{"id":31792,"date":"2025-06-30T01:03:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T05:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=31792"},"modified":"2025-06-30T01:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T05:23:58","slug":"a-photo-album-from-1930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/a-photo-album-from-1930\/","title":{"rendered":"A Photo Album from 1930"},"content":{"rendered":"
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first British Empire Games album album is dated 1930 from Hamilton<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Photo collectors frequently add photo albums to their collection. These are often Victorian in nature filled with CDVs, Cabinet cards and the like. But some albums are special, even post Victorian, and \u00a0intended to commemorate big events.<\/p>\n

Check out the albums in your collection. If you have one titled, “British Empire Games ” from Hamilton, Canada dated 1930, then you have a piece of our history!<\/p>\n

In issue 24-3, the late Dr Robert Wilson writes and illustrates an article about the album and notes that the first ever Commonwealth (British Empire) games were held here in nearby Hamilton.<\/p>\n

Dr Wilson begins, “During the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928,\u00a0a Canadian from Hamilton, Ontario, M.M. Robinson,\u00a0first began to lobby for support for a British Empire\u00a0Games. At the time, Robinson was manager of the track\u00a0and field section of the Canadian Olympic Team.<\/p>\n

“After\u00a0the Olympics were completed, Robinson travelled\u00a0to England, where final discussions were held that\u00a0resulted in the establishment of the first British\u00a0Empire Games. As the Games organizations were\u00a0put in place, Robinson continued to be actively\u00a0involved as the Chairman of the British Empire\u00a0Games Association of Hamilton and a member of\u00a0the British Empire Games Committee of The\u00a0Amateur Athletic Union of Canada.<\/p>\n

“Other prominent Canadians were also active in the organization, such as E. W. Beatty, President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, who became the\u00a0Chairman of the General Committee of the\u00a0Games.<\/p>\n

“The Games were held from 16 to 23 August\u00a01930 and attracted 400 athletes from eleven countries: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia,\u00a0New Zealand, South Africa, Bermuda, British\u00a0Guiana, Newfoundland and Canada. They competed in sixty events covering Track and Field\u00a0Athletics, Swimming, Rowing, Lawn Bowling,\u00a0Wrestling and Boxing. It is interesting that the only\u00a0events for Women were swimming events.<\/p>\n

“In the end,\u00a0England came out on top winning 61 medals, with\u00a0Canada second (54 medals). These Games were a great\u00a0success and set the basis for the ongoing\u00a0Commonwealth Games which have been held every\u00a0four years except in 1942 and 1946 when they were\u00a0interrupted by the Second World War.” …<\/p>\n

You can read the rest of Bob’s album story in the issue 24-3 pdf file on the free members-only DVD\/thumb drive. See ‘Membership’ above or at right to join! Any questions, just email Lilianne at member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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