"Portage about 1929, beginning church." Young workers assist Father Ruh in the excavation of the basement of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Father Ruh stands at the top, on the left.
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.
The Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with scaffolding, during construction. The church was designed by Father Ruh and built between 1925 and 1929.
Outdoor religious procession celebrated by the parishioners of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, designed and built by Father Ruh. Scaffolding and lumber piles bear witness to the work which took place between 1925 and 1929.
Portage la Prairie Church, 1926-1930. The Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, under scaffolding, during construction. It was designed by Father Ruh and built between 1925 and 1929, and was demolished in 1983.
Father Ruh, with his pipe and leaning on his level, sits in the third row from the bottom, the sixth person from the right. Mike Sawchuk, wearing his carpenter’s apron, stands in the row behind Father Ruh, the fourth man from the left, amongst volunteer workers posing in front of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in its early stages of construction.
Unidentified parishioners stand in front of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, under construction, with scaffolding. The church was designed by Father Ruh and built between 1925 and 1929.
Father Ruh, standing on the right, with unidentified parishioners in front of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary which he designed and built between 1925 and 1929.
The Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, designed and built by Father Ruh between 1925 and 1929, was demolished in 1983.
Father Ruh, on the right, performs funeral rites at the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary which he designed and built between 1925 and 1929.