Workers assemble during the excavation of the basement of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was built between 1925 and 1929. Father Ruh stands in the centre back, wearing his fedora and overcoat. Young Walter Michalchyshyn stands with a shovel, in the centre foreground, wearing the white and dark striped turtle-neck shirt.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Mountain Road Church. The all-wooden structure of St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, designed by Father Ruh and built within eleven months between 1924 and 1925. A worker stands on the right of the central cupola, and two people stand in the doorway, at the centre of the main level. The original parish church is visible on the right.

Mountain Road, Manitoba.

Mountain Road Church. Parishioners gather in front of the old church while others enter the central door of the new St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, designed by Father Ruh. The all-wood structure was built within eleven months between 1924 and 1925.

Mountain Road, Manitoba.

Students of St. Nicolas School under the direction of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate.

Winnipeg, Manitoba.

St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, designed and built by Father Ruh entirely of wood, between 1924 and 1925.

Mountain Road, Manitoba.

Father Ruh wearing a flower garland made for him by Mary Yanchynski’s mother, to honour his birthday.

Mountain Road, Manitoba.

Mountain Road Church. St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, designed by Father Ruh and built entirely of wood within eleven months between 1924 and 1925.

Mountain Road, Manitoba.

Mountain Road. Inside taken on the same date. Photo taken from the second of the three galleries within St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church which was designed and built by Father Ruh within eleven months between 1924 and 1925.

Mountain Road, Manitoba.

Young workers assisting Father Ruh in the excavation of the basement of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Father Ruh and a worker stand with shovel in the centre of the photo. Walter Michalchyshyn stands with a friend beside the cement pillar on the right. Walter wears the whiter striped shirt.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

The beginning of the construction of the church in Portage la Prairie. Young workers excavating the basement of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Father Ruh stands left of centre, above the others. Walter Michalchyshyn, wearing the white striped shirt, pushes a wheel barrow, in the centre of the photo.

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.