As the population of Lethbridge expanded, “St. Mike’s” evolved to meet the needs of the community. An east wing was added in 1951, providing 83 more beds to the facility; this brought the total to 181 beds and 18 bassinets.
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For the next ninety years, the Sisters were involved in all aspects of nursing at St. Michael’s from teaching to administration to patient care. They were respected for their discipline and compassion.
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The Greetergrammers performed for any special occasion that a client would request. They performed for birthdays, proposals and going away parties.
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By 1945, the streetcar system had reached a critical moment. The remaining carriages were falling apart and parts to repair them were scarce, especially during wartime.
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Lethbridge city council invested more than half a million dollars in the new streetcar system. Mayor George Hatch opened the first 17 km of tracks on August 17, 1912.
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For 35 years, the sound of the streetcar’s bell was both a familiar and important sound in Lethbridge, for it signified the streetcar.
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Working with parking meters was a difficult job in the summer and the old equipment became progressively more in need of replacement over time.
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On July 4, 2018, the City of Lethbridge removed a parking meter from the 300 block of 3 Street South and donated it to the Galt Museum & Archives.
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Read MoreCoffee-sipping browsers, local history scholars, specific-answer seekers, general-interest readers, music lovers, and science fiends will all find a much wider range of facilities and services than has been available.
—Lethbridge Herald, October 18, 1973
Read MoreExisting library facilities are totally inadequate, and we are in desperate need to expand.
—Mayor J.A. Jardine
Read MoreIn this city we have hundreds of young people who have nowhere to go in the evenings after the work hour where they can improve their minds and develop a taste for the finer and higher things of life.
—Lethbridge Herald, June 8, 1909
Read MoreWhat a place [a library] would be to spend a portion of Sunday, when time hangs so heavily on most men’s hands. It would save many a one from going out and raising Hades.
—C.S. Keller, Lethbridge News, January 14, 1889
As to what was shared with Kerry about her grandmother or the items, she said, “I just think that that handbag would be something that would have been a treasure because it was so intricate, and it would have cost a little bit more than what their socio-economic status was.”
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Berlando recently donated the ring and crucifix to the Galt Museum & Archives. The objects have been added to our permanent collection.
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Until 2011 the Waterton Theatre played movies on a 35 mm Motiograph motion picture projector. That projector was donated to the Galt and is now part of our permanent collection.
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Cindy Baker was one of the participants in the exhibit. Baker selected two items that let her reflect on how women have experienced “home,” and how they used objects to subvert traditional expectations that may have been superimposed upon them. One of the items Baker chose was a vibrator that was donated to the Galt
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The Lethbridge Herald reported on May 20, 1978 that this fad gave barbers “two options: get out of an unprofitable business or stay to see profits severely trimmed.”
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