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Botsford's shop fonds
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2 cm of textual records
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Botsford's harness, shoe repair and general store was established by Oscar Botsford, in Langdon, Alberta. The building was later moved to Heritage Park in Calgary, Alberta. Oscar Botsford, [ca. 1856]-1932, was born in Leeds County, Ontario. He moved to Michigan at age 35, resided there for 15 years, and then moved to Langdon, Alberta. He homesteaded at SW 5-23-27-W4 for five years and then moved into town, where he opened his shop ca. 1911. He and his wife had three sons, Omar, Arthur and Fred. Arthur Botsford took over the running of the store when his father retired due to poor health.
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Records are owned by the Glenbow but are made available by the Glenbow Western Research Centre, University of Calgary.
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The fonds consists of a customer accounts book for the general store, which records the sale of a wide variety of goods, including clothing (shoes, rubbers, skates, slippers, shoe laces, gloves, kerchiefs, overalls, underwear, stockings, shirts, caps); horse-related items (curry comb, horse brushes, harnesses, traces, lariats, halters, sweat pads); and hardware (pump rods, plow pulleys, sheet iron, rivets, bolts, nails, screws, paint, door pulls, pie tins, fly swatters, axle grease). Regular customers included W.D. Braden, C.L. Coonfer, Fariplay School, George Henderson, A. Hickle, A.G. Gosling, Ed Linkhart, Theo Lowe, E. Moe, James Rae, Carl Wenstrom, George Whitney, George Winters the Women's Institute, and many others.
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Gift of Marvie Peterson, 2003.
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- English
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Call number M-8968
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- Botsford's shop (Subject)
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