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Title
Dr
.
Thomas
H
.
Blow
residence
in
Mount
Royal
.
Identifier
aj_42-12
Subject
Calgary
(Alta.)
--
History
Location
Calgary, Alberta
Time Coverage
10-Feb-60
Photographer
Alison Jackson
Donor
Alison Jackson Estate
Type
Still Image
Repository
Calgary Public Library, Central Library, Local History Room
Collection
Alison Jackson Photograph Collection
Rights
Copyright Calgary Public Library. 616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary AB, T2G 2M2, 1+(403)260-2785 information@calgarypubliclibrary.com
Date Photo
10-Feb-60
Format Photo
35mm
colour
slide
.
Taken
with a
Praktica
camera
using
Kodachrome
daylight
film
K135
.
Width Digital
4137
Height Digital
2652
File Size
32166.699 KB
File type
TIF
Notes
Blow
,
Dr
.
Thomas
Henry
•
2104
-
8th
Street
SW
•
Built:1912
•
1862-1932
Thomas
Henry
Blow
was
born
in
South
Mountain
,
Ontario
in
1862
.
After
graduating
in
medicine
from
McGill
University
in
1885
he
worked
in
Denver
and
later
pursued
post-graduate
work
in
London
,
England
.
Blow
became
Calgary’s
first
eye
,
ear
,
nose
and
throat
specialist
when
he
moved
to the
city
in
1903
.
In
addition
to his
extensive
medical
practice
,
Blow
sat
as a
Conservative
member
of
Alberta’s
Legislative
Assembly
from
1913
to
1923
.
Privately
he
supported
the
initiative
to
establish
a
university
in
Calgary
by
serving
on the
first
Board
of
Governors
and
donating
$40,000
.
After
the
provincial
government
denied
degree-granting
status
for the
third
time
in
1915
, the
project
was
abandoned
.
Blow
was
instrumental
in
having
a
tuberculosis
hospital
and the
Provincial
Institute
of
Technology
(now
the
Southern
Alberta
Institute
of
Technology)
located
in
Calgary
.
Blow
invested
heavily
in
Calgary
real
estate
,
buying
downtown
property
and
building
office
blocks
including
the
Blow
Building
(1908)
and the
Blow
warehouse
(1912)
. In
1912
he
built
his
mansion
in
Mount
Royal
.
Blow
married
Ida
J
.
Mulholland
in
1895
and the
couple
had
four
children
.
Daughter
,
Marion
Irene
,
married
Senator
James
Lougheed’s
son
Douglas
.
Blow
died
in
Vancouver
in
1932
.
CONTENTdm file name
1620.tif
CONTENTdm number
1613
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