These are what Canadian everyday life looked like in the 1950s.
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A barber shop owner in Edmonton, Alberta |
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A big catch of Northern Pike proudly being shown off, Calgary, Alberta |
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A church gathering in St. Catharines, Ontario |
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A family and their 1957 Chev Nomad wagon, Calgary, Alberta |
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A family in Calgary, Alberta in the late of 1950s |
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A group of people at Berean Bible College, Calgary, Alberta, 1959 |
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A group of people from the Russian Church in Kamsack, Saskatchewan |
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A group of people, posing for the camera in the village of Kamsack, Saskatchewan |
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A group of workers in the southern interior of British Columbia, 1958 |
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A man enjoying his dogs in Glendon, Alberta in the late of 1950s |
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A woman standing by the door of a shed or garage in Newmarket, Ontario |
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A young couple and their baby in Calgary, Alberta, ca. 1950s |
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After the Sunday church service in Toronto |
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An outdoor baptism in Saskatchewan in the late 1950s |
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An outdoor baptism in Saskatchewan, ca. 1950s |
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An outdoor baptism in the late 1950s in Saskatchewan |
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Calgary, Alberta, ca. late 1950s |
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Camping in Vernon, B.C, 1958 |
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Children in Calgary, Alberta |
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Digging a well in Smokey Lake, Alberta |
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Filling up with gas in southern interior of British Columbia, ca. 1950s |
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Fishing adventure in Calgary, 1957 |
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Fishing in Calgary, Alberta in the late of 1950s |
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Grand Forks, B.C, 1957 |
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Grand Forks, B.C, 1957 |
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Grand Forks, B.C, 1957 |
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Main Street of small-town Saskatchewan in the late of 1950s |
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Man feeds the chickens, Grand Forks, B.C, 1957 |
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Man with his white horse, Grand Forks, B.C, 1957 |
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Men at Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hills, Alberta |
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Mowing the lawn in Calgary, Alberta |
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Old men on their trip in Calgary, Alberta, ca. 1950s |
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People at Berean Bible College, Calgary, Alberta, 1959 |
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People at Berean Bible College, Calgary, Alberta, 1959 |
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s… A gathering of people after the Sunday church service in Toronto |
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Selling Remembrance Day poppies in Calgary, 1958 |
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Suppertime in Kamsack, Saskatchewan |
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The Dominion Bridge company, Calgary in the late of 1950s |
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The interesection of Centre St and 9th Avenue South in downtown Calgary, 1959 |
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The Pentecostal Tabernacle in Castlegar, B.C, 1957 |
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Two young boys in their winter garbs in Newmarket, Ontario |
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Vernon, B.C, 1959 |
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Working an apple orchard in southern British Columbia, 1958 |
(Photos from James Tworow)