James Thom, Duke of Connaught, Charlie Larke and Col. Sir John Hanbury-Williams

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Charles Larke, manager of the Standard Bank of Canada branch in Colborne, was walking one morning in 1912 when a train stopped at the Colborne station. A man in a homburg hat alit to stretch his legs. It was Arthur, Duke of Connaught [Queen Victoria's son], then Governor General of Canada. The Duke was en route by train to open the new Royal Inland Hospital in Kelowna, British Columbia on September 17, 1912. Charles Larke is third from the left. The man on the right was the Duke's secretary [1912-16], Col. Sir John Hanbury-Williams.

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Click on the Select arrow for Pages to see an additional photo. The Pages box is located at the top of the page. This second photograph is intact and from the files of Larke's grandaughter Mrs. Shirley Trussell Lewis. Cramahe Archives does not hold the original photograph in its archives, but has a digital image.

See postcard 2pd for another image of this group.

Back of photograph - 118ph - is in the Cramahe Township Public Library archives collection. It was previously mounted in a photo album as traces of black paper and a partial photograph are attached. Lower left hand corner of photograph is damaged and tears along this left hand side. Handwritten partial inscription on the back of the photograph is illegible.

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