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Kainai Industries

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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
23 February 1970
Description Level
Item
Accession No.
1991107611955
Physical Description
Black and white negative
Scope and Content
Photographs of official sod turning for Kainai Industries a $2 million mobile home plant on a 20 acre site at Standoff, Alberta, 32 miles southwest of Lethbridge. The operation was a union of HaiCo Manufacturing Ltd. And the Blood Indians with the Bloods owning the $1.1 million plant assets and …
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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
23 February 1970
Description Level
Item
Creator
The Lethbridge Herald
Physical Description
Black and white negative
Physical Condition
Excellent
Scope and Content
Photographs of official sod turning for Kainai Industries a $2 million mobile home plant on a 20 acre site at Standoff, Alberta, 32 miles southwest of Lethbridge. The operation was a union of HaiCo Manufacturing Ltd. And the Blood Indians with the Bloods owning the $1.1 million plant assets and HaiCo supplying the $1 million operating capital. The provincial government supplied $200,000 for extras. HaiCo was to manage the plant for five years.Jim Shot Both Sides dumped the first scoop of soil during a king sized ceremony. Draco Excavating operator joined the chief on the front-end loader and later moved the machine into full operation clearing the site for the plant which was expected to be in operation by July, 1970. Background L-R: Ray Many Chief, Ray King. Front L-R: Chief Jim Shot Both Sides, James Gladstone. 1000facesproject.
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