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Killam, Photographer

Killam photographed a honeymoon cottage in Smithers. Click on the photo to the right to see all the signs that friends attached to the walls to greet the happy couple.

One sign reads "It is awfully nice being married. You know I would not dream of paying 26 dollars for a cake now. We men do awful foolish things be4 we get married"

Another reads "Notice - This house may be for rent in a month. We may want to go home to Ma - we are not sure yet"

One sign says " Mr Lynch is a dear. He says Freddy does not have to get up very early for the first month. He is always so thoughtful"

Another reads "Did you know that we were just married? If you had been on the train with us, you would have guessed"

The sign on the right states "Our Motto - one every year for 12 years and then peace and happiness. We mean a scrap every year you know!

Another reads " I always get up and light the fire as I can't stand to see Freddy get cold feet - My Dearest Boy"

Signs penned by friends greeted a newly married couple at their front door
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Another photo made fun of the local hockey players and their parents. It is a montage of small photo portraits pasted on paper with funny sayings ballooned above their heads like cartoons. Click to see the photo.

Sound familiar? Seems that hockey parents in 1915 had some of the same concerns about the safety of their children and fair play.

Smithers circa 1915
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The photo to the left shows the railroad yard and the roundhouse and repair shop in the foreground and to the right. Note the turntable in front to swing each locomotive or rail car into the proper repair stall. The turntable could also be used to reverse the direction of a locomotive so that it could make a run back to where it came from.

At the centre of the photo is Main Street. You may be able to spot the old drugstore on Main Street, the same building that houses Central Clothing today. It's the white building on the left of the street with four windows on the second floor.

The two small hills in the background are where the Malkow lookout used to be and where the Malkow trail is now.

Thanks to Killam for giving us a brief glimpse into a fascinating time before television, internet and jet contrails across the sky.

(October 12, 2004)

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