The Royal Mail stage in the winter time on the overland trail, Yukon. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: S-227-187. We’re fortunate in this region of Alberta to be graced with the Chinook and its warm winds. That shot of warmth can do a lot to lift spirits during a bitter winter. It can make […]
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A 1957 Calgary Stampeder Football program. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: 00012212300. It isn’t easy to fathom the depth of the Glenbow Library and Archives, but once you get into it, there’s a treasure trove of material. Sure, it’s easy to say there are thousands upon thousands of items, all of which take up 3.3 […]
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Troop commander Eric Harvie leads the Calgary Mounted Constabulary in Calgary Exhibition and Stampede parade. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: NA-3316-78. Given Eric L. Harvie’s life-long involvement with the army, it’s only natural that military history at the Glenbow Library and Archives is a substantial area of focus. Harvie, who founded the Glenbow Library […]
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First Nations people in canoes near Edmonton, Alberta, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Hudson’s Bay Company, 1920. Lantern slide, black & white, hand tinted. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: S-28-46. Compared to other art forms, the history of photography is short. In fact, the first photograph—a view of a building in France—was only taken […]
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Two books inscribed and signed by author and activist Nellie McClung. Dave Brown photo. In the 1930s, the author and activist Nellie McClung signed two of her books for Edith A. Clark, a southern Alberta woman who grew up in Calgary. Later, both of these signed books (Be Good to Yourself: A Book […]
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Telephone operators wearing masks, High River, Alberta. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: NA-3452-2. In the six months since COVID-19 forced widespread shutdowns, including access to physical space in the Glenbow Western Research Centre in the Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL), staff have shown that serving researchers in challenging times is possible. Although the global pandemic […]
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The Glenbow Archives holds thousands of photographs in its collections and some of it is downright weird, wacky and wild. While the list of subjects the photographs in the Glenbow Archives cover is long and remarkably diverse, they all document life in Western Canada and beyond right back to the 1880s. Even though many of […]
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These days anyone with a smartphone or a digital camera can make great panoramic photographs with the push of a button. There was a time, however, when creating panoramic photos took considerable skill, specialized and most cumbersome cameras, film and paper. But the results were worth it: Panoramic photographers (especially in the early- to mid-1900s) […]
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Herman Linder riding “Easy Money” at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: NB-H-16-97. Stampede spirit Even though the coronavirus forced the cancellation of the Calgary Stampede, the Stampede is keeping the spirit alive. In April, the Stampede called off the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth for the first time in its […]
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This post shares the rabbit holes Christie Teterenko and Annie Murray stumbled upon while packing materials for shipment to the University of Calgary. Teterenko found meatpacking manuals while Murray became intrigued with a scrapbook documenting the Canadian journey of two French dolls made for Princess Elizabeth and her sister, Princess Margaret Rose.
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