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sun porch, Journey's End

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-4-162
  • Item
  • 1938-1940
  • Part of K. McCann

In 1928, Muriel Dunsmuir married Maurice “Tolly” Wingfield and by 1932, they had built Journey’s End, a home adjacent to the Hatley Park property and in the Arts and Crafts style. Tolly died in 1941. In 1952, the house was used as a staff residence for Canadian Services College Royal Roads and since 1988, it has been the administration building for Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Park.

Suzanne Guilfoyle in costume for Much Ado About Nothing

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-3-192
  • Item
  • 1920
  • Part of K. McCann

Miss Ransom and Miss Bridges’ School for girls in Piedmont, California, existed from 1908 to 1932. Low enrollments during the Depression years forced the school to close. However, when Dola Dunsmuir attended in 1920, the school was thriving. More than a finishing school for young ladies, the school offered a challenging curriculum for university preparation. The school had accommodation for 50 girls and offered frequent outings to concerts and plays as well as riding and hiking clubs. Students also performed an annual Shakespeare play.

swimming competition spring 1961

Annual inter-flight swim competition for first-year cadets. Winning flight competitors celebrate by flinging their leader into the pool. This image is the second time - one for the photographer.

table of contents

scrapbook is divided into 6 sections, 1. Taking and Oath, 2. First Year, 3. Senior year, 4. Crests, 5. Written Work, 6. Postscript

tea party on a lawn

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-3-329
  • Item
  • 1921-1924
  • Part of K. McCann

L to R: Dola Dunsmuir, Edward Molyneux, Clifton Webb, unknown, Muriel (Dunsmuir) Molyneux, Eileen Molyneux. Muriel Dunsmuir and Edward Molyneux (1891-1974) were married from 1921-1924. Clifton Webb (1889-1966) was an actor, dancer, and singer. He performed at Edward Molyneux’s Paris nightclub, with Eileen as his dance partner. Eileen Molyneux (1890-1962) was a maternal cousin of Edward Molyneux and a long-term friend of the Dunsmuir daughters.

Tennis courts, Hatley Park

  • CA RRU 025-002-1-1-145
  • Item
  • 1913-1937
  • Part of K. McCann

The rose garden and tennis courts were added as part of extensive development of the estate by Boston based landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912-1914.

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