Red Deer Industrial Institute
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[Staff of the Red Deer Industrial School]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1908
Staff of Red Deer Institute.
The boys and Mr. J.M. Joblin, I.I.S., Red Deer
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1910
The boys and a teacher, Red Deer Institute.
[A class in penmanship, Red Deer Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1914 or 1916
Students at the blackboard practising penmanship, Red Deer Institute.
Studying gardening included in the curriculum at I.I.S., Red Deer
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1910
Students planting seeds in a field for gardening class, Red Deer Institute.
Senior hockey team, Red Deer Institute
Red Deer, Alberta, 1910
Senior hockey team, Red Deer Institute.
[Five students, Red Deer Industrial Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1910
Five students, Red Deer Institute.
[Thanksgiving celebration decorations, Red Deer Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1919
Thanksgiving celebration decorations, Red Deer Institute.
[Cutting wood, Red Deer Institute]
Red Deer, Alberta, 1919
Students cutting wood, Red Deer Institute.
The hockey team, Red Deer Institute
Red Deer, Alberta, 1919
The hockey team on the ice, Red Deer Institute.
Red Deer Institute, Alberta
Red Deer, Alberta, 1919
Red Deer Institute.
Red Deer Institute
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1900
Red Deer Institute.
Part of the river near Red Deer Indian Institute
Red Deer, Alberta, 1919
Part of the river near the Red Deer Institute.
Group of pupils and parents, Red Deer, Alta.
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1910
Group of students and their parents, Red Deer Institute.
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.
[Young pupils of the Red Deer Institute : each girl has a doll which came as presents from the east]
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1910
Young pupils at Red Deer Institute. Each girl has a doll which came as presents from the East.
[... [C]hildren of a graduate of the Red Deer School]
Red Deer, Alberta, circa 1910
"Children of a graduate of the Red Deer School who married a white lady."
Transporting wood by horse-drawn cart, Red Deer Indian Institute, Alta.
Red Deer, Alberta, 1917
Transporting wood by horse-drawn cart, Red Deer Institute.
