Fonds 193 Herman Trelle family fonds

626 photographs

226 postcards

1 sound recording

Date: 1901-2011 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of textual records relating to Herman and Beatrice Trelle and their three children. The photographs document the creation of the Trelle family monument in the Lake Saskatoon Cemetery. The sound recording is a Canadiana sound-bite for radio on Herman Trelle.

Physical description: 4.5 cm textual records

3 photographs

1 sound recording

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•                Sound recording (documentary form)

Date: 1901-1982 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The subseries consists of textual records related to Herman and Beatrice Trelle including photographs and correspondence regarding the Herman and Beatrice Trelle monument in the Lake Saskatoon Cemetery designed by Kay Trelle; cards sent home during their world tour in 1931; and various greeting cards. The file also contains writings by Herman: a poem written in high school titled “The Old Peace River Road”, and an article, “The Empire of the North” written ca. 1930. The sound recording (0193.01.01.01) is a 1 ½ minute Canadiana sound-bit about the World Wheat King by Paul Preston for CKNW Vancouver Radio in 1981.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

1 sound recording

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Date: 1931-1989 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The subseries includes a postcard from Marie’s friend Ann J in 1931; a 1934 agreement between 11 year-old Marie Trelle and her parents, Herman and Beatrice Trelle, regarding her responsibilities and monthly allowance; a 1980 history of the Herman Trelle family written by Marie Baynton for Lake Saskatoon Reflections; and writings titled “Chinook” and “Reflections of a Pioneer Life in the North Country” written by Marie in 1981 for the Boerne Reading Club in Oceanside, California.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

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Date: 1933-2011 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series includes a copy of a 1933 letter written by Kay about his new baby brother, Ronald; a 1934 agreement between 9 year-old Kay Trelle and his parents, Herman and Beatrice Trelle, regarding his responsibilities and monthly allowance; his certificate of confirmation at St. Mathew’s Church, Wembley; his life membership in The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia; correspondence with two historians (Frank Turek and Ina Bruns) regarding the accomplishments of Herman Trelle; and documents from the Lake Saskatoon Agricultural Society about two reunions at Wembley during the 1980s.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

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Date: 1945-2004 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The subseries consists of a 1945 inoculation record; genealogical research about the Trelle family in Germany, Canada and the United States; memories about the Trelle family, illustrated with photocopied photograph collages, written by Ronald Trelle; copies of personal communications from Ronald to Marie and Kay regarding his funeral and memorial; and a 2004 Christmas letter.

Physical description: 1 cm textual records

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Date: [1931-1980] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The subseries consists of newspaper and magazine articles about the Trelle family, a facsimile transmittal notice, and notes for a speech given at a dinner in honor of Gordon Moyer.

Physical description: 0.5 cm textual records

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Date: [1900-1962] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The series consists of photographs of the senior Trelle family from [1900 to 1960]; the Zimmerman family from [1900 to 1920]; the Herman Trelle family from [1920-1960]; the Trelle family farm from [1920-1940]; the World Wheat King hype around the Trelle farm [1927-1935]; the World Tour undertaken by Herman and Beatrice Trelle [1931-1932]; community photographs from Lake Saskatoon-Wembley, Grande Prairie, Pouce Coupe, and Slave Lake; World War II photographs from Herman and Kay; and photographs of the extended family.

Physical description: 623 photographs

226 postcards

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Date: 1902-1962 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The subseries consists of photographs of Herman Trelle as a child and throughout his teen years; and of the Andrew Trelle family, including daughter Henny who remained in Germany, and daughter Louise who married Lorne Smith.

Physical description: 21 photographs

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Studio portrait of Herman Trelle, as a child of approximately 8 years of age, playing his violin. The photo was taken in Frank, Alberta where the family was living at the time of the Frank slide on April 29, 1903.

School photograph of Herman Trelle, at about age 12, in a suit with watch chain.

Edmonton High School basketball champions in 1913 included Herman Trelle, second from the left in standing back row.

Edmonton High School group includes Herman Trelle, seated on the left hand side of the photo.

Herman Trelle as a sportsman, probably taken at school or university.

One individual and two group photographs of Herman Trelle as a member of the boxing team at an unidentified college/university.

Four photographs of Herman Trelle as a student at an unidentified college/university. One photograph shows a sitting room identified as “Applied Science”. Note on back says, “In the Lounge at Varsity” and identifies Herman Trelle on extreme right and Forester on the extreme left.

Herman Trelle with his platoon in World War I. He enlisted in the war but was not accepted because the family’s German origin.

Seven photographs of the Trelle family in California include Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Trelle on the lawn in front of their home; Louise and Herman Trelle with their spouses; the extended family including grandparents and grandchildren; Uncle Lorne Smith with Herman and Beatrice’s children; Mr. & Mrs. Andreas Trelle “picking the first crop of a little orange tree at Covena, California the latter part of February, 1939”; Herman and his parents; Louise Trelle Smith and Mrs. Andreas Trelle in 1944 at Pasadena, California.

A postcard photograph of Henny Trelle sent from Hamburg, Germany for Easter in 1962. Henny was the first child of Andreas and Marie Trelle, left behind in Germany when the couple immigrated to America.

Date: [1900-1920] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The subseries consists of photographs of the Edward and Otto Zimmerman families who immigrated from South Dakota to Edmonton, and then on to Rolla, BC over the Edson Trail in 1912.

Physical description: 29 photographs

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Postcard photograph of Earl Zimmerman and his Uncle Frank.

Postcard of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Zimmerman and their son Earl.

Postcard photograph of Mrs. M.O. Gates, Mrs. Otto Zimmerman and Mrs. E.S. Zimmerman.

Photograph of a group of women and girls with a woman and child marked with an X. On the back is written, Beatrice Burdick, Rolla Post Office, Pouce Coupe, B.C.

Studio portrait of a young Beatrice Burdick taken in Montrose, South Dakota ca. 1905.

Two photographs of the Zimmerman family inside two family homes. One is labeled “A bunch in Edmonton”.

Two photographs of the Zimmerman family just before the trip to Pouce Coupe. One photo is of Grandpa Zimmerman, Lester Davis, Albert Olin and Roy Zimmerman with their horses and caboose; the other is of the same four men in coats and hats, ready for the journey.

Photograph of two men with guns; a pole on their shoulders has the carcass of a bear strapped to it. Note on back says, “Roy Zimmerman and Fred G. coming into camp with their game.”

Photograph of two men in a high-wheeled democrat with a team of horses. There is a lengthy description written on the back in German.

Seven photographs of Beatrice Burdick when she was living with her grandparents at Rolla, BC. Subjects are Beatrice at about age 14 in a white dress with huge white bows in her hair; Beatrice with a group of girls, all in white dresses; Beatrice with two friends–Clara Spildie and Vera Gibson; Beatrice in Lloyd’s Masquerade suit; Mrs. Scott and Beatrice on horseback; Beatrice alone on horseback, and Beatrice with a group of young adults “taken at Beaver Lodge.”

Seven photographs of the Zimmerman family and friends include a family grouping; Fred’s log home in the trees; Ella Kohn; Millie Clay and Clara Coons on Rock Creek; a flower bed on their homestead near Pouce Coupe; Mrs. Grimm’s cabbage patch; and a photo of Rhoda Baynton and Herman Trelle.

Three photographs showing a farm includes Beth Zimmerman; three people feeding chickens; and a horse-drawn sleigh in front of a frame house.

Beatrice Burdick with her maternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Edward Zimmerman and a younger girl.

Date: [1900]-1957 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The subseries consists of photographs of Herman and Beatrice Trelle and their children Marie, Kay, and Ronald as they grew up in Wembley, then Calgary. Included are photographs of Kay at University, and Marie in Nursing School, and photos of her husband Don Baynton and children. There are also photos of Herman and Beatrice in the Monkman Pass in 1937, the Slave Lake Flood in 1935, and three small black albums of unidentified family photographs.

Physical description: 251 photographs

Note:

Unless otherwise noted in item level description, photographs are located in 1/5/4/1

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Two photographs of Herman and Beatrice Trelle, one in the yard at the Trelle home, the other of them in swim suits on a log diving board into a farm pond.

Two photographs of Beatrice Trelle in the yard at the Trelle home.

Beatrice Trelle with infant daughter Marie in June 1922.

Herman, Beatrice and Marie Trelle in 1923.

Studio portrait of Herman and Bernice Trelle with their children Marie and Kay.

Studio portrait of Kay Trelle as a child.

Studio portrait of Marie Trelle as a child.

Eleven images of the Trelle family ca. 1930. Subjects include children and friends playing dress-up; Marie on the fender of the family car; Kay in the garden; Marie and Kay in the garden; and Beatrice in the garden with Lake Saskatoon in the background. There are three winter scenes, taken Christmas Day 1931, showing Herman and children with farm workers; the Herman Trelle family; and Beatrice and the children with their Saint Bernard dog. There are also two photographs of the two farm dogs: Bingo, a border collie, and a Saint Bernard.

Studio portrait of Ronald, the third Trelle child, at about one year of age in 1934.

Four images of the Trelle family at their third home on the farm, a log house near the shore of Saskatoon Lake. Photographs show two year old Ronald Trelle “standing on 6 feet of snow in March 1935”; Herman with the three children in April 1935; Ronald in November 1935; and Marie, Kay, and Ronald in November 1935. The last two have long notes on the back written by Herman Trelle.

Five photographs of Herman and Beatrice with a group of friends on the Monkman Pass trail.

Two photographs of Beatrice, Marie and Kay Trelle with a friend in a garden on the shore of Lake Saskatoon.

Three photographs of Beatrice Trelle and her children in the back yard of the family home, perhaps in Wembley or Grande Prairie.

Studio portrait of Marie Trelle, done by Art Craft Studio in Grande Prairie about the time they moved to Calgary.

Four snapshots of the Trelle family showing home and garden (probably in Calgary) just before World War II.

Three photographs of Marie Trelle with her classmates and in her nursing uniform when she was in training.

Kay Trelle and Rex Ford, another first year Engineer from Douglas Hall, in front of the Engineering building at Queen’s University in December 1940.

Studio portrait of Ronald Trelle at about 12 years of age.

Studio portrait of the Trelle family about 1945.

Two studio portraits of Don Baynton, second cousin to Beatrice Burdick Trelle, the first one taken by Austin Studios in California, and the second by Hess in Calgary.

Snapshot of the Trelle family on the steps of their Calgary home.

Wedding portrait of Marie Trelle and Don Baynton. Don is in an Air Force uniform.

Wedding portrait of Marie Trelle and Don Baynton. Don is in an Air Force uniform.

In 1945 Herman Trelle was murdered by a fellow farm worker and was buried at Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, California. Photograph shows his casket covered with floral wreaths beside the grave.

Marie Trelle and Don Baynton with a group of friends at the Commodore Cabaret in Vancouver, B.C.

Kay’s class of eight students in Engineering at the California Institute of Technology.

Fourteen students and the Instructor of Aeronautics at Caltech. Identified students are Lopez, John Henderson, Bob Perry, Roy Davidson, Lorenz Krueger, Roy K. Trelle, and Keever.

Studio portrait of Marie Baynton and her first child Lark at about the age of 10 months.

Snapshot of Don & Marie Baynton and their children Lark and Barr on the occasion of Don’s graduation.

Studio portraits of Don & Marie Baynton’s children, Barr and Lark.

Black photograph album, presumably created by Beatrice Trelle as it contains photographs of both the Zimmerman and Trelle families. Photographs are glued into the album; some have captions on the back. Some are copies of individual photographs in this collection.

Black photograph album containing photographs of both the Zimmerman and Trelle families. Photographs are not identified, and are glued into the album. Some are copies of individual photographs in this collection.

Loose sheets from a 7 x 10 in. black photograph album with photographs of the Zimmerman and Trelle families. Photographs are not identified, except for dates on some of them, and are glued into the album. Some are copies of individual photographs in this collection.

Date: [1910]-1938 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The subseries consists of photographs of the Andrew Trelle family farm from 1915-1921 and the farm auction in 1921; and of the Herman Trelle family farm from 1921-1938. Photographs include the buildings on each farm site; farm labourers such as Erich Andersen, Fred Hamm and John Gershman; and the machinery.

Physical description: 45 photographs

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Two photographs, presumably of the Trelle family on their journey to the Peace River Country. One is of a rest stop in the woods, the other of a river crossing and stopping place on the trail.

The Andreas Trelle farm between 1915 and 1921. Subjects include cutters and horse teams; barns and corrals; horses; the first frame house with Saskatoon Lake and village in the distance; shoulder-high wheat crop; addition to the house ca 1920 and the vegetable garden; the “winter of the big snow in 1919-1920”; chickens, cattle, and horses in the farmyard.

Two photographs of the Andreas Trelle Auction in the winter of 1920, probably taken from the roof of the barn, shows the crowd around a threshing machine and some farm wagons. After the auction, Andrew and Marie moved back to California and Herman and Beatrice Trelle took over the family farm.

9 photographs of the Trelle farm from about 1921-1923 shows the original farmyard with the Andreas Trelle home; the remains of that home after it burned in 1922; the renovation of the log building on the farmsite to provide a temporary home; the frame house which was the Trelles’ second home; the farmyard as it looked with the second home on it; and Beatrice’s garden at the Trelle farm. The Trelle home burned down March 12, 1922, two days after Beatrice’s birthday on March 10, and just before Marie was born on April 26, 1922.

9 photographs showing the hired hands who helped on the Trelle farm. Subjects include Trelle family with three hired men and a mother’s helper; two girls picking raspberries in the garden (note says, “the girls in the raspberry patch. Got 60 quarts last year”); Beatrice with Erich Andersen and another helper in a field of stooks; Erich Andersen standing on a barrel; and Erich Andersen chopping wood in January 1931. A series of winter photographs shows the family with three hired hands identified as Fred Hamm, Erich Andersen and John Gershman on Christmas Day 1931; and the children with the men in 1932.

Seven photographs showing Trelle’s third home on the farm. A note on the back of one photograph says, “Our log house at the farm. Dad bought Mr. Walthew’s 1/2 section (it might have been a quarter section) and moved his house to this spot. The porch in front, enclosed, became a bedroom on the left and the dining room area on the right.” Two photographs show a group of visitors at the farm.

Three photographs of vehicles on the Trelle farm: two of a pick-up truck, with “Herman Trelle Wembley, Alberta” on the door, and one of a worker plowing the field with a steel wheeled tractor.

Four additional scenes of animals on the Trelle farm showing two Hereford Bulls and cutting the crop with a four-horse team.

Erich Andersen and Herman Trelle pose in the garden.

Date: 1927-1936 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The sub-series consists of photographs of publicity shots of the Trelles, their children, and their famous crops; visitors to the farm to look at how the Trelles were producing the best crops in the world; the Great Peace River Country Exhibition at a World Fair; and Herman and Beatrice with their collection of trophies. There are also two photographs of Herman Trelle receiving a buffalo coat from Trudel Furs Mfg. Ltd. in Edmonton.

Physical description: 73 photographs

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Unless otherwise noted in item level description, photographs are located in 1/5/4/1

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Herman Trelle examining a field crop in early summer.

Herman and Beatrice Trelle, with their children Marie and Kay, on a Case tractor with plough attached.

Herman Trelle ploughing the stubble after harvest.

Beatrice Trelle in a field of young pea plants in early summer. Photograph is glued on a cardboard frame with the McDermid Studios Logo in one corner.

Beatrice Trelle in her flower garden on the Herman Trelle farm.

Men standing in a field of oats near Wembley illustrating the bumper crop.

Beatrice and Herman Trelle, farmers at Wembley and Wheat King of the World, in a field of award winning oats.

Field of grain on the Trelle farm.

Beatrice and Herman Trelle, with their children Marie and Kay, at the edge of a field of oats.

Three photographs showing Lord Lovatt and his team at the Trelle farm in 1928.

Three photographs of the Trelles with two men, identified as Mr. Newman and Mr. Stewart, examining a bumper wheat crop in the fall.

A series of eight photographs of Kay and Marie in the garden and fields at the Trelle farm, taken July 20, 1929. There is also one photo of them with their father, Herman Trelle. These photographs were used for promotional purposes.

Individual studio portraits of Herman and Beatrice Trelle when they were Wheat Kings of the World.

Studio portrait of Herman and Beatrice Trelle at the time they were Wheat Kings of the World. It is signed, “Sincerely Mr. & Mrs. Herman Trelle, 1930.”

Snapshot of an exhibition at the World Fair about 1930. A large sign over the building reads, “ The Great Peace River Country Exhibition: Herman Trelle The Wheat King”. The rest of the sign is not visible.

Three photographs of visitors examining Trelle farm crops in 1933. A sign beside a test plot of wheat reads, “Class Special Hard Red Spring Wheat First Prize, Cat No. 176”

Five photographs of the Trelle family, farm and crops when they were once again Wheat Kings in 1933. Beatrice has noted on the back of one of the photographs: “This is when they were cutting on the north quarter, Erich standing, Fred cutting–Herman took the picture. Marie and Kay at the stooks-1933. This picture represents a good average crop in this country. Straw to hold up 100 bus. of oats, and 40 bus. wheat to the acre.”

Two postcards, one of Herman Trelle up to his shoulders in wheat and labeled “World Wheat King in his Wheat near Grande Prairie, Alta.” It is signed by Herman Trelle and produced in Ottawa. The text on the second postcard reads, “This is a micrograph of a part kernel of Herman Trelle World Championship Wheat, on which the Lord’s Prayer is written in ink, so small that it may be repeated ten time on the surface of this same kernel. This world record writing was only made possible on a perfectly smooth kernel of Trelle’s wheat.”

Two Trophies won by Herman Trelle at the Chicago World Fair. Trelle exhibited at Chicago from 1926-1936.

Beatrice and Herman Trelle display their trophies.

Western Soils Products Exhibition at the Chicago World Fair included a “Hall of Fame” for the World Champion in Grains. A photograph of Herman Trelle is featured in the center of the exhibition, flanked by other winners and their grains.

Two photographs of Herman Trelle receiving a Buffalo coat from a group of men in front of Trudel Furs Mfg. Ltd. The note on the back reads, “When Mr. Trudel gave Herman the Buffalo coat in Edmonton. The first Buffalo killed in Wainwright Park that fall 1926/1927.

Date: 1928-1936 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

Black 11 x 14 in. sheets from a photograph album detailing the Trelle Wheat King story. Photographs belong to 0193.02.05 and 0193.02.06.

Physical description: 1 photograph album (31 photographs)

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Herman Trelle standing in his bumper wheat crop.

A bumper crop of Trelle oats, stooked in a field.

Beatrice and Herman Trelle in experimental plots on their Wembley grain farm.

A country road near Wembley showing a bumper crop of stooked oats beside the road.

Herman and Beatrice Trelle swathing a bumper crop of oats with a binder. Marie is driving the tractor, Herman operating the binder.

Beatrice Trelle with her children, Marie and Kay, in her flower garden on the Herman Trelle farm.

Kay and Marie, children of Beatrice and Herman Trelle, with their arms full of asters from the flower garden.

Herman and Beatrice Trelle display three trophies: (L) Champion Field Award, Chicago International Award for Wheat 1928 ( Middle ) Best Sample of Wheat – Chicago (R) Champion Field Award Chicago International Award for Oats, 1936. At least 18 ribbons are displayed in front of the trophies representing winnings for wheat, oats, and field peas.

Image shows four men standing in a partially harvested grain field.

Image shows Beatrice standing in a flower garden.

Image shows a person posing with their arm around a horse’s neck.

Date: 1931-1932 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The subseries consists of photographs of Herman and Beatrice Trelle aboard ship and in many of the countries around the world. There are also two postcard albums with souvenirs postcards from the countries they visited and from across Canada, presumably collected on the way to their exhibitions in world fairs, or on their way to New York to start their world tour.

Physical description: 108 photographs

226 postcards

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77 photographs taken by Herman and Beatrice Trelle on their world tour. Some are dated and described by Beatrice, but the majority are unidentified. Destinations portrayed in the photographs include Egypt, Italy (Vesuvius & Pompeii), Greece (Athens), Madeira, Syria, Egypt, Gibraltar, Japan, and Palestine.

Two photographs of Herman and Beatrice Trelle in their Buffalo Coats, one taken aboard ship on their World Tour and one taken in front of the Royal Bank and Lyne’s Meat Market in Grande Prairie in 1936.

In 1931 Herman and Beatrice Trelle set off on a World Tour. Image shows them on board a ship and waving.

Herman and Beatrice pose in front of the ruins of a temple in Greece.

Herman shakes the hand of an unidentified man on board the ship. Beatrice and an unidentified woman stand behind them.

Herman and Beatrice pose in front of the ruins of a temple in Greece. They are with two unidentified women and an unidentified man.

5 photographs of dress-up parties on the Empress of France while the Trelles were en route from New York to the Mediterranean.

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Content warning: some of these photographs depict individuals in blackface.

A group of travelers pose in an ornately decorated tent. Text on the bottom right corner of the photograph reads “G.M. Georgoulas Pyramids 19-3-31 No. 109”

Eight photographs show various scenes from the Trelles’ world tour in 1931-1932.

The postcard album contains 115 postcards from the Trelles’ World Tour in 1931-1932. The album starts with a postcard of the Grand Hotel in Venice, Italy with a note: “February 27, 1931. Kiddies: We had lunch here today. Momma & Daddy”. Postcards also cover Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Italy, Monaco, France, London, Windsor, Quebec and Montreal. The album also contains one photograph of a party group aboard the Empress of France dated Feb 9, 1931; 2 photographs of the Trelles in Greece; and 6 small photos of traveling groups in Egypt and other destinations.

Album containing 44 postcards of the Trelles’ World Tour, beginning with one of the Canadian Pacific SS “Empress of France” labeled “our cruise, February 3rd, 1931.” Postcards show Spain, Gibraltar, Algiers, Mallorca, Malta, and Italy. The album includes 67 postcards from across Canada and New York, presumably on the way to New York or from previous trips to World Fairs. The postcards show Banff and Jasper, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Lake Superior, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and New York. Many of the postcards are from CPR Hotels. It also contains 22 photographs of the family, farm, and wheat crops back home in Wembley, AB.

Date: 1917-[1940] (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The subseries consists of photographs of buildings and people from the Lake Saskatoon, Wembley, Beaverlodge, Grande Prairie, and Pouce Coupe area.

Physical description: 51 photographs

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Photographs are located in 1/5/4/1 unless otherwise indicated at item level descriptions.

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Three photographs of school groups at Lake Saskatoon School. Kay’s class (one photo of girls and one of boys) is taken at the side of the school; Marie’s class is taken on the front steps.

Two photographs of Jessie Hazzard Smith, one taken with snowshoes at Saskatoon Lake area, the other at Monkman Lake and used as a Christmas Card in 1939.

Two photographs of the Lake Saskatoon area: one of the audience in the bleachers at the United Farmers of Alberta meeting at Lake Saskatoon; the other of a sack race at the annual sports day.

Elevators and Railway at Wembley, Alberta.

Ranch house at Borden’s Ranch and Stopping Place, Swan Lake, B.C.

Deep Creek baseball team.

Girls’ basketball team at a sports day in the 1920s.

Albert Olin, George Spangle, and Roy Zimmerman in Vic George’s shack.

Four photographs of a party of men and women on the rocky banks of a river in 1917. Those identified in photo 13 are Dr. A.M. Carlisle (in the center of photo with his pipe) and his wife Jean McFarlane Carlisle, next to him; in photo 14 Wallace McFarlane and Dr. Carlisle 3rd and 4th from the front respectively, and Herman Trelle at the end; and in photo 15, Dr. Carlisle on left rear, and Jean Carlisle 2nd from the right in the front row.

Four grain elevators at Wembley ca. 1950 included Midland & Pacific and United Grain Growers.

Two photographs of the R. Kranz Store in Wembley, seen from the front and from the side. In front of the store is an Imperial Gas pump.

Postcard of Main Street in Wembley ca. 1940. Street scene shows the R. Kranz Store with its “Imperial Dealer” sign, another “Imperial Dealer” across the street, a large two-story white house, and down the street, a BA Dealer and the Wembley Hotel.

Four photographs of community groups from the Lake Saskatoon area on outings. Identified people include Louise (Trelle) Smith (left rear in photo 20) and her husband Lorne Smith (sitting beside her at a picnic in photo 21), Arthur and Jessie Hazard Smith (left rear and holding hat in front in photo 22 and at a picnic in photo 23); Wallace McFarlane (left of Jessie in photo 23) and Violet Watson (Keys) 2nd from right in back row, also in photo 23).

Two local baseball teams in dark uniforms. There are no logos on the shirts to identify the teams. Only one player is identified as Walter Robert on the right end of 0193.02.07.25.

From left to right, Elsie Cox, Wallace McFarlane, George Neilson, Walter Roberts, ?, Ken Sinclaire and Rose Sinclaire in front of Mead & Grant’s house in 1926.

A party on the shore of Lake Saskatoon in the spring is made up of, from left to right, Jean Watson (married Burt Taylor); Violet Watson (married Bob Keyes); Herman Trelle; and Gladys Lawrence (Mrs. Charles Hopkins).

Football team on a meadow pitch includes Herman Trelle (4th from left) and Walter Roberts (2nd from right).

Large party of visitors on the front lawn of the Beaverlodge Experimental Station includes Herman Trelle.

Large group of people from the Village of Lake Saskatoon beside the second school house for Lake Saskatoon School. This building was on the lake shore and had been previously used as a grist mill, a flour mill and as a hospital during the flu epidemic of 1918-1919. The upper story was used for a meeting place for the masonic Lodge and other community groups.

Large party in front of the Hall includes Herman and Beatrice Trelle and their children Marie and Kay.

Six photographs taken at the Beaverlodge Experimental Sub-station between 1926 and 1935. They are: Beehives in 1926; Spirea, alfalfa, apples and tulips in 1932; and Mr. & Mrs. Albright’s home at the Experimental station in 1935.

Mr. Early’s truck garden on the Shaftsbury Trail near Peace River.

Herman Trelle beside the Carnival Queen float during the Northern Carnival in 1928.

Postcard of “Killarney”, the home of Mr. & Mrs. Porteous in Grande Prairie. It is addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Trelle at Lake Saskatoon, and the message is “Wishing you all a Merry Xmas and Bright New Year.”

A cowboy throws a lasso in front of six riders on horseback at a Grande Prairie rodeo event.

Mrs. (Dr.) Watson’s home at Pouce Coupe, B.C.

Six photographs of the flood in 1935. Herman and Beatrice Trelle are traveling by train around Slave Lake. Notes on the back of the photographs: Photo 43 “For miles we travelled on the course of the Little Slave River. Note the tall pine and spruce trees. Note number of our car 57430. Beatrice in rear.” Photo 44 “On the scow being pushed by a motorboat. Beatrice is the only one you can recognize. You will remember we sent Tillie and the kiddies ahead on the train. I took all the pictures.” On photo 45, “Here we are crossing a flooded grain field. See farm buildings in the distance.” On photo 46, “Note push motor boat. Can see telephone poles and flooded highway and vehicle stuck in mud on road in background. Beatrice looking at our car.”

Image shows the Grande Prairie Municipal Hospital. The caption on the back of the photograph reads “Grande Prairie Municipal Hospital, previous to 1936.”

Date: [1930]-1946 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The subseries consists of photographs of Herman and Kay Trelle in uniform during World War II, including platoon photographs from Kay’s training days, his time in the Royal Canadian Air Force, and his time in the American Air Force.

Physical description: 40 photographs

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Photographs are located in 1/5/4/1 unless otherwise indicated in item level descriptions.

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Both Herman Trelle and Kay, his eldest son, enlisted in World War II. They are seen here with the family at their home in Calgary.

Herman Trelle with G. and Isobel Heidman in the winter garden at their home in Ottawa (1189 Wellington Street).

Herman Trelle with a group of 12 soldiers in uniforms and great coats during training for World War II.

Four photographs of Herman Trelle during World War II at the Airdrome in Calgary. Note on the back of one of the photographs says, “These snaps are of the instructors at the Field Fortifications School, taken on a Sunday when we were looking over our Demonstration Work.” In the background of one of the snaps is the Airdrome.

Four photographs of Herman Trelle at his training base during World War II. Scenes include groups of soldiers as well as one of Herman in summer uniform in front of the Training Wing HQ Office Staff, and one of him on guard duty, with a note on the back: “On Sentry Duty, August 8, 1940. This is a natural snap taken without pose–was very hot and windy–hence appearance of uniform, etc. Daddy.”

Five photographs of Kay in Air Force uniform. One is the traditional air force head and shoulders portrait; two show Kay full length in uniform at his training school in summer and at the Calgary home in winter; and two are of Kay in uniform with friends and family.

Official RCAF platoon photograph. Kay is fourth from right in second row.

RCAF Platoon Photograph. Signatures of most of the Airmen appear on the back (nn signifies no name). Front row: George Rye, Toronto; Jim McFadden, Toronto; Tom Ridout, Calgary; Bill Danson, Toronto; nn ; nn ; nn ; W.E. Mallendine, Weston, ON; Charles A. Spatau, Trail, BC; Bob Mitchell, Toronto, ON; Bob Howe, Columbus, Ohio; John Yurchiuch, Calgary. Second row: Gerald Schultz, Toronto; Jim Crawford, Toronto; H.W. Hall, Toronto; nn; E. Unsworth, Toronto; George Rogers, Toronto; Stan Flaherty, Toronto; Wesley Thompson, Elmark, ON; Neil Langley, Toronto; Archie Adkins, Toronto; Keith Hoffman, Kitchener, ON; Joe Scott, Toronto; G. Lepp (Reg); nn. Third row: John McKie, Kowes; Emyr Richards, Coventry, England; Douglas Lattimer, Belleville, ON; W.O. Klatt, Forestburg, AB; H.M. Hunter, Norval, ON; Dave Shera, Edmonton; Cliff Williams, Toronto; J.T. Wallace, Toronto; Everett E. Valleau, Belleville; Gordon Nichol, Ceylon, ON; Sam Strange, Knowlton, Que; Allen Hilm, Calgary; nn; nn; E.S. Matafa. Back row: Al Saunders, Toronto; Hugh McAuley, Toronto; Don Lander, Whitby, ON; nn; Wes Sharp, Goodridge, AB; nn; R.A. Stillie, Port Credit, ON; nn; James Colquhoun, Toronto; Al Williams, Toronto; Wm. Bill Smith, Oshawa, ON; nn; E.C. Smeden, Toronto; nn; Ray Peets, Belleville, ON; W.J. McGee, Mimico, ON.

Platoon Portrait with names printed underneath. Front row: LAC Stibbard, F.S.; Sgt Tye, F.K.; F/L R.H. Matthews; W/C E.G. Macpherson (Commanding Officer); F/O E.G. McDonald; Cpl. Beausoleil, P.E.; F/S Shears, A.R. Second row: LAC Swift, W.A.; Yong, W.R.; Plumstead, V.C.; Poirier, G.J.J.; Cpl. Redfern, A.; LAC Williams, F.S.; Willis, G.A.; AC2 Wiest, A.W.; LAC Vilvan, S.G.; Robinson, R.N. Third row: LAC Runciman, J.D.; Petryshyn, A; Reid, E.A.; Rogers, M.F.; Stewart, R.O.; Trelle, R.K.; AC2 Pollard, J.R.; White, W.G.; LAC Paul, J.B.; AC2 Plewman, D.T. Fourth row: LAC Turnquist, M.H.; Cp. Tait, B.; Cpl. Pyefinch, J.A.; AC2 Riehl, H.; LAC Tebbutt, S.C.; Cpl. Shonkwiler, L.W.; AC2 Whelan, J.F.; Pinder, J.W.; LAC Strum, W.A.; AC2 Tooth, E. Fifth row: LAC Sergeant, J.H.; Wearmouth, R.W.; AC2 Robbins, R.L.; LAC Reid, W.W.; Widney, A.S.; AC2 Thomas, C.B.; LAC Routledge, J.E.; Thornicroft, J.H.; Cp. Raindahl, H.H.; AC2 Price, M.B.

Platoon Portrait with airmen identified on the back. Front row: Helm, Hohr, Craven, Egan, Sgt. Hughs, F/O Haeber, Goodfellow, Knox, Christensen, Esau. Back row: Dixon, GerrieCarter, Edwards, Pale, Kisyk, Bach, Etock, Jamieson, Merkley.

Platoon Portrait with airmen identified on the back. Front row: Runciman, Plumbstead, Strum, Sgt. Lindsay, F/O Lamoureaux, P/O Mattusch, Sgt. Hoffman, Thornicroft, Widney, Mooney. Back row: Poirer, Malrooney, Palmer, Biel, Trelle, Rutledge, Wearmouth, Sergeant, McKay, McIntosh, MacFarlain.

Composite photographs of Class B-9, the Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1946. Kay Trelle was a member of this group after he was drafted into the American Air Force for the Occupation Forces in Japan.

Miscellaneous and unidentified photographs of family and friends taken during World War II. Photographs often include men and women in uniform or flying/parachuting gear.

Date: [1910]-1935 (date of creation)

Scope and content:

The subseries consists of photographs of extended family in the States, many of them taken by Herman and Beatrice on visits to the States in the 1920s and 30s, and later during World War II.

Physical description: 29 photographs

Access points:

•                Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)

Home of Andreas and Maria Trelle in Los Angeles.

Louise and Lorne Smith on a picnic with their first daughter Margaret. Louise Trelle was the second daughter of Andrew and Marie Trelle and a sister to Herman Trelle. She married Lorne Smith of Lake Saskatoon.

Home of Lorne & Louise Smith in Los Angeles.

After the Trelle and the Zimmerman families returned to California in the 1920s, Herman and Beatrice Trelle made some trips to the States to visit their family. This series has five photographs of a trip to La Mesa, California ca 1928, when they visited Louise & Lorne Smith.

Family group in front of a large family home. A note on the back says, “A bunch back home in Fairmont, Minnesota.”

Family group in front of a large family home. A note on the back says, “A bunch back home in Fairmont, Minnesota.”

Formal studio portrait of Della Klaus. Note on the back says, this was taken Feb 13, 1913.

Postcard from Aunt Ella to Beatrice Trelle after she had moved to Edmonton with her Zimmerman grandparents. A message on the back gives news about Beatrice’s father and a promise to send a photograph of her mother.

Six photographs of the Zimmerman family while they lived at Pouce Coupe: two of a family group with the car; one of a family picnic; two of the Zimmerman men; and one of Herman and Beatrice with Roy and Mrs. Baynton.

Family grouping of Beatrice, Marie and Kay Trelle with members of the Zimmerman family in California.

Three photographs of Roy Zimmerman with Marie and Kay (about 5 and 3 years old) when the Trelle family was visiting in California. Two photographs on the beach include Roy’s daughter.

Photographs of a car trip to California in 1935, including the Columbia Highway, the Pacific Ocean, Yosemite Falls, and Bow River and Castle Mountain in Banff. Herman Trelle has dated and written descriptions on the backs of the photographs.

Photograph of Sarah Nelson and her family, with whom Marie and Kay Trelle stayed when Herman & Beatrice went on a year-long world tour. Right to left: Mavis, Norman (Nelson), Aunt Sarah, Margaret (Nelson), Kay. Oliver Farm near Edmonton, Alberta, July 7th, 1935.