Mike’s News Stand
For 70 years, Mike’s News Stand was an Edmonton institution. For most of that time, it operated from a storefront…
Stories tagged: 1930s
Baby, It’s Cold Outside!: A Brief History of Winter Fashion in Edmonton
As one of the largest Northern Canadian urban centres, Edmonton is known for its long, sometimes harsh winters. For centuries,…
Buena Vista Building
Streetcars trundled down Jasper Avenue and turned northward to travel along newly-laid tracks on 124th Street. It was a vibrant…
Crawford Block
Over its 102 years, the main floor of the building has served as a tent and awning store and was…
Gyro Playgrounds Live On
Sally Stewart and Peggy Brown met at Kitchener Park playground in 1936. Sally had just moved into a new house,…
Silver Heights Peony Garden
Photo credit: Dr. James Brander and children, Silver Heights Peony Garden. Provincial Archives of Alberta #B6794. Photographer: Ernest Brown Prominent Edmonton physician James…
Adventures of the Lost Alpine Huts
Edmonton’s first alpine hut—The Eyrie—opened February 26, 1928. High on Quesnell Heights it looked out on a mighty river. Friends…