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Theodore Henry James Charmbury was born on May 14, 1879 in Nuthurst, Sussex, England. He apprenticed as a photographer in Aldershot, Hampshire before immigrating to Canada in 1900. On December 21, 1900, Charmbury arrived in Prince Albert, North-West Territories (now Saskatchewan), where he briefly apprenticed with photographer William James before establishing his own photography studio. Charmbury married Aphra Roundtree Jones in Prince Albert on April 29, 1902. The Charmburys had nine children: Gordon, Robert, Harry, Phyllis, Rose, Pat, Jeanette, Theodora (Mike) and Aphra. Theodore Charmbury also travelled throughout the North-West Territories taking pictures and worked briefly in real estate with Clarence M. Turner.

In 1918, the Charmbury family moved to Saskatoon, where Theodore Charmbury established Charmbury's Studios. Gordon and Harry Charmbury assisted Theodore in operating the studio, which did portraiture work, weddings, funerals, harvest scenes, and theatrical group pictures. Two fires, in 1931 and 1942, destroyed many of the early negatives that Theodore Charmbury had accumulated. Around 1938, Theodore Charmbury retired and his son, Harry, became proprietor of the studio, which he ran until 1970. In 1942, Gordon Charmbury returned to Saskatoon after working as a photographer in Toronto, Ontario to assist Harry in operating the studio. In 1957, Gordon Charmbury moved to Calgary, Alberta to take over the family's studio, which he operated until his retirement.

Theodore Charmbury died in Saskatoon on December 5, 1945. Aphra Charmbury died on May 20, 1946. Gordon Charmbury died on August 7, 1980 in Calgary. Harry Charmbury died in Saskatoon on August 15, 1993.

Lawrence Francis (Larry) Easton was born on the family farm near Wawota, Saskatchewan, on August 24, 1938, to Francis Russell and Leah Isabel (Griffin) Easton. He received his early education at Wawota, graduating from Wawota High School in 1958. He later attended the School of Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan (1958-1960) and completed the Electronics Engineering Technologist course at Saskatchewan Technical Institute, Moose Jaw, in 1964. He was employed as an engineering manager with SaskTel in Regina until his retirement in 1997.

Dorothy May Bird was born at Wawota on May 3, 1941, to Francis Carlton and Mable Irene (Myers) Bird. She received her early education in Wawota and later attended Success Business College in Regina. She was employed by SaskTel, the Salvation Army, the federal government, and the provincial Department of Labour and Employment, Apprenticeship and Trade Certification. Dorothy Bird married Larry Easton on April 22, 1961 in Wawota. Together, they have two children: Mark and Michelle.

Since the 1970s, Larry Easton has been an active photographer. He has been a member of the Regina Photo Club for thirty years and in that time has held various positions on its executive. He is the only member of the Club to receive its Prestige Award for photographic achievement. Easton is also a member of the Prairie Region of Photographic Arts, and is a director for the prairies on the Canadian Association for Photographic Art. He has received numerous competition awards and recognitions for his photographic works. As well, his works have appeared in Prairies North and West World magazines, in projects for Saskatchewan Tourism and the Regina Chamber of Commerce, and in educational books.

Larry and Dorothy Easton collaborated to provide the photographic works for the 2008 publication, Legacy of Stone: Saskatchewan's Stone Buildings, written by Margaret Hryniuk and Frank Korvemaker. The publication received the Saskatchewan Book of the Year award from the Saskatchewan Book Awards in 2009.

Larry and Dorothy Easton currently (2011) reside in Regina.

Allan Clare Hume was born on April 9, 1909 in Bloomfield, Missouri to Dr. R.A. and Mary Ann Hume. He moved with his family to Ontario in 1912 and to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1921. Hume attended King George School, Bedford Road Collegiate and the Saskatoon Normal School. He earned Bachelor of Arts (1940); Bachelor of Education (1943) and Master of Education (1946) degrees from the University of Saskatchewan.

After graduating from the Saskatoon Normal School, Hume taught in rural Saskatchewan until 1929, when he was employed by the Saskatoon Board of Education. He taught at Beuna Vista; Albert and Sutherland schools before serving as Superintendent of the School of the Deaf (1948-1952). In 1952, Hume became an administrator of Saskatoon elementary schools and served in that position until his retirement in 1971.

An avid photographer, Hume was a member of the Saskatoon Camera Club. During his professional career, he was involved with the Saskatchewan Boys' Work Board, an organization that provided church based activities to boys as an alternative to the Boy Scout program.

Hume died in Saskatoon on December 12, 2004.

Hume and his wife, Clara, had three children: Lorraine; Valerie-Jean; and Gordon.

William John (W.J.) James was born on December 23, 1870 to William, Sr. and Maria James of the Fordwich area, Howick Township, Huron County, Ontario. His father was a blacksmith and carriage maker in Ontario, and first travelled west with the Wolseley Red River Expedition in 1870.

W.J. James came to Prince Albert, Northwest Territories ca.1890. His family followed around 1893. Both James and his father were employed by the James Sanderson sawmill as labourers. W.J. James became a barber while also establishing a photograph business briefly with W.J. Jackson in 1894. James continued in barbering while also working as an itinerant photographer in the 1890s. He hired Theodore Charmbury as a photographer in his studio between 1901 and 1903, and operated a branch studio at Indian Head in 1904-1906. James operated the City Art Studio (1909-1919) and W.J. James & Co. (est.1927) in Prince Albert until his retirement in the mid-1930s.

James' professional career as an itinerant, commercial and portrait photographer spanned over forty years during which he travelled extensively in the Prince Albert district and northern parkland regions of Saskatchewan documenting settlement, local industry and everyday life. William John James died on September 9, 1944 in Prince Albert and is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Prince Albert.

W.J. James married Maude Rebecca Courtney on April 27, 1904 in Prince Albert. They had four children: Mossie; "Eva" Eunice; Norma; and Murl.