Thursday Doors: From Alberta’s Past

Posted by: Darlene on: April 11, 2024

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Here are some pictures from Alberta, my home province in Canada. Some are old and others more recent but they all depict the past.

A typical little house on the prairie. This is the house my paternal grandmother grew up in. She is standing in front of it as an older woman, seventy-plus years later.

The house my maternal grandfather was raised in, along with his twelve siblings. The land was settled by my great-grandparents in 1911. The child standing in front of the building is their great-great-great-grandson.

The barn on the property was probably built a bit later.

A shed on the same property.

A new generation sitting by the barn door in 2006. The property is no longer in the family as the last of the great uncles have passed away with no children to pass it on to.

The house my maternal grandmother was raised in. Sadly it was destroyed by a prairie fire in 2017. I wrote about the fire here.

The same house when it was first built in the early 1900s. My grandmother was raised in this house along with her ten siblings. My mom was born in this house. So many memories.

The barn my great-grandfather built was also lost in the fire. Although it had seen better days, I always loved that barn.

A typical grain elevator in the town of Hilda, Alberta near both great-grandparents’ homesteads.

Photo of the grain elevator by Jim A. Pearson

The other photos are taken by me or are part of the family collection.

This is a weekly challenge created by Dan Antion for people who love doors and architecture to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos, drawings, or other images or stories from around the world. If you’d like to join us, simply create your own Thursday Doors post each (or any) week and then share a link to your post on Dan’s blog

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