Alfred Blyth in his studio, April 20, 1972. Provincial Archives of Alberta, A9877.

Portraits of a Time

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Edmonton and photography took their first steps together, and as the new city boomed in the first years of the 20th century, there was a demand for images that captured all that was new and exciting. By 1914 Edmonton was home to more than a dozen professional photographers offering portrait, event and spot photography.

 

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Gladys Reeves, circa 1915. Provincial Archives of Alberta, A14076.

Edmonton’s Pioneer Photographers

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Photography and Edmonton took their early steps together, and as the days of the fur-trading fort were coming to an end, the very first cameras were arriving on the frontier.  By the mid-1880s, a handful of intrepid pioneer photographers were working out of Edmonton, amassing a remarkable visual historical record of the people and the places where they lived and worked.

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Wayne Condo at StreetFest, 1998

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It was a moment that made an indelible mark on the history of the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival, and became another moment of grace and love that happens every day during StreetFest.

Felicia Graham

The Strange Disappearance of Felicia Graham

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Felicia Graham’s mystery begins on the unusually cold afternoon of November 15, 1918. Dressed in a luxurious fur coat, she left the Le Marchand Mansion to walk across the High Level Bridge – supposedly to a south side shelter for Edmonton victims of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic. But upon reaching the Bridge, a witness reported that when she reached the middle – she disappeared!

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