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CA EDM RG-200-12-9 · Stuk · 1978
Part of City of Edmonton Archives Collection

This work depicts Rosary Hall (9947 - 104 Street), and is an example of the type of work George Weber did documenting the built environment in Edmonton. In 1976, Weber received a Recognition Award from the Edmonton Historical Board for his series of sketches and watercolours of historic buildings and sites in the city (see RG-21.2.3 file 167).

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CA EDM RG-200-12-8 · Stuk · [between 1943 and 1952]
Part of City of Edmonton Archives Collection

This painting was purchased by the Archives and Landmarks Committee for $15 in 1952. it depicts the ruins of the Alberta Motor Boat Co., located on the north end of the Low Level Bridge. Established in 1912, the company built boats that were used on lakes and rivers around Alberta, in the north, in British Columbia, and on the Great Lakes. They also made a variety of other implements of travel, such as dog sleighs and skis planes. The building burned down in December of 1946. Nothing is currently known of the artist.

CA EDM RG-200-12-7 · Stuk · 1995
Part of City of Edmonton Archives Collection

This image was created by Randall Kabatoff and Steven Csorba as a project commemorating the 200th anniversary of Fort Edmonton. The image is a composite of a photo of Fort Edmonton taken in 1879 by George Dawson and a contemporary shot of Edmonton from 1995 taken by Kabatoff. Csorba merged the two images, placing Fort Edmonton in its approximate position. The image was then colourized and enhanced to blend the two time periods.

CA EDM RG-200-12-6 · Stuk · [ca. 197-?]
Part of City of Edmonton Archives Collection

This architectural rendering was done in the 1970s as part of an unrealized proposal for a 102 Street Mall. The City had been looking at proposals to develop the area into a mall since at least 1968. The consultants behind this work were Barton - Aschman Associates, Inc. out of Evanston, Illinois. This firm did municipal planning work for cities around the world.

CA EDM RG-200-12-5 · Stuk · [ca. 1952]
Part of City of Edmonton Archives Collection

Nellie Armstrong (nee McDowell) joined the Edmonton Art Club in 1934, and participated in their annual exhibitions until the early 1960s. A member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, Armstrong worked mainly in watercolour and ink. Her painting “Construction” was published in the Edmonton Journal January 24, 1952 as part of a Provincial Treasury Branches advertisement.

CA EDM RG-200-12-40 · Stuk · 1997
Part of City of Edmonton Archives Collection

Painting features the James Macdonald Bridge over the North Saskatchewan River with downtown Edmonton in the background.

Ivan Salisny was born in 1921 in Ukraine, and moved to Edmonton with his wife Helen in 1953. He attended NAIT, and worked at the City of Edmonton as a draftsman until his retirement in 1984. He passed away in Edmonton in 2016.

CA EDM RG-200-12-4 · Stuk · 1936
Part of City of Edmonton Archives Collection

Born in 1913, M. Kathleen Kaufman joined the Edmonton Art Club in 1934, and participated in club exhibitions between 1935 and 1953. She submitted a work titled “A Winter Trail” in 1936 which could be this piece. Kaufman married Keith Cardiff in April, 1943, changing her name to M. Kathleen Cardiff. She would go on to become a member of the Alberta Society of Artists, and serve as the Treasurer of the Edmonton Art Club. She began studying printmaking in the 1950s, learning silk screening and serigraphy under George Weber at the Edmonton Art Gallery, as well as taking courses at the University of Alberta’s Department of Extension. She moved to Toronto in 1959, later settling in Ontario.