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Drumheller rescue team member Captain Potter in rescue equipment, ca. 1951 (A9924).

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Construction of the James Macdonald Bridge, Edmonton, Alberta, November 1970 (A6699).

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Fort Saskatchewan Rugby Football Team, Champions of Northwest Territories, 1895 (A6097).

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Flood in Edmonton, Alberta, 1915 (A5535).

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The Friends of the Provincial Archives of Alberta Society will be holding their Annual General Meeting on: 
   Date: Thursday, September 25, 2025 
   Time: 6:30 pm
   Location: PAA or Zoom
See AGM Poster for more details.

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Friends of the Provincial Archives of Alberta Fall 2025 Newsletter:

https://t.co/to8AyA9I0Q

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FPAA Fall 2025 Newsletter: https://t.co/to8AyA9I0Q

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Please note that the Provincial Archives of Alberta will be closed on Tuesday, September 30 for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

The PAA will re-open on Wednesday, October 1 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Graduating Class of the Claresholm School of Agriculture, Claresholm, Alberta, ca. 1921 (A4937).

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View of the stills at the Imperial Oil Refinery in Calgary, Alberta, 1924 (A4493).

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View of two unidentified men on the ferry on the Red Deer River in Alberta, undated (A4334).

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Robert C. Fitzsimmons on an early snowmobile, undated (A3415).

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Canadian Pacific Railways Sulfur Baths, Banff, Alberta, 1912 (A3270).

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The Shumka Dancers: view of the Ukrainian dance troupe performing, ca. 1960s (A2262).

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Braxton's Moonlight Syncopators: Plantation Days at the Rialto Theatre. Playing banjo: Carl Green. Piano: Josephine Barzey (Green). Drums: Ernie Braxton. Trumpet: Ollie Wagnen. Sax: Frank Sklove. Violin: Seward Poston, 1927 (A20840).

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Men relaxing outside the office tent at a mining camp near Jasper, Alberta, 1960s (A19983b). From left to right: O'Dunahor, Colgrave, Stewart.

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View of the Girls Basketball Team in Hardisty, undated (A16923). Left to right: Cecil McArthur, Lilly Lawson, Isobel Sutton, Francis Foster, Minnie Sutton, Etta Wood, and Gwen Foster.

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Fords on Parade, Hardisty, Alberta, ca. 1914 (A16897).

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Alberta College Literary Society, Mock Trial - Breach of Promise Case, including Miss Hazel Anderson as plaintiff, Lester Clarke the judge, R.E. Randall the defendant, W.M. Wyman as Counsel, Hugh Dixon as clerk, and C.M. Tait as counsel, 1930s (A15785).

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Millet curling team, winners at the Edmonton Brier, with trophies, 1945 (A15133).