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Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

CA GPR 0001
Fonds
1875-2007

The fonds consists of the records of the Board of Directors; Administrative planning documents, financial and personnel records, information on the physical plant, and subject and correspondence files; photographs and information on Collections’ artifacts, buildings, and displays; photographs and files of Programming and special events. Completing the collection are brochures and books published by the society, associated organizations; and photographs, scrapbooks and guest books from the Grande Prairie Museum.

Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District

Theatrical Parade Float

CA GPR 0001-1969.59.615
Item
1930 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

A horse-drawn parade float carries actors in costume, holding musical instruments.

Grande Prairie Marching Band

CA GPR 0001-1988.051.1b
Item
1916

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

The Grande Prairie Marching Band playing on a sleigh drawn by horses. The occasion was the celebration of the Last Spike on the Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia Railway on March 22, 1916.

Theatre Group

CA GPR 0001-1997.47.01
Item
n.d.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Sixteen members of a theatre company gathered for an early theatre portrait.

Grande Prairie Brass Band

CA GPR 0001-2001.01.062
Item
1921 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Members of the Grande Prairie Brass Band: George Duncan, Harry Watcher, Ernie Kirstein, Gus Kirstein, Ralph Johnston, N. D. McFarlane, Charles Stredulinksky, George Tate, Harold Melsness, A.B. Hedman, Frank Johnston, Tom Waterman, Gus Gerd.

Grand Theatre, Grande Prairie

CA GPR 0001-2001.01.118
Item
1920 c.

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

The Grand Theatre was the second theatre in Grande Prairie. Talkies were introduced here in April,1930. The Grand Theatre was sold to Frank Donald in 1933.

Barney Michael

CA GPR 0001-2001.01.119
Item
1927

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Barney Michael established the first movie theatre in Grande Prairie in the spring of 1916. He is shown here with an advertising gimic--St. Bernard dog with sandwich board advertising "Tonight's Show."

First Theatre in Grande Prairie

CA GPR 0001-2001.01.120
Item
1916

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Barney Michael established the first movie theatre in Grande Prairie in the spring of 1916.

Second Theatre ("The Grand")

CA GPR 0001-2001.01.121
Item
1922

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

The Grand Theatre was built in 1922.

Beth Sheehan, Historian

CA GPR 0002-0002.04
Series
1886-2000

Part of Beth Sheehan fonds

The sub-series consists of an index of material collected from pioneers in the Peace Country of Alberta by York University; a source list of material compiled in the Provincial Archives of Alberta on the Grande Prairie area before 1982; lists of archival material donated by Beth Sheehan to the Provincial Archives and the Grande Prairie Public Library; and cards with the names of Clairmont residents prepared for the 1978 Census.

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