Fonds 056 Harry Tuffill fonds

327 photographs

75 postcards

Date: [ca. 1909-1935] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of one photograph album with 44 photographs and 19 postcards. 78 of the photographs are of surveying in the Peace country, two are of harvesting on the Tuffill homestead. The remainder are of war service and family in Britain.

Physical description: 204 photographs

19 postcards

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Physical condition:

Photograph album is in poor condition. The edges of the pages are faded and torn. Some pages are falling out.

Walter McFarlane’s survey crew in 1910.

Lesser Slave Lake Settlement on the shores of Lesser Slave Lake.

Image shows four individuals on horses during a race at Saskatoon Lake Sports Day. The caption written beneath the photograph says “Indians Racing, July 1st 1910”.

“H. B. Clifford’s store at the Flying Shot Settlement by Grand Prairie.”

A surveyor, from the Walter McFarlane survey crew, using a transept to measure the land.

Travellers headed for the Peace Country often came to Edmonton by train and continued from there by horse or oxen.

A survey camp, which was headed by Walter McFarlane, stationed on the edge of a lake.

Image shows several Indigenous people crossing a river in a boat. The caption written underneath the photograph says “Indians crossing the Wapiti River in a canvas boat.”

Athabasca Landing was a community 100 miles north of Edmonton. Harry Tuffill’s crew passed through here on their way to survey the south Peace Country.

Survey crew which surveyed most of the south Peace Country.

Ox teams racing at the July 1st 1910 Sports Day at Saskatoon Lake.

Surveyors resting at a flying camp south of the Wapiti River.

A view of Dunvegan’s Hudson Bay Company on the Peace River.

Crew members from Walter McFarlane’s survey party rafting on the Wapiti River.

Walter McFarlane’s survey crew travelling back to Edmonton in February of 1910.

Image shows a pony race at Lake Saskatoon Sports in July 1910 with families watching from the sidelines. The caption beneath the photograph says “Indian Girls Racing July 1910.”

A small bear cub climbing one of the tents in Walter McFarlane’s survey camp. The cub became a pet for the crew members.

Three young moose photographed by a member of Walter McFarlane’s survey crew.

A Beaver First Nations family and two survey crew members gather outside a teepee near Snipe Lake. The original title is taken from caption beneath the photograph.

Walter McFarlane’s crew cutting a survey trail on the banks of the Smoky River.

Men from Walter McFarlane’s crew using equipment to survey the land from a raft on the Smoky River.

Men from McFarlane’s crew carry various tools and pieces of equipment for camping and surveying as they climb a river bank.

A page from Harry Tuffill’s photo album. Three of the photographs are taken at a Peace Country farm and the other three are taken at army barracks.

Harry Tuffill cutting oats with a four horse team on his homestead in the Buffalo Lakes area.

A group of men gathered outside of the St. John’s Anglican Church at Buffalo Lakes.

Horses and wagon with a group of ladies outside of the St. John’s Anglican Church at Buffalo Lakes.

Threshing crew of twelve men posing around a stationary thresher.

Horses pulling a heavily loaded hay wagon through a field.

Harry Tuffill playing cards with a group of World War I soldiers.

A page from Harry Tuffill’s photo album. The photographs were taken during the First World War and mostly take place in army barracks.

A page from Harry Tuffill’s photo album. The photographs were taken during the First World War and mostly take place in army barracks.

A page from Harry Tuffill’s photo album. The photographs were taken during the First World War and mostly take place in army barracks.

A page from Harry Tuffill’s photo album. The photographs were taken during the First World War and mostly take place in army barracks.

A page from Harry Tuffill’s photo album. The photographs were taken during the First World War and mostly take place in army barracks.

Harry Tuffill joined the 91st Highlanders from Hamilton, Ontario during the First World War.

Harry Tuffill with Maud Shattock and her brother Alf. Alf was killed during the war. After the war, Harry married Maud and returned to the Peace Country.

A page from Harry Tuffill’s photo album. The photographs were taken during the First World War and mostly take place in army barracks.

Two soldiers practice military tactics. Note the First World War style of rifle that included a bayonet on its end.

A page from Harry Tuffill’s photo album. The photographs were taken during the First World War and mostly take place in army barracks.

Date: [ca. 1909-1914] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of photographs taken during the time Mr. Tuffill was on Walter McFarlane’s survey crew. Some have been developed as postcards, and may not be Mr. Tuffill’s own photographs.

Physical description: 32 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

The Walter McFarlane survey crew is on the ice of a river. One man is beginning to slice some round meat. The caption on the back reads “The party stopped for dinner on Prairie River 1909.”

Surveyor washing his clothes with scrub board and tub in the bush.

Image shows three men from a survey party posing with an Indigenous woman with her two children outside a teepee. Although grass is visible on the ground, one man is holding a snowshoe on his shoulder. The original title is taken from the caption written on the back of the photograph.

Surveyor is sitting on a small wooden crate while milking the camp cow. The cow has a harness and a large cow bell.

Shallow lake on the grande prairie with grassland is in the foreground and forest in the background.

Winter surveyor camp.

The men are standing around as the horses feed on the snow covered banks of the Prairie River.

Crew of 28 men from Walter McFarlane’s survey crew. Surveyors’ tents and trees in the background.

Three teams of horses are pulling sleighs along the frozen Simmonette River. The snow covered river banks rise high in the background.

Saskatoon Lake with Saskatoon Island in the middle. Grassland is visible in the foreground.

Crew of 18 men and 1 small girl, with tents in background. Blankets and folded cloth items are in the foreground.

Ice floes on the banks of the Smoky River.

11 teams of horses and sleighs are trekking along the side of the frozen Lily Lake.

Teams of horses and sleighs traveling down the side of the frozen Simmonette River.

Bird’s eye view of the Wapiti River and its banks in early spring or late fall.

Winter scene of a settler’s log home on the banks of the Smoky River.

Men, wagons and teams of horses are waiting on the frozen river. Fire is smoking in the center.

The caption on the back of the postcard reads “Flying Shot settlement.” Winter view of settlement with cabins and corrals. May be the Bear Creek settlement.

Image shows Indigenous girls racing ponies across a field during the Saskatoon Lake Sports Days.

Simmonette River in early spring.

Survey crew returning from the Saskatoon Lake camp with horses and wagon. One man is holding a tripod while sitting on the side of the wagon.

Horses and sleighs loaded and ready for the winter trip home.

Six men in the survey crew are relaxing underneath the tent flap of the cook tent. Two men are preparing breakfast in the tent.

Winter view of the frozen Simmonette River. The snow covered river banks rise in the background and in the right side of the picture.

Winter view of the frozen Simmonette River. The snow covered river banks rise in the background and in the right side of the picture.

Winter view of the junction of the Smoky and Simmonette Rivers from a high bank.

Survey party coming up the frozen Simmonette River. The high river banks dominate the background.

Three surveyors on an ice flow on the Smoky–early spring. Two men are standing and one is seated on the thick ice flow. The opposite river bank is visible in the background.

Revillon Bros store and Beaver Lodge Post Office on the banks of Saskatoon Lake, Grande Prairie. A fence surrounds the settlement in the foreground and right side of the photograph.

Image shows six Indigenous men in European style clothing are standing near six fenced graves. Chest high fence posts surround each grave. The graveyard is on the prairie above Saskatoon Lake. The original title is taken from what is written on the back of the image.

A herd of pack horses are swimming across the Wapiti River. The river fills the foreground while the river bank rises in the background.

Image shows show a camp of approximately 20 teepees on the prairie, backed by a wood bluff. Prairie grassland dominates the foreground. The original title was taken from the caption on the back of the photograph.

Date: [ca. 1906-1935] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of colour postcards, many of them sent to Maud Shattock from Harry Tuffill after he immigrated to Canada in 1906. Some of the cards are used for correspondence.

Physical description: 53 postcards

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

•                Textual record (documentary form)

“Second class passengers on board the Empress of Ireland.”

A postcard from Harry Tuffill to Maud Shattock. Harry joined the 91st Highlanders during the First World War. The back of the postcard reads: “This photo was taken as we were going into the church. We were in double column and I was on the right hand side so you cannot see me.”

A postcard from Harry Tuffill to Maud Shattock. Harry joined the 91st Highlanders during the First World War. Here is the regiment marching in Hamilton, Ontario before setting off for England.

A postcard from Harry Tuffill to Maud Shattock. Harry joined the 91st Highlanders in the First World War. The back of the postcard reads: “These are the last two companies as we formed up at the Woodstock station. That is our special train which you see ‘laying’ at the back.”

A postcard from Harry Tuffill to Maud Shattock. Harry joined the 91st Highlanders during the First World War. The back of the postcard reads: “This was taken at Woodstock on Friday morning, it was taken at about 10.30 and was on sale at one o’clock. Harry.”

Date: 1900-1935 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of snapshots of family, friends and army mates. Many are developed as postcards and have messages on the back. Included is an albumin photograph, presumably of Maud, and photographs and messages from Maud’s brother Alf.

Physical description: 91 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Maud Shattock and two friends enjoy the summer weather at a beach.

During the Great Depression, unemployed men rode the rails searching for work. Here, a group of them are gathered around a campfire.

Panoramic view of Grande Prairie in 1918, taken from the west side of Bear Creek.

Harry Tuffill holding a team of work horses.

Train at Grande Prairie being met by a flotilla of vehicles. Elevator row is visible behind the train.

Soldiers digging a shallow trench in Richmond Park during the First World War.

Alf Shattock in his First World War uniform. “Yours affectionately, Alf, Oct. 1917. France.” is written in the right hand corner.

A postcard from Alf Shattock to his mother. The back reads: “Dear Mum, Arrived quite safe at 11.45 last night had to stand all the way down. Raining quite hard all the morning. Alf”.

Matted formal portrait of Harry Tuffill, taken by the T. Eaton Co. in Toronto, Canada.

Date: 1944 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of a letter to Mr. Tuffill as a secretary of a local board of the United Grain Growers Ltd. along with a complimentary copy of the book, The Grain Growers Record 1906 to 1943.

Physical description: 2 cm of textual records

Access points:

•                Textual record (documentary form)