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Nice 1903 photo of men (& dog!) standing outside of a store in Medicine Hat district of Assiniboia. One is man in long white coat (butcher?).
Next door to a furniture store with signage '--H & HO-- Furniture' which could be H & HORNE or H & HOWARD.
Wooden sidewalk, dirt road.
Pencil on back ‘MEDICINE HAT ALBERTA 1903’
Mounted on card
Photo 4 ⅝” x 3 ¾”
Card: 6 ¼” x 5 ¼’
In 1883, when the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) reached Medicine Hat and crossed the river, European Canadians established a town site. They named it from the First Nations legends. As growth took place, in 1889 Medicine Hat built the first hospital west of Winnipeg. The CPR established this town as a railway divisional point. The frontier settlement was incorporated as a town on October 31, 1898. In 1905 when the province of Alberta was founded, it took in Medicine Hat, which had formerly been in the district of Assiniboia.
WIKIPEDIA
