'Coon Can' on the Piazza.

• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 1922
• Subjects: Milley; Samuel F.; 1867-1939; Monroe; Walter Stanley; 1871-1952; Cormier; John; Playing Cards; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/m_fomowa/id/441

1 photograph : sepia toned 13.5 x 8 cm Walter Stanley Monroe and Samuel F. Milley playing cards. John Cormier passes by in the background. Title from album caption. Samuel F. Milley (1867-1939) was born in St. John's in 1867. Milley was a prominent dry goods merchant in St. John's from 1890's and was a member of the Legisaltive Council for more than 30 years. Milley died in Montreal on February 12, 1939.Walter Stanley Monroe (1871-1952) was born in Dublin, Ireland, son of John and Elizabeth (Moule) Monroe. Married Helen Smith. In 1923 Monroe entered politics and ran unsuccessfully against William Coaker in Bonavista. William Warren appointed Monroe Minister in his second administration formed in 1924. Monroe was appointed to the Legisaltive Council in 1933. John Cormier sold the house and land at Forks Pool on the Grand River, Codroy, July 11, 1914 to the FOMOWA Fishing Club. Good An album containing 323 black and white photographs and 25 pages of text, covering the years 1914 to 1937 of the FOMOWA Fishing Club on the Grand Codroy River on the west coast of Newfoundland. The album's images have been digitized as separate items.