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Aerial View of the Elbow River

Item consists of a hand-altered aerial-view photoprint of the Elbow River. Photoprint was taken of 2nd Street SE, on the south side of the Elbow river; The photoprint appears to be a image of another photoprint, which was altered by placing a drawing of a potential development over the existing landscape; The drawing appears to be of a parking lot and several small buildings (the buildings may not be drawn to scale); The land shown may have been owned by Lindsay Estate; This photoprint may have been taken as part of the plan to expropriate part of the Elbow Lodge Motor Hotel's parking lot in order to accommodate the realignment of the Victoria Bridge; The photoprint has been bent and rolled.

Bridge over the Bow River

Photoprint was taken at 24th Street and 10th Avenue SW; Plan 7436 GO; Block 5; Some of the construction area shown may now be part of the Shaganappi Point Golf Course; The surface of the photoprint is somewhat scuffed and fingerprinted; A small section of emulsion has flaked off in the lower right corner

Land Department, City of Calgary, Alberta

Canadian Bank of Commerce

Photoprint was taken at 24th Street and Kensington Road; The building was eventually demolished to accommodate the widening of 24th Street; Fix stains are appearing in blotches on the surface of the photoprint; The writing on the verso is visible on the surface as fix stains

Land Department, City of Calgary, Alberta

Canadian Electronics LTD.

Item consists of a contact print showing Canadian Electronics Limited. Photoprint was taken at 334 4th Avenue SE; 24/18/C; The image was taken from a contact sheet; There are staple holes on the top edge of the photoprint

Land Department, City of Calgary, Alberta

Canadian Liquid Air

Photoprint was taken at 202 1 st Street SE; Lots 1,2,3 and N47 of Lots 14,15,16/6/C; There is tape residue on the surface of the photoprint; Fix stains have appeared on the edges of the photoprint

Land Department, City of Calgary, Alberta

Duplex House

Photoprint was taken at Plan A-1, Block 8; This address may have been in the West End neighborhood of downtown Calgary; The car visible is 1963 Dodge Polara two-door hard top; The house and/or the land was Chumir property; Fix stains are appearing along the edges of the photoprint

Land Department, City of Calgary, Alberta

Elbow Lodge Motor Hotel

Photoprint was taken at 2nd Street SE and Park Road; Plan 4211U/23/12; The photoprint may have been taken as follow-up to the expropriation of a section of the Elbow Lodge Motor Hotel's parking lot in order to accommodate the re-alignment of Victoria Bridge in the late 1960's; A Stampede building and sign are visible

Land Department, City of Calgary, Alberta

Elbow Lodge Motor Hotel's Parking Lot

Photoprint was taken near 2nd Street SE and Park Road; Plan 4211U/23/12; The photoprint may have been taken as follow-up to the expropriation of a section of the Elbow Lodge Motor Hotel's parking lot in order to accommodate the re-alignment of Victoria Bridge in the late 1960's; The photo has been bent, and a section of paper has been torn off the back in the middle of the writing

Land Department, City of Calgary, Alberta

House on 2nd Avenue SW

Photoprint was taken at 309 2nd Avenue SW, 15-16/10/C; Photoprint appears to have been taken in the Fall or Winter; The image is peeling off the paper of the photoprint on the top right corner

Land Department, City of Calgary, Alberta

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