Formal portrait shows Stafford Rudd of Arnprior. Partial photographers mark at bottom right appears to be J. W. Green. Rudd was President of the Arnprior Board of Trade in 1909 and was elected mayor in 1930. The Ottawa Citizen described him that year as “Outstanding Among Valley Men”. The article describes how the “young & debonair Mr. Rudd landed in Arnprior 35 years ago to be the messenger boy and bookkeeper for the late B.V. Stafford”. According to the article, Rudd built more residences and business blocks in Arnprior than any other single individual.