Identifier:
P2907
Title:
Farm buildings at the Indian Industrial School
Subject:
Indigenous peoples
Subject:
Agriculture
Subject:
Education
Subject:
Family and personal life
Subject:
Government
Subject:
Religions
Description:
Some of the farm buildings at the Indian Industrial School, including horse barns with a lean-to on each side. Image was likely taken as part of propaganda for the residential school.
Description:
Dates of operation: 1893-1919.
Description:
Operated by the Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, although in the school’s first year, the Department of Indian Affairs was responsible for staff appointments and salaries.
Description:
Three miles west of Red Deer, Alberta, on the opposite bank of the Red Deer River.
Description:
Caption: Some of the farm buildings at the Indian school 1923. Horse barns 100 x 24 accommodations for 14 horses. Lean-to on each side housing 14 cows. Probably built in 1893.
Date:
[between 1893 and 1919]
Date:
1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
Format:
1 photograph : b&w copy ; 8.0 x 12.5 cm
Source:
MG 249 Burnt Lake Historical Society fonds
Source:
1978-019
Rights:
Public domain
