The photograph has bubbled but it hasn't damanged the image.
Scope and Content
Photograph is mostly likely of members of the Clark Hall Literary Society pre-World War I.
Back Row (L to R): ? and Lillian Wilhelmina Speers '13.
Middle Row (L to R): Leslie Alberta Ward '13, ?, and M. H. Strang '13
Front Row (L to R): Evelyn J. Simpson ' 13 and M. McCamis ' 13
Clark J. Smith Studio was located at 135 10th Street. It opened c. 1913 and was sold to Lawrence Stuckey in 1958.
Clark Jaques Smith was born in November 1879 in Consecon, Ontario to John Allen Smith, a photographer, and his wife Eliza. Clark Smith came west in 1908. With his wife Margaret had two or three daughters (Jean Day, Thelma Courice and Marie? Smith?). Smith was a former member of the Kiwanis Club, a past president of the Western Canada Photographers Association and was a life long member of that association. He died in Brandon, Manitoba on January 9, 1968.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the interior of the reception area of Clark J. Smith photography studio.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the 1911 Canadian census, Smith's cemetary record and his obituary (Brandon Sun January 11, 1968).
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Series consists of portraits of students, mainly award and scholarship winners, faculty members, and other university staff members. Many of the photographs in the series appear in various editions of the Sickle.
Storage Range
Photograph storage drawers
Arrangement
Series has been divided into twenty-six sub-series, representing letters of the alphabet. Individual portraits are arranged alphabetically by last name under each sub-series.
View is west north west from 18th Street. Photograph shows the Brandon College Building, Clark Hall, and the Brandon University sign on the front lawn.
View is west southwest from the front lawn. Photograph shows the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall, as well as cars parked on the driveway. There is a centennial symbol (the symbol is meant to look like a geometric maple leaf) on the roof of the building.
View is west from approximately 18th Street. Photograph was taken during the McDiarmid (1900-1912) era and shows the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall. Students are visible on the lawn and steps.
View is south along the sidewalk in front of the building. Photograph shows the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall at night illuminated by flood lights. The John R. Brodie Building is in the background.
View is northwest from the east side of 18th Street. Photograph shows the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall in winter. The Education Building is visible in the background.
View is southwest. Photograph shows the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall, refered to as the Administrative Building, and the Citizens' Science Centre in the background.
View is south southwest from the driveway. Photograph shows Clark Hall and the Brandon College Building with the Citizens' Science Building and John R. Brodie Science Centre in the background.
View is north northwest looking down the driveway past the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall. Photograph shows the south side of the Brandon College Building.
View is northeast from the quadrangle in winter. Photograph shows the west side of the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall, along with a portion of the quadrangle. The A.E. McKenzie Building is also visible.
View is southwest from where the driveway meets 18th Street. Photograph shows the Brandon College Building (flying the Canadian flag on the tower), Clark Hall and the front lawn.