Identifier:
P2908
Title:
Indian Industrial School, Red Deer
Subject:
Buildings and memorials
Subject:
Education
Subject:
Indigenous peoples
Subject:
Agriculture
Subject:
Family and personal life
Subject:
Government
Subject:
Religions
Description:
Front of the Indian Industrial School near Red Deer, Alberta. Later Soldiers Settlement Board. Image was likely taken as part of propaganda for the residential school.
Description:
Dates of operation: 1893-1919.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.Three miles west of Red Deer, Alberta, on the opposite bank of the Red Deer River.
Description:
Date:
[between 1893 and 1930]
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, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930
Format:
1 photograph : b&w sepia toned postcard ; 9 x 14 cm
Source:
MG 245 Gertrude Richards fonds
Source:
1968-003
Rights:
Public domain