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Winter Carnival

CA GPR 0024-0024.01-0024.01.09.48
Item
1924 c.

Part of Holroyd Drugs fonds

A winter carnival float is passing a dentist's office.

Skating Carnival

CA GPR 0174-0174.03-0174.03.09
Item
1950 ca.

Part of John Putters fonds

Female skating trio in festive costumes skate at the annual carnival.

Hythe Carnival

CA GPR 0630-0630.08-0630.08.165
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of Hodgson Family fonds

A formation of skaters in the Hythe Carnival.

Winter Carnival

CA GPR 0663-0663.04
Item
1924

Part of John A. (Jack) Crerar Family fonds

Large crowd of people on Richmond Avenue (100th) in front of Bell-Flemming Hardware and Grande Prairie Hotel. Event is identified on the back of the photograph as the Winter Carnival.

Carnival Queen

CA GPR 0052-0052.03-0052.03.01-2002.54.23
Item
[ca. 1925]

Part of Field's Studio fonds

Full length portrait of the carnival queen from one of Grande Prairie's Winter Carnivals.

Skating Carnival

CA GPR 0174-0174.03-0174.03.08
Item
1950 ca.

Part of John Putters fonds

A group of girls skaters dressed in Scottish Higlander outfits pose, using a step ladder to form a pyramid.

Northern Winter Carnival

CA GPR 0123-2003.87.04
Item
1928

Part of Mack Prentiss fonds

Harnessed dogs attached to toboggan stretched across Richmond Avenue, with Northern Winter Carnival banner in the distance.

Gurtie Havalin, Carnival Queen

CA GPR 0001-1995.35.01
Item
1928

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Formal portrait of Gurtie Havalin, the Carnival Queen for the 1928 Northern Winter Carnival, with her scepter, crown, queen's dress and cape.

Sexsmith Frontier Carnival

CA GPR 0001-1969.39.969
Item
1948

Part of Pioneer Museum Society of Grande Prairie and District fonds

Back Row (L to R): Mac Perkins, Mike Duda, Vic Spicer, Jack Thorpe, C. J. Leonard. Middle Row: McCowan, Harry Knight, Scotty Murdoch, Nels Johnson, George Cameron. Front Row: Cliff Williams, Bill Brown, Scotty Boyd, Art Menzies, Carl Anderson, Raymond Foster, Jack Campbell, Carl Larson.