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Photographs taken and accumulated by Paul Groome of Regina, Saskatchewan

  • GM-PH-5215 (1)-(67)
  • Item
  • 1907-ca. 1954

Photographs taken and/or copied and enlarged by Paul F. Groome of Regina, Saskatchewan. Photographs relate mainly to Regina, Saskatchewan; airplanes and aviation; pilot Roland J. Groome; and Saskatchewan beach/resort areas.

Includes images of George H. Barr, seated and painting; the Regina Boat Club regattas on September 2, 1940 and August 22, 1942; young men at the Y's Men's Club summer camp at Echo Lake, 1951; the Saskatchewan Legislative Building; the Albert Street Bridge, 1951; downtown Regina and various businesses on South Railway; Regina's first aerodrome on Hill Avenue and Cameron Street, 1920; Regina Beach and Long Lake, 1935-1945; the municipal bathing beach on Wascana Lake, Regina, 1941; people in the water on Sandy Beach, Carlyle Lake, 1941; people on B'Say Tah Beach, Echo Lake, 1954; the Regina municipal hangar/airport; G-CAAA airplane; and Gipsy Moth biplane G-CAKP.

Groome, Paul F.

  • R-1272.1
  • File
  • 1907-1959

Records created, accumulated and used by Paul F. Groome (1896-1992) of Regina, Saskatchewan as follows: minutes of Rae Street Methodist Church, Regina, Saskatchewan, July 10, 1907 to February 20, 1912; minutes of Sixth Avenue United Church, Regina, April 6, 1936 to October 1, 1951; "minutes of the Young Men's Christian Association of Regina, Saskatchewan covering the period from 1890 to 1959" by Paul F. Groome and related source materials; Institute of Power Engineers decal; Western Canada Firemens' Association convention badge, 1908; and photographs relating mainly to Regina, Saskatchewan and its pioneers (including Harry Hourie, William Wallace Gibson, Zachary M. Hamilton, George Barr and Mrs. George Barr); electric power plants; and the activities and facilities of the YMCA, including its camps, swimming pool; Rae Street Methodist Church; Sixth Avenue United Church; St. John's United Church; Regina Boat Club regattas on Wascana Lake. Groome was employed as an engineer at the Regina Municipal Power Plant from 1929 to 1961.

Groome, Paul F., 1896-1992