Handmade goods can range from functional to expressive to ingenious, blurring categories such as art and craft. But they all share something in common: a connection between objects and their creators that makes each piece unique.
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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?
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Where does our “stuff” come from? How has that changed over time?
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Did you know that the Czech Army was transported through Canada on the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1920?
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How has Lethbridge contributed to the ongoing dialogue related to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s and the Black Lives Matter and BIPOC movements today?
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A 1920s memorial erected in Vancouver’s Stanley Park includes the names of Japanese Canadians from Raymond, Alberta. Do you know what the memorial was erected to commemorate?
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Have you heard about Lee Duck’s life and journey from Canton, China to Lethbridge, where he established a family and a successful business in the early 1900s?
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Did you know Lethbridge was home to an aircraft company 100 years ago?
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Why was Charlie Young wearing borrowed black cowboy boots when he was bucked from his bronco for a fatal last time in 1924?
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When you hear the name “Don Brestler,” what does it mean to you?
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The Glenbow Museum in Calgary contacted the Galt to see if we would be interested in a replica of a bull wagon. We said “Yes.”
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Civic clubs like the Odd Fellows, the Moose, the Eagles, the Shriners, and more have been part of the community landscape over the years.
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People are often impressed with how different the experiences recounted by grandparents and seniors seem when compared to what children experience today.
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Southminster United Church is a favourite venue for many organ and musical concerts. The church has wonderful acoustics that carry the music clearly to all corners of the sanctuary and the balcony.
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The first Terry Fox Fundraising Run was held in Lethbridge on September 14, 1980. After 40 years, Lethbridge residents continue to organize and participate in runs to raise funds.
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A hundred years ago, The Overall Craze swept North America with waves reaching even the far corners of the Canadian West. People, mostly middle-class men, opted to wear denim overalls instead of their regular business outfits in protest against high clothing prices.
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Hosting upper-middle-class home receptions was a competitive affair. Without Instagram fuelling the competition between these social events, what was the best way to keep tabs on who was doing what?
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William Gladstone (“Old Glad”) was the head carpenter and blacksmith at Fort Whoop-Up. He was a former carpenter and boat builder for the Hudson’s Bay Company, and he was hired in Fort Benton in the early summer of 1870 for the two-year project of building the bigger, more permanent Fort Whoop-Up.
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Niitsitapi used the area at the junction of the St. Mary and Belly, or Oldman, Rivers as a winter camp. The site was located along part of a traditional migration route known as the Old North Trail. It was known as Ákáí’nissko (Many Deaths Place).
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