Subject: Agriculture
Farmers' Institute Fair
Farmers' Institute fair in Robson, c. 1912.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0359 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | September 1st 1912 |
Robson Farmers' Institute Fruit Fair
A display of jams and bread at a Farmer's Institute fair held at Robson in September 1912.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0360 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | September 1st 1912 |
Farmers Institute
Farmers Institute - West Kootenay Central meeting at Robson, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0372 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | June 4th 1932 |
Farmers' Institute Fair
Farmers' Institute fruit fair at Robson, B.C., c. 1912.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0924 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | September 1st 1912 |
Farmers' Institute Fair
Farmers' Institute fair in Robson, c. 1912.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0925 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | September 1st 1912 |
Robson Farmers' Institute Fruit Fair
A display of jams and bread at a Farmer's Institute fair held at Robson in September 1912.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0926 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | September 1st 1912 |
Stone's Ranch sold
Stone's Ranch sold
| Internal ID: | 0042.0045 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 17th 1926 |
Donkey at Frank Abbey's Farm
A Donkey at Frank Abbey's Farm, July 1962.
| Internal ID: | 0047.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1962 |
Frank Abbey
Frank Abbey on his farm with a donkey, July 1962.
| Internal ID: | 0047.0007 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1962 |
Streeter's
Streeter's, Willow Crescent July 8th 1995.
| Internal ID: | 0047.0106 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 8th 1995 |
Hayfield in a Valley
A hayfield with haystacks in a mountain valley, location unknown, fall 1960.
| Internal ID: | 0047.0363 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1960 |
Cattle Farm
Cows eating hay with barns and trees in background, May 1961.
| Internal ID: | 0047.0384 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | May 1st 1961 |
A Farm in the Mountains
A farm in a mountain setting, September 1962. If you can help us identify the exact location of this photo, please let us know.
| Internal ID: | 0047.0480 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | September 1st 1962 |
Township 17, Range 2
A plot of land in rural Alberta owned by Harry Hays, former Federal Minister of Agriculture and Mayor of Calgary, July 1963.
| Internal ID: | 0047.0491 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1963 |
Galician Names
Newspaper article urging new immigrants to shorten names to make it easier for registration officials.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0065 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 28th 1898 |
Agriculture
St. Mary Prairie Potatoes, clean and dry and delivered.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0370 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 1st 1917 |
Cranbrook Schools
Regular monthly School Trustees meeting paying salaries and bills.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0379 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 20th 1917 |
War Foods
Britian and her Allies need an extra 160,000,000 bushels of wheat more than Canada and United States are exporting.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0400 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 23rd 1917 |
Farmers' Exemptions
Final Court of Appeal declares it is essential that Agriculture Production not be diminished by farmers being sent to war.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0418 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 20th 1917 |
Farm Production
Department of Agriculture points out the absolute necessity of farmers throughout the Dominion increasing the production of hogs.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0430 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 27th 1917 |
Creston Reclamation Farm
Estimated value of Crestons Reclamation Farm wheat crop is at $50,000.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0589 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 13th 1930 |
Alfalfa for Consolidated Dairy
First load of baled alfalfa from Creston to go to Consolidated company's dairy farm in Marysville.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0750 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 30th 1930 |
Stone's Ranch
The sale of Stone's Ranch, one of the best know properties in the Cranbrook District.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0106 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 17th 1926 |
Kootenay Orchard Greenhouses
Reporting on the best hothouse tomatoes available from local greenhouse.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0113 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 17th 1926 |
Golden Grain Harvest
Local farm mowed its grain and soon new oat meal will be on sale at the stores.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0593 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 26th 1897 |
C.E. Reid, Druggist
C.E. Reid & Co. guarantees their bulk seeds to be fresh and true to name.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0645 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 6th 1907 |
Cranbrook Recalled
Early events of Cranbrook history read at literary meeting, including a time when there were only 5 women in the area.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0742 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 4th 1935 |
Potential of East Kootenay
Newspaper excerpt Vancouver World - describing the rich mining and farming available in East Kootenay, as well as the natural geography of the land.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0868 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 6th 1893 |
Marvellous Creston
Creston has proved it is remarkable fertile for growing fruit, but many don't know that Mr. Rykert was the first who planted a fruit tree there, much to the laughter of his fellow man. Now Creston is also known for mining, ranching, logging camps, sawmills and so on.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0192 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 1st 1907 |
Alberta Farm
Otis Staples Lumber Company of Wycliffe purchased 1600 acres of land in Vauxhall Alberta district and divided it into two farms which is described as what a well equipped farm should look like.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0276 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 3rd 1921 |
Vauxhall Farm
Newspaper excerpt Lethbridge Herald - describes Otis Staples farm at Vauxhall as an eye-opener, in less than a year it went from not even a building on it to a settlement to itself with all the modern conveniences.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0296 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 5th 1921 |
CPR Land Sales
CPR owning three million acres of land in B.C. has decided to spend four and a half million dollars to turn a lot of these acres into ready made homes and farms for settlers.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0473 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 25th 1912 |
J. Kerrigan's Dam
Kerrigan's dam on Six Mile creek broke, taking out fifty yards of railroad track, two dams and a portion of A. Doyle's hay crop.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0520 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 13th 1916 |
Fred Ryckman
Fred Ryckman entertains in Fort Steele treating young folks to corn roast he grew himself, as well he attends movie in Cranbrook with guests.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0611 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 15th 1922 |
St. Eugene Industrial School
Year end report from principal of Kootenay Industrial School at St. Eugene Mission, summarizing accomodation, attendance, classroom work, industries, religious training and recreation, with an emphasis on how ex students apply what they learned to live better lives on the reserve.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0749 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 16th 1912 |
Dubois Ranch Oats
Kootenay Orchard rancher grows oats after carefully cultivating the soil and proper care.
| Internal ID: | 0053.0071 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 7th 1930 |
Laura Hollis, Bill Blackman and Ellice Blackman, 1937
Laura Hollis, Bill Blackman and Ellice Blackman posing with trees in background at Loseth's farm in 1937
| Internal ID: | 0070.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1937 |
Laura Hollis and Ellice Blackman at Loseth's Farm
Laura Hollis and Ellice Blackman sitting in front of fence at Loseth's farm.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0030 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Group at McKirdy's Farm, May 1935
Jim McKirdy, Angus McKirdy, Les McKirdy, David McKirdy and their dog at their family's Valemount farm, May 1935.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0033 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | May 1st 1935 |
Shoeing A Horse
Laura Hollis (teacher), George Korsvik (then known as Anderson) and the Loseth boys at the Loseth farm east of Valemount, shoeing a horse.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0074 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1937 |
Okanagan Game Farm
Marie Ford standing beside old grader at Okanagan Game Farm, Sept 1981.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0077 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | September 1st 1981 |
Winter Transportation
Men and women with team of horses hitche4d to a wagon box on runners, in front of cabin. Perhaps at Croyden.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0120 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Croydon Homestead
At Croydon Homestead 1928, Arthur Cochrane, Sam Clifton, Walter Cochrane and Murray Cochrane on his horse, Buster.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0121 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1928 |
Arthur Cochrane
Arthur Cochrane with reaper and 4-abreast hitch cutting oats, 1929.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0128 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1929 |
Building A Stack
Workers and three horse teams bringing in the hay for the winter, building a very large stack in the field.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0133 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Bailing Hay
John Hunter bailing hay at McKirdy's barn, using a horse-powered baler.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0233 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1948 |
Steam Tractor
Steam tractor under power with two men on board.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0263 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1919 |
Alex Wappling's barn
Alex Wappling's barn at present day (2006) is R. Tychowski mill.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0601 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Horse Harness
Wall assortment of horse harness, hames, eveners used on horses.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0612 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Canoe Valley Potatoes
Potatoes were grown down the Canoe Valley at Mile 41.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0694 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1968 |
Farming
Two women seeding or planting ?
| Internal ID: | 0070.0871 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Team of Oxen
A team of oxen at Tete Jaune.
| Internal ID: | 0091.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Eric Swanson
Eric Laurentius Swanson was born June 18, 1894 in Wastra Wram, Kristianstad, Sweden. He came to Swift Creek in 1916. He met his wife, Eva in 1927. Together they trapped in winter and worked in the logging camps in the summer. Eric homesteaded at Cranberry Lake, called the swamp, after he received his naturalization papers in January of 1925. The swamp was home till Eric passed away on December 9, 1964. Eva sold the place in 1966/67.
| Internal ID: | 0092.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
In the Potato Patch
Hazel Cox, Mrs. Cox, Betty Cox and Ernie Denio in potato patch behind house.
| Internal ID: | 0093.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Doing Farm Chores
A young girl feeding chickens and a goat, possibly Valemount area.
| Internal ID: | 0102.0102 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1945 |
Team of horses and mower
Team of horses hitched to a mower, with driver holding a child
| Internal ID: | 0102.0105 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Early Agricultore - Tete Jaune or Edgewood?
Unknown man with horse and plow in front of a house. Possibly Tete Jaune or Edgewood area
| Internal ID: | 0112.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jauneduring first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0144 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0145 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0147 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0148 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0149 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0150 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0151 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Societ.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0152 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0153 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0154 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0155 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0156 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0215 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0216 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Fern McKirdy Farm Artifacts
Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0217 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
