Galt Museum & Archives
502 1 Street South T1J 1Y4 Lethbridge, AB, Canada

Living during a global pandemic can bring unexpected challenges. Many may be feeling overwhelmed and disconnected. Cheris from Cherry Rock Lifestyle guides us through some exercises to help reduce stress. So put on some comfy clothes and grab a few pillows to spend some time today stretching, focusing and breathing. We will get through this together. The Galt is grateful to the subject-matter experts delivering online content. As local professionals and knowledge experts, these presenters add valuable contributions to the local discourse; however, their ideas are their own. The people featured in the videos and those behind the scenes followed best practices to protect their health and safety.

Looking for a unique gift for a mother figure in your life with a distinctive southern Alberta flavour? Shop the Galt's selection of specialty items! We have curbside pickup available and greatly appreciate your support. #YQLocal #BuyLocal https://www.galtmuseum.com/items?category=Home+and+Kitchen

This May the Galt Museum and Archives is collecting photographs of residents across southern Alberta to assemble into our Community Mosaic. Send us yours today! https://galtmuseum.com/community-mosaic

When did Mother's Day start and what was its original intent? Find out about the history of Mother’s Day and of the legacy of women in Lethbridge and southern Alberta. https://www.galtmuseum.com/articles/mothers-day

Lethbridge has a rich history in brewing and distilling, a history that is celebrated and continued through local microbreweries and passionate entrepreneurs. Theoretically Brewing Company co-founders Kelti Baird and Kris Fischer discuss the history of local brewing in Lethbridge and their work to bring that tradition back to the community. Learn more about the history of material culture in and from Lethbridge in our new exhibit Made In at https://www.galtmuseum.com/exhibit/...made-in-stories-of-stuff. 19871142008 - Noel's Brewery: https://collections.galtmuseum.com//perma/descriptions8025 19770141000 - Alberta Brewery. F. Sick Proprietor: https://collections.galtmuseum.com//perma/descriptions6779 20021051002 - Brewery Gardens: https://collections.galtmuseum.com//perm/descriptions46756 Explore other archival images related to the history of brewing in Lethbridge in our collections database at https://collections.galtmuseum.com. The Galt is grateful to the subject-matter experts delivering online content. As local professionals and knowledge experts, these presenters add valuable contributions to the local discourse; however, their ideas are their own. The people featured in the videos and those behind the scenes followed best practices to protect their health and safety.

ARCHIVES Cast of "Aunt Drusilla's Garden," an operetta presented by the Southminster Junior Girls' Choir and directed by Anne Campbell. Back row, left to right: Barbara Hill, Linda Robison, Barbara Niven, Cathy Wellwood, Virginia Black. Front row, left to right: Sandra Snowden, Wendy Jamieson. #20001028051

ARCHIVES The first car in Lethbridge belonged to Elliott Galt, who brought a vehicle to town in 1903. It was a Wilton, 20 horsepower gasoline engine automobile, imported from Cleveland, Ohio. The photograph was found in an early twentieth-century photo album dealing with irrigation projects.

A bird lover's dream! This illustrated guide is filled with full-colour illustrations and in-depth descriptions of 388 birds, with information on habitat, size, status, nesting, feeding, voice, best sites to view, migration routes, and more! You will be able to identify and appreciate the birds who call Alberta home.

ARCHIVES Back in the 1940s the downtown looked... like a downtown. The Marquis Hotel (right, forefront) and the Knox Church (left) are long gone. Today the Post Office is one of few reminders of the urban sophistication and ambition of the early twentieth century. #20151006-1681

Check out this set of 16 square coasters adorned with art from the Indigenous tribes of the Northwest Coast!

A blast from the past: a local TV commercial.

In the late 1800s, many Canadian children played with hand-made or improvised toys, even though mass-produced toys were available. Why did it take until the 1950s for that trend to shift? https://www.galtmuseum.com/a/mass-production-a-look-at-toys

From the moment we are cleverly introduced to author Victor Carls family through reminiscences about taking family portraits, it is clear that Forever Home, Good Old Days on the Farm, is much more than a memoir. Apt literary references, coupled with an artist poet naturalist's descriptions of places and events, make this a unique book of prairie life in the 1940s.

Canada lost over 60,000 citizens in the First World War and they are remembered in monuments erected across the country when the grief was still fresh. Author Alan Livingstone MacLeod shares the stories and history behind 130 monuments from every province in this stunning photographic journey.

ARCHIVES The image 'restores' 5 Street South by including the Bank of Commerce building that used to define this block in the city core. Jonathan Blackwood, a local visual artist, blends a century-old archival image and the artist’s own photograph of the same site produced from the same angle. The result is a captivating illusion, a mix of sepia and colour, documentation and nostalgia.... Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/ Email: [email protected] (Andrew)

ARCHIVES There's so much to love about this photo in everything the photographer captured: the old Palace Hotel, vintage cars, children walking on the dirt streets downtown, the truck... Fleeting moments of the everyday life of a small town in the 1940s. Town of Taber, late 1940s. Photography by Lloyd Knight. ... Galt Museum & Archives, 20151006-342. See more

Welcome to Friday, everyone! Please enjoy Chris Roedler's version of "Highwayman" and find out why he did this song for numerous presentations.

Welcome to Friday. Please sit back and enjoy Chris Roedler's version of "Christmas Hallelujah" and why he considers this one of his favourite songs around Christmas time.

The perfect addition to any keychain! Handcrafted in Canada by a 100% native-owned business, Monague Native Crafts.

The Northwest Rebellion of 1885 is a prominent part of Canadian history. Less known is the role of steamboats, ferries, and other rivercraft during the conflict in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba's rivers. Author and historian Gordon E. Tolton takes the reader back to a time when prairie towns were ports of call and when the river's mood determined the fate of a nation.

ARCHIVES Elevated view of the downtown area taken from the stand pipe (9 Street and 5 Avenue) looking northwest. The Post Office is at centre. #19841062005 Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/... Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew) See more

Take a hilarious piece of history home with you with this Retro Spud Gun! The only toy with edible ammo. Shoots harmless potato pellets and quickly pulls apart for easy cleaning.

Welcome to Friday! Please enjoy Chris Roedler's version of the Christmas song "Let It Be Christmas" and find out why this is one of his favourite Christmas songs.

ARCHIVES Dancers in Scottish attire during Lethbridge's 100th anniversary opening ceremonies held at the Sportsplex. January 5, 1985. Terry Bland Photography. #19931064897... Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/ Email: [email protected] (Andrew)

ARCHIVES Student operating an amateur radio station, likely at the University of Lethbridge. #19760231262 Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/... Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew) See more

The Niitsitapi, or Blackfoot people, have been hit repeatedly by epidemics. Rebecca Many Grey Horses shares her research about the impact of smallpox, measles, scarlet fever and the Spanish flu. Learn more about the Spanish Flu Pandemic in southern Alberta in our online exhibit Pandemic at Home: The 19181919 Flu - https://www.galtmuseum.com/exhibit/pandemic-at-home The Galt is grateful to the subject-matter experts delivering online content. As local professionals and knowle...dge experts, these presenters add valuable contributions to the local discourse; however, their ideas are their own. The people featured in the videos and those behind the scenes followed best practices to protect their health and safety. City of Lethbridge- City Hall, Alberta Museums Association Canadian Museums Association / Association des musées canadiens

Hello and welcome to Friday. Please enjoy Chris Roedler's version of "Old Toy Trains" as he gets ready for his upcoming Facebook live presentation in December featuring holiday favourites.

ARCHIVES Doctors Roy and Laffery and an unidentified staff member pose outside the Galt Hospital. #19760225031 Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/... Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew) See more

This ceramic trivet is handmade by Alberta artist Debra Durrer. Each piece she creates is hand-drawn with whimsical freehand linework and painted in bright colourstruly one of a kind artwork.

ARCHIVES Police officer Rufus Good Striker standing by a Blood Tribal Police truck. December 7, 1955. #19753000184 Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/... Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew) See more

ARCHIVES Civilian secretaries in the RCMP office. #19753600005 Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/... Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew) See more

ARCHIVES : LEST WE FORGET J. S. Stewart, with members of the Royal Canadian Legion, lighting the eternal flame at Mountain View Cemetery in 1966. The ceremony depicted was held in commemoration of the City Diamond Jubilee. Galt Archives image 19760209012.

Sanna Kannasto was arrested in 1920 in Lethbridge. The Lethbridge Herald reported she was in possession of free love literature" when she was arrested, but what was the real story? https://www.galtmuseum.com//100-years-ago-apostle-of-free-

ARCHIVES Two unidentified people pose with the frame of a homemade aircraft. #19760238001 Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/... Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew) See more

Come check out what the river valley looks like from above from our viewing gallery!

ARCHIVES View of the interior workings of the clock in the tower of the Post Office. Len Charles, right, was the caretaker at the post office; he resided on the top floor of the building with his wife. June 1956. #19753300143 Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/... Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew) See more

ARCHIVES A carton of Orange Ambrosia ice cream from the Crystal Dairy. 1957. #19752501045 Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/... Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew) See more

Fort Whoop-Up was a large building built on the banks of the Oldman River. Who built the fort and out of what materials? #FortWhoopUp150 https://www.galtmuseum.com/articles/constructing-the-fort

ARCHIVES Wesley Methodist Church, 3 Avenue and 8 Street South. Circa 1920, looking west along 3 Avenue South. The church building was re-purposed in the 1950s as Stern Furniture Store and later demolished. The site is the southern end of the Casa parking lot. Downtown Lethbridge BRZ Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/... Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew) See more

How did the City of Lethbridge get the Forts cannon? #FortWhoopUp150

For train lovers and Lethbridge lovers. Show your pride in the City of Lethbridge while being considerate and protecting others' wellbeing. Get your mask fashion on! Retail $11.00. Available in store and online.

ARCHIVES Dedicated to emergency workers. January 1971. Fire at Paola Italian Restaurant and Food Market on 6 Avenue and 13 Street North. Smoke bellowed several hundred feet in the air as firefighters fought the blaze in -16 degree weather. Three pumper trucks, a ladder truck and rescue unit were at the scene. This was the second major fire to break out in the city in as many days. The Lethbridge Herald Photo #1991107615629... Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/ Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew)

ARCHIVES :: VINTAGE AD Do or Die, Macho style! Some men can't be leaders because they're weak they can't "back up their brain with physical strength and energy," because their body lacks iron! Ask your doctor about Nuxated Iron remedy!!! (Actually, you don't have to ask, it's 1920!) *(fine print)* The remedy doesn't have many brain benefits: the fist-pumping executive in the picture has a sign reading "President's Office" on the INSIDE of his office door. :)... Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/ Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew)

The area where Fort Whoop-Up was built was given the name Ákáínissko (Many Deaths Place). Read the article to find out why. #FortWhoopUp150 https://www.galtmuseum.com/articl/knissko-many-deaths-place

Fort Whoop-Ups interpretive season was so popular with visitors that it has been extended to include weekends through the month of September. https://www.galtmuseum.com//fort-whoop-up-to-open-on-weeke

In case you hadn't heard, we are now accepting bookings from homeschooling cohorts for our education classes. We're not the only museum changing how we are offering programs this fall. The Globe and Mail featured us in an article exploring how museums are changing to meet the needs of our communities in this challenging moment. https://www.theglobeandmail.com//article-museums-looking-/ Parents and caregivers can book these education classes on our website at https://www.galtmuseum.com/education.

ARCHIVES Aluminum cap badge - Lethbridge City Police from the Galt Museum Collections. The badge belonged to Frank Bathgate who served in Lethbridge Police from 1953 to 1988. Photograph of a police officer standing at a parked car writing out a traffic ticket. 1958 #19753600057... Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/ Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew)

Happy Labour Day #yql. Due to COVID-19, our regular schedule of hours has changed. We are closed on Mondays, which means that we will be closed for Labour Day. You can explore photos of the history of labour in Lethbridge on our archival database at collections.galtmuseum.com. 1: Anna MacLaren, President of the Trades and Labor Council with Claude Jodoin on April 5, 1966. Galt Museum & Archives, 19752910658 2: Workers exiting Galt # 8 Mine at the end of their shift on February 12, 1957. Galt Museum & Archives, 19752390473. 3: Local inventor Andy Briosi posing with one of his machines. Galt Museum & Archives, 19754021026.

Welcome to the September Long Weekend. Please enjoy Chris Roedler's version of John Lennon's "Imagine" and find out why he performed this song during a few of his presentations.

ARCHIVES Now and Then: 5 Street South (aka Main Street). The creative photography by Jonathan Blackwood blends historical and contemporary images of Lethbridge. Union Bank, Bank of Commerce and Lethbridge Hotel are visible. Downtown Lethbridge BRZ... Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/ Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew)

Who built Fort Whoop-Up and why? #FortWhoopUp150 https://www.galtmuseum.com/articles/crossing-the-border

ARCHIVES The Lethbridge Pet Shop on 8 Street South was the only shop of its kind in the city. Owned and operated by Gary Kennedy and his wife, the shop offered a number of unusual animals from a blue and gold macaw, a cotton top marmoset, a monkey, a 40 inch Iguana as well as a variety of other less exotic pets. 1971 Lethbridge Herald photo #1991107618784... Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/ Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew)

Did you plant a garden this year? Whether it is your first time or you are a seasoned gardener this book will have something for you. Delicious recipes for processing vegetables and fruits. Make small batches of jams, jellies, spreads, juices, chutney, sauces and much more. Great for the back yard gardener! Retail $19.95. Available in store or online: https://www.galtmuseum.com/museum-st/small-batch-preserving

ARCHIVES Crown Princess Takamatsu of Japan accepting a bouquet of flowers from Ayako Kadota and Shoko Saito (flower girls). 1967. #19760209136 Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/... Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew) See more

Hello - welcome to the last weekend of August. Please enjoy Chris Roedler's version of "Ooh De Lally" which appeared in the Disney animated movie "Robin Hood."

Parents who are doing at-home learning with their children in the fall can now book the Galt's curriculum-based education programs for their at-home learning cohort groups. Read the article below for more details. https://www.galtmuseum.com/news/at-home-learning-cohorts

ARCHIVES :: SIGNS OF THE TIMES How many of these attractions are still around? The altitude seems to be the only constant... Photo by Wm. Husulak, Galt Archives #20171085011... This series explores period signage and its social clues. Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/ Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew)

What are the traditional ways of living of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot)? Fort Whoop-Up tells visitors about the history, culture and traditions of the Niitsitapi. #FortWhoopUp150 https://www.galtmuseum.com/artic/traditional-ways-of-living

On September 18, 1970, local and national officials gathered to dedicate a Fort Whoop-Up Historic site. The site was a lookout built on the edge of the coulees ...overlooking a portion of the Whoop-Up Trail and the St. Mary River towards the original site of Fort Whoop-Up. At the ceremony, Alex Johnston, then the president of the Alberta Historical Society, said "If you'd been here about this time of year a century ago you'd have seen a train of ox wagons, each pulled by a span of eight to 10 oxen winding along these bluffs and down into the valley." The site was a project of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada who were the official hosts for the ceremony. Photos courtesy Galt Museum & Archives, 19760209142, 19800037000. #FORTWHOOPUP150 2020 marks 150 years since the initial construction of Fort Hamilton, or Fort Whoop-Up as it came to be known. In this series, we are exploring the history of the original fort and of the replica of the fort built in Indian Battle Park.

ARCHIVES CP parade float at the corner of 5 Street and 4 Avenue South, 1969. #201810350942... Apparently back then the Canadian Pacific had its own ships and planes! And white socks were all the rage :) Downtown Lethbridge BRZ Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/ Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew)

Have you been missing the rodeo season this year? Get your cowboy on with the true tales of ranching in southern Alberta. Read stories of survival, loss, perseverance and prosperity in the early rangeland days on some of southern Albertas best known ranches. Retail $29.95. Available both in store and online. https://www.galtmuseum.com//ranching-under-the-arch-storie

ARCHIVES Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion when he made a visit to the Crowsnest Pass. ca. 1964 The following students were identified so far:... Jenny Castellarin, David Aveledo, Denise Dobek (?), Elinor Yanota, Patricia Dunn, Vern Deans, Bob Giza, Ken Roome, David Flockhart, Barry Dobek, Randy Poch. Front Row L to R Bonnie Dobek, Boomer, Ray Dobek, Patrick Loyer Browse online here https://collections.galtmuseum.com/ Order photos https://bit.ly/2Pb0wdI Email: [email protected] (Andrew)