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Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May, famous aviator, in his military uniform. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1918 for his exemplary service as a pilot in World War I.

Wop May and Miriam Green Ellis were good friends; MGE reported that he…

E. Cora Hind inspecting field crops. A distinguished member of the Canadian Women's Press Club, she earned distinction as Western Canada's premier agriculture journalist.

A skin boat on the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories. The skins would be removed for sale at its destination.

Miriam Green Ellis at her summer home, dubbed 'Toad Hall', north of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Miriam Green Ellis, Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May and an unidentified man pose in front of one of Wop May's airplanes at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

A collage of photos from Miriam Green Ellis and Nellie McClung's trip to visit Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May at the Lacombe airfield in 1920. May, a celebrated World War I fighter pilot, operated an aviation business out of Lacombe after the war.

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Nellie McClung, with an airplane at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

Miriam Green Ellis and Nellie McClung with an airplane at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

Miriam Green Ellis, posing in front of an airplane at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

Florence, Miriam Green Ellis, Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May and Tubbie, at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.