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Historical Photos from the Siksika Nation

November 25, 2021 Tyler Dixon

The Blackfoot Confederacy, or Siksikaitsitapi, is comprised of the Piikani, the Kainai, and the Siksika Nations, as well as the Aamskapi Pikuni in Montana. Since time immemorial the Siksika were the children of the plains and […]

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Old Photographs of Calgary Zoo (Gallery)

November 18, 2021 Tara Collum

Zoos can be divisive places, with some viewing zookeepers more as jail keepers. The vintage picture in the Glenbow Museum Archives of apes watching a TV in what look like prison cells seems to prove […]

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Historical Photos from Remembrance Day in Calgary

November 11, 2021 Tyler Dixon

Each year on November 11th, Canadians from coast, to coast, to coast remember those who fought and died for our freedoms. Remembrance Day falls on the anniversary of the Armistice agreement that was signed outside […]

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Historical Photos of Fish Creek Provincial Park (Gallery)

November 4, 2021 Tara Collum

The Provincial Archives of Alberta powered by the Heritage Resources Management Information System offers a funky 1970s flashback time capsule to the opening of Fish Creek Provincial Park, and the Glenbow Museum archives gives a […]

Historical Photos from the Stoney Nakoda Nation
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Historical Photos from the Stoney Nakoda Nation

October 28, 2021 Tyler Dixon

Recently, we published a collection of historical photos from the Tsuut’ina Nation. Today we’re back with a follow-up post, but this time we’re featuring the Stoney Nakoda Nation. According to oral tradition, the ancestors of […]

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Vintage Hallows Eve Photos from Alberta: Part 2

October 21, 2021 Tyler Dixon

Last year at about this time we posted the original collection of vintage Halloween photos. Well we’re back with Part 2, just in time for Hallows Eve this year. Enjoy this flash from the past […]

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Old Photographs of the Calgary Tower (Gallery)

October 14, 2021 Tara Collum

Built to celebrate Canada’s Centennial and opened a year later in 1968, originally called the Husky Tower, and still called that by air traffic controllers and perhaps stubborn relatives who refuse to keep up with […]

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50 Years of Alberta Environment and Parks

September 28, 2021 Tyler Dixon

If you’re anything like me, when you saw the recent announcement about Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) celebrating their 50th Anniversary, you were stumped because hadn’t they just celebrated their 85th Anniversary back in 2017? […]

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Vintage Photographs from Rocky Mountain House

September 16, 2021 Tyler Dixon

The Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company, competing fur-trade entities, both established trading posts in 1799 near the confluence of the North Saskatchewan and Clearwater Rivers, in what became known as Rocky Mountain […]

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Historical Photos from the Tsuutʼina Nation

August 27, 2021 Tyler Dixon

The modern-day Tsuutʼina Nation borders the southwest limits of the city of Calgary, but historically their territory was much larger. After Chief Bull Head signed Treaty 7 in 1877, the Tsuut’ina people were moved to […]

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