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The Dominion Land Office In Lethbridge

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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
1912
Accession No.
19981025008
Physical Description
1 colour laser photocopy.
Scope and Content
View of people in line to get homesteads at Lethbridge Land Office. ' I took this photograph about 8:30 A.M. May 1, the day the office opened. Note police on ground.' The caption was written by donor's father, George Harold Van Allen.
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1 image
Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
1912
Physical Description
1 colour laser photocopy.
Physical Condition
Excellent
History Biographical
The original image was the property of the donor's father, Mr. George Van Allen. Mr. Van Allen was a teacher in Lethbridge and Principal of Westminster School from about 1912 and 1914. He lived in a room at the YMCA., on the corner of 10th Street and 4th Avenue South.
Acquisition Source
Van Allen Dr Traer
Scope and Content
View of people in line to get homesteads at Lethbridge Land Office. ' I took this photograph about 8:30 A.M. May 1, the day the office opened. Note police on ground.' The caption was written by donor's father, George Harold Van Allen.
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Public Access
Accession No.
19981025008
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