcar loading area and siding at Maple Leaf Minerals, Drumheller.
The Maple Leaf Coal Mine Co. was purchased and operated by UFA ca. 1946-1950 to supply saleable coal to UFA Locals in central Alberta
Subjects
UFA Subsidiaries - Maple Leaf Coal Company
UFA Products - Coal
Transporation - Railways
Accession Number
UF 2004.0037.09
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Item consists of a photograph: b&w, of a sorting table at the Maple Leaf Coal Co. mine in Drumheller, dated November 1947.
Administrative History
The Maple Leaf Coal Mine Co. was purchased and operated by UFA ca. 1946-1950 to supply saleable coal to UFA Locals in central Alberta
Subjects
UFA Subsidiaries - Maple Leaf Coal Company
UFA Products - Coal
Transportation - Railways
Accession Number
UF 2004.0037.11
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A note on the reverse reads: "Survey Management Committee / Alberta Post War Reconstruction Committee / Front Row L to R. / Wm Anderson, Calgary Power Co Ltd., Reg. T. Rose, Executive Secretary Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, Chairman; Hon A. J. Hooke, Provincial Secretary, Chairman Reconstruction Committee; H. E. Carrigan, Sec., Reconstruction Committee; Prof Andrew Stewartm Dept Political Economy University of Alberta / Back Row L to R. / David Roberts Union Rural Municipalities; S. H. Sutherland, Canadian Chamber of Commerce; R. J. Gibb, Commissioner City of Edmonton; James A. Christiansen, Waterloo Machinery Co Ltd., V. Hawreluk Jr. Alberta farmers Union; Rudolph Hennigm United Farmers of Alberta; Dr. C.C. Spence, Economics Dicision Dom. Dept. of Agriculture. / Not in picture. Alderman Fred Chalk, Calgary, H. E. Tanner, Canadian Legion, H. P. Brownlee, Statician, Prov of Alberta."
Names
Hennig, Rudolph
Accession Number
UF 2003.0090.0056
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25 cm x 20 cm photo print, on 35 cm x 29.5 cm cardboard matting
Scope and Content
Four horse team pulling a parade float in Calgary Stampede parade, mounted on a car frame. The float has a model of the UFA Central Co-operative office and retail building and service station on 125-7, 11 Avenue East in Calgary.
Creator
Tigerstedt Studio
Subjects
Community Participation - Parades
UFA Head Offices - UFA Central Co-op building, 1940-1957
Calgary Stampede
Places
Calgary
Accession Number
UF 2004.0037.14
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Date
1941
Notes
Taken on 1 Street SW between 6 and 7 Avenues, looking South towards the Hudson's Bay building.
25 cm x 19.5 cm b&w print, on 30 cm x 35 cm cardmount
Scope and Content
Portrait of 1940 U.F.A. Board of Directors
Creator
McDermid Studios
Subjects
Board of Directors - 1940
UFA Presidents - Gardiner, Robert
Names
Gardiner, Robert
Priestley, Norman F.
Ross, Winifred
Sutherland, J. K.
Church, George E.
Hennig, Rudolph
Beatt, P. S.
Wood, A. B.
Colvin, Carl
Bentley, James
Lee, Lester
Ward, Milt
McManus, Robert
Allen, Cindy
Allen, Hugh Wright
Pye, R.
Runte, William
Learned, J. B.
Banner, Mary
Thring, K. George
Birch, Eileen
Accession Number
UF 2003.0081.12
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Date
1940
Notes
Members of the Board of Directors for 1940 were: president Robert Gardiner, Excel; Vice President and executive member Norman Priestley, Calgary; executive member (ex-officio) Winifred Ross, Millet; executive member J.K. Sutherland, Hanna;executive member George Church of Balzac;executive member Rudolph Hennig, Fort Saskatchewan; director P.S. Beatt, Westlock; director A. B. Wood, Riverton; director Carl Colvin, Sedgewick; director James Bentley, North Edmonton; director Lester Lee, Wollford; director Milt Ward, Arrowwood; Director Robert McManus, Ranier; director Hugh Allen, Huallen; director R. Pye, Penhold; director William Runte, Wetaskiwin; ex-officio Mrs. J. B. Learned, Red Deer; ex-officio Mary Banner, Endiang; ex-officio K. George Thring, Coronation; secretary Eileen Birch, Calgary.
"(Back Row) - A. B. Wood, Dewberry; J. M. Bentley, N. Edmonton; L. Lee, Woolford; Hugh Allen, Huallen; J. K. Sutherland, Hanna; Geo. E. Church, Balzac, R. Hennig, Fort Saskatchewan / (Middle Row) - P. S. Beatt, Westlock; R. Pye, Penhold; M. H. Ward, Arrowwood; Miss E. Birch, Secretary, Calgary; WM. Runte, Wetaskiwin / (Front Row) - Mrs. M. Banner, Endiang, 2nd Vice-President U.F.W.A.; K. Geo. Thring, Coronation, President Jr. U.F.A.; Mrs. W. Ross, Millet, President U.F.W.A. / Robt. Gardiner, Excel, President U.F.A.; Mrs. J. B. Learned, Red Deer, 1st Vice-President U.F.W.A.; N. F. Priestley, Vice-President U.F.A. / (Absent) - Mr. Robt. McManus, Rainier."
Names
Wood, A. B.
Bentley, James M.
Lee, Lester
Allen, Hugh Wright
Sutherland, J. K.
Church, George E.
Hennig, Rudolph
Accession Number
UF 2003.0090.0051
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