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Personnes et organisations
Saskatoon (Sask.) Photographers

Skewis, Benjamin P.

  • Personne
  • 1860-1946

February 6, 1860 - February 1, 1946

Sebestyen, Edmund Alexander, 1930-2011

  • PA 315
  • Personne
  • 1930-2011

Edmund Alexander (Ed) Sebestyen was born on March 10, 1930, son of Denes and Theresa (Schell) Sebestyen. He completed his secondary education at the Saskatoon Technical Institute, where he was particularly inspired by art teacher, Ernest Lindner, and drafting teacher, Ernie Chan. He married Edna Regush in 1953, and they had three children: Theresa (Terri) in 1954; Charles (Chuck) Anthony in 1957; and Susanne in 1962.

Sebestyen was hired by the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix in 1949, where he worked as a photographer, engraver, editorial cartoonist, reporter, news editor, managing editor, marketing and general manager, and Executive Vice President (Planning and Corporate Development), until he retired in 1991. His earliest job at the Star-Phoenix was engraving zinc plates to be used in the printing process. He tried his hand at drawing a few editorial cartoons that were well-received by the paper's editorial staff, and this developed into work as the Star-Phoenix's first and only full-time editorial cartoonist (c. 1957-1964). Sebestyen recalled this period as the best of his newspaper career.

Sebestyen and the Star-Phoenix published four books of his editorial cartoons: An Assortment of Sebestyen Cartoons from the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (1959); Another Assortment of Sebestyen Cartoons from the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (1960); and I (1961); and Is There A Doctor In The House: A Case History, In Cartoons, on Saskatchewan's Medical Care Plan (1962).

In 1993, Sebestyen was made a member of the Order of Canada for being an “energetic community builder who has spent his life promoting the city as the locale for many national events.” Along with the Order of Canada, he won numerous service medals and citizenship awards for chairing or holding executive roles on organization and bid committees for events such as the 1989 Western Canada Summer Games, the 1971 and 1989 Jeux Canada Games, the 1975 Western Canada Summer Games, the 1985 Tennis Federation Cup, the 1989 Labatt's Brier, the 1990 World Junior Hockey Championship, and was known as the “the man behind the mountain” for having been instrumental in having Mount Blackstrap built for the 1971 Canada Winter Games.

Ed Sebestyen died in Saskatoon on December 4, 2011.

Charmbury, T. H. J. [Theodore Henry James], 1879-1945

  • Personne
  • 1879-1945

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.

Hume, Allan Clare, 1909-2004

  • PA 90
  • Personne
  • 1909-2004

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.