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New Central School (later James Short School) 1907 Postcards from the Past, PC 854 In the next few years we are going to see a plethora of anniversaries being celebrated. The years at the beginning of the 20 th century were a boom time for Calgary. Between...
High River CPR Station, 1963 Alison Jackson Photograph Collection AJ 78 19 In a sad and ironic twist of fate, while we were celebrating Historic Calgary week, a much valued and beloved historic site was suffering. The Museum of the Highwood, in High River...
A group of Barnardo boys from Miss Macpherson's Home, London, England, who arrived at the Marchmont Home in April 1922 Library and Archives Canada / C-034840 Canadian Parliament has declared that 2010 is the year of the Home Child. An official stamp...
February is Black History month in Canada. This is a fairly new recognition despite the fact that people of African descent have been playing a role in Canadian history since the time of Samuel de Champlain. Black History Month began as Black History...
City Plan, 1914 Calgary: a preliminary scheme for controlling the economic growth of the City by Thomas Mawson On Friday, in the John Dutton Theatre at the Central Library, The Calgary Foundation and the Calgary Public Library, with support from the City...
Calgary, as young as it is still has its history and that includes some fairly nefarious goings-on. And often these dark deeds lead to hauntings - people, who, though gone, cannot say goodbye. Many of us have heard of the apparition that appears in the...
Do you miss the clickety-clickety of the old 16mm movie projector as it churns out metre after metre of film? Well, we are (most of us) old enough to remember the excitement of the darkened room and the scratchy soundtracks so we thought it might be nice...
Have you ever wondered what lies below the surface of this city? While European settlement is relatively new in this area, there have been people living here for centuries and the keys to this early settlement lie just below where we're standing....
Another historic Calgary site has been in the news recently. The owner of the Calgary Brewing and Malting site in Inglewood has applied for demolition permits for some of the buildings on the site. Although it is a Class A heritage site, this designation...
Did everyone see the parade? We are strategically placed here at the Central Library. We have windows that look right over 6 th Avenue E, right at the beginning of the parade route. We were able to catch a little of the action on Friday morning. Mike...
T he theme of this year’s Heritage day (Monday February 16) is Heritage and the Environment: Saving Places Built to Last. It is an opportunity for Canadian communities to celebrate the numerous environmental benefits achieved from the rehabilitation of...
February is Black History month and it is the perfect time for an examination of the people who settled this lovely province of ours. Because I am a family historian, my focus has always been on the stories of "regular" folks - not the kings...
I was taught to make bread by my grandmother. She told me to stop kneading when the dough "felt right." For generations of women, this was the way we learned to cook - a mother, grandmother, auntie or other female family member passed on her...
The Grand Union Hotel, designed by noted architect William Dodd, was built in 1905 on Atlantic Avenue (or Whisky Row, as it was affectionately known). It was operated by A. Moodie, who also owned the Royal Hotel. The horse-drawn bus, seen in the picture...
Anyone who has read this blog knows about the very cool postcard collection that we have here in the Local History room. Many images on the blog are pulled from that collection, which can be viewed from the Community Heritage and Family History site by...
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