- CA GPR 0024-0024.01-0024.01.02.06
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- 1920 c.
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The Valhalla Lutheran Church in the early 1920s. This photograph was time exposure taken at midnight.
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The Valhalla Lutheran Church in the early 1920s. This photograph was time exposure taken at midnight.
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The men of Valhalla constructing a fence around the graveyard at Valhalla Centre.
Grande Prairie School Construction
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Construction of the Grande Prairie School, July 31, 1917. It was built on land donated by Rev. Forbes and named Montrose after Mrs. Forbes birth place in Scotland.
Grande Prairie Catholic Church
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Image shows a woman on horseback, beside another horse, standing in front of the Roman Catholic Church and cemetery. The first Roman Catholic Mission to be established in the Grande Prairie District was built by Father Alac with the aid of Brother Mathias about 1909. The Catholic population at this time consisted of about 20 Cree families located around the Flying Shot Lake area. The title is taken from the caption on the back of the photograph.
Opening Of Dominion Lands Office, Grande Prairie
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Men lining up in front of the new land office, Grande Prairie, Alberta. One man is lying on the ground.
First Post Office, Grande Prairie
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A group picture with J.O. Patterson, the postmaster whose caboose housed the first post office in Grande Prairie.
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Men are building Grande Prairie's railway station, beside the town's railroad tracks.
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Grande Prairie Main Street on Nov. 4, 1914. The side with Selkirk Trading Co. and the pool room is shown.
First Hospital in the Beaverlodge District
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Winter photograph of the first hospital in the Beaverlodge District.
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People trying to save items from the fire include a man in a R.C.M. P. uniform . Plumes of smoke appear to be coming from the building to the left of the City Pool Hall. Note on the back of the postcard reads: From: Mrs. Mary E. Davidson, Sooke Road, Sooke B.C. formerly Clendenan -daughter of pioneers Thomas & Lila Clendenan of Bear Lake, Alta., who lived on Bear Lake from 1909-1923.