Dedication of the Monument to Alberta's Coal Pioneers
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 18 July 1928
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 19891046021-099
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Honourable Perren Baker, Judge F.N. Howay of the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board, Mrs. Kate Sheran, Miss Sheran, Judge J.A. Jackson and Honourable Charles Stewart stand in front of the monument to Alberta's Coal Pioneers.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 18 July 1928
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Physical Condition
- Very Good
- History Biographical
- "A committee of the Lethbridge Historical Society laboured for a year under secretary C.J. Broderick, Colonization Department, Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District, to persuade the National Sites and Monuments Board of Canada to recognize the significance of coal mining in Alberta and, specifically, the contribution of Nicholas Sheran, even then credited with being the first commercial coal miner in the province. The speakers' platform was constructed of solid coal by miners from Galt Mine No. 6. The ceremony was held in Galt Gardens Park under rainy skies on 18 July 1928." Source: 'Lethbridge: Its Coal Industry' (Lethbridge Historical Society, 1989), page 117
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Honourable Perren Baker, Judge F.N. Howay of the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board, Mrs. Kate Sheran, Miss Sheran, Judge J.A. Jackson and Honourable Charles Stewart stand in front of the monument to Alberta's Coal Pioneers.
- Notes
- The photograph is part of photograph album 19891046021.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19891046021-099
- Collection
- Archive
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