Cesari, born in Corsica, later moved to Florence, where he studied art. Between 1940 and 1946 he studied at various schools in Paris. Cesari, a personal friend of Henri and Yvonne Franq (members of College faculty), visited them in the spring of 1966 and held an exhibition in the Music Building, opening April 16.
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.
Clark Hall Door (Outside) Student Activity: Student Photo. Backrow at door jam: H.L. MacNeill, next left, J.L. Jordan; 54-57mm from left, 55mm from bottom, Robert Harvey, just above Harvey to left, A.J. Radley, to right, S.H. potter; 25mm from bottom, 62mm from right, A. Rutherford; A.E. Wright
Brandon College female students at a Christmas Party held at Clark Hall. Back Row: Mrs. Darrach, Lottie Finlay, Mrs. Madden, Elsie McLaren, Mary Murray, Santa Claus, Marion Stone. Kneeling: Kay Drake, Marg Blake
Brandon College students stand in front of Clark Hall. “Retiring and incoming Senior and Lady Sticks”. J. B. Thompson and Doris Cochrane, Frank Kerr and Bertha Clark
