Red Deer Industrial Institute
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[Staff of the Red Deer Industrial Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1908
[A group of youth and Mr. J.M. Joblin, Red Deer Industrial Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1910s
[A class in penmanship, Red Deer Industrial Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1914 or 1916
Studying gardening included in the curriculum at I.I.S., Red Deer [Red Deer Industrial School]
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1910s
[Senior hockey team with staff member, Red Deer Institute [Red Deer Industrial Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1910
[Five youth, Red Deer Industrial Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1910s
[Thanksgiving celebration decorations, Red Deer Institute [Red Deer Industrial Institute]]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1919
[Youth cutting wood, Red Deer Institute [Red Deer Industrial Institute]]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1919
The hockey team, Red Deer Institute [Red Deer Industrial Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1919
Red Deer Institute, Alberta [Red Deer Industrial Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1919
Red Deer Institute [Red Deer Industrial Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1900s
Part of the river near [Red Deer Industrial Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1919
[Group of children and parents, Red Deer, Alta.]
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1910s
White Whale Indians visiting their children at the school
Red Deer, Alberta, 1914
White Whale people visiting their children at Red Deer Institute: "These people travelled over a hundred miles..."
White Whale Indians visiting their children at the school
Red Deer, Alberta, 1914
White Whale man visiting children at Red Deer Institute. He was the oldest of the visitors.
[Children sitting on the steps of Red Deer Institute [Red Deer Industrial Institute] : each child has a doll which came as presents from the east]
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1910s
[Winnie and Ralph Apow : children of a graduate of the Red Deer Industrial Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1910s
[Youth transporting wood by horse-drawn cart, [Red Deer Industrial Institute], Alberta]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1917
