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3. Profiles
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George Ernest
Durrant
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(Hartney - Elgin - Treherne 1908 - 1915)
Little
is known about the personal life of George Durrant, a prolific
photographer who has offices in Hartney and Elgin in the early 1900’s.
His time in the Hartney and Elgin must therefore have been brief, but
we have many examples of his work from both of those communities.
The only listing in the Manitoba Vital Statistics database is for his
marriage to Ada Marion Starling in the RM of Victoria in 1911.
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![](Durrant/6.JamesInnesMillingCo.jpg)
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![](Durrant/4.HartneyDowntown.jpg)
![](Durrant/9.HartneyFirehall.jpg)
![](Durrant/6.HartneyTownHall.jpg)
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![](Durrant/9.WillardHouseHartney.jpg)
![](Durrant/1.HartneySchoolArch.jpg)
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![](Durrant/10.EnglishChurch.jpg)
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Spencer Street
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King Street
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![](Durrant/3.WEstRRHartney.jpg)
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![](Durrant/7.HartneyBaseballTeam.jpg)
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Elgin
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This photo tells us that in the early 1900’s Elgin rivaled Hartney in
terms of population and commerce. Location on the main routes
determined by the growth of highways was probably a factor in changing
all that.
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Fairfax, on the other hand was a small village right from the start.
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