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Hand-drawn map/sketch of Indian Head in 1882

IHM.2022.0005
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November 16, 1882

Sketch/map by Edwin J. Brooks of the CPR station and buildings along the railway - all labelled. A path (later Grand Avenue) goes to the northwest and is labelled "To Bell..."

Brooks, Edwin Jackson

The Naming of Indian Head

IHM.2022.0322
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1882 - 2022

Part of Town Collection

A collection of articles/writeups about the name of Indian Head - its origins, who named it, etc.

Pow-wow on Grand Avenue

IHM.2021.0338
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[188-?]

Part of Town Collection

A large gathering of people viewing a group of Indigenous drummers in front of Crawford's store

Indian Head CPR train station

IHM.2021.0551
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1884

Part of Town Collection

This is a photo taken of the Indian Head Canadian Pacific Railway Station. In this photograph there are eight people and a dog posing for the photo.

Overlooking Indian Head

IHM.2021.0333
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[189-?]

Part of Town Collection

Looking over Indian Head, you can see the Gordon Hotel as well the Methodist Church and, in the distance, the original Presbyterian Church.

Crawford's store, Indian Head

IHM.2021.0336
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[189-?]

Part of Town Collection

A group of people standing in front of Crawford & Company - store and post office.

James Conn's lumber store

IHM.2021.0027
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[189-]

Part of Town Collection

Faded photograph of a building on Grand Avenue and neighbouring buildings. Two men stand in front of the building and two horse-drawn wagons full of lumber are beside it. The photo is glued onto yellow manila paper with the caption "J. Conn's store"

William Conn 514 Grand Avenue

IHM.2021.0028
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[189-]

Part of Town Collection

Photograph of the brick commercial/residential George Thompson block on the west side of Grand Avenue (across from the current Indian Head Bakery).
People - mainly men and boys - are on the street, on bicycles in a horse-drawn carriage and leaning out of upper story windows. The photo is glued onto yellow manila paper with the caption "William Conn 514 Grand'.

James and Margaret (Dixon) Conn house 507 Eden Street

IHM.2021.0030
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[189-]

Part of Town Collection

Photo of James and Margaret Conn's house at 507 Eden Street (northwest corner of Eden Street and Grand Avenue - now Eden House Bed and Breakfast). Men, women and children are in front and on the verandah. The house was built in 1897.

Grand Avenue, Indian Head

IHM.2021.0467
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[190-?]

Part of Town Collection

Looking north up Grand Avenue, Indian Head, in the early 1900's

Xmas Greetings

IHM.2021.0323
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[189-?]

Part of Town Collection

A photo of two people in a sleigh outside a brick house in the winter. Reverse says: "With Xmas greetings from Kie house (?). Indian Head. Canada"

Brown family farm with a large 12-furrow plow

IHM.2021.0342
Item
[189-?]

Part of Town Collection

The Brown family using a large steam engine to plow their fields. Picture is of three women and five men posing with the big plow - the women and two men seated in two horse-drawn buggies.