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When Oil Hit Redwater
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Imperial Esso Geological Department in Emile Royer's Chicken Coop in Redwater, AB.
19 of 130 		Aubrey Kerr stands beside the chicken coop offices used by Imperial at the beginning of the oil boom
20 of 130 		Author Aubrey Kerr, author of the book Redwater, at a book signing in Redwater.
21 of 130 		Discovery derrick shortly before it is removed from the well site.
22 of 130 		Aerial view of Redwater at the beginning of the oil boom
23 of 130 		Aerial view of Redwater after 1949
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Honeybourne and Co. General Merchant, the first store in Redwater
25 of 130 		Redwater train station
26 of 130 		Main street - Redwater. Looking south towards the R.R., from the old post office.
27 of 130 		The white building, center, is Boston's store and the black building at left is the blacksmith shop.
28 of 130 		A view of Redwater in 1948
29 of 130 		House and attached post office, built by Charlie Honeybourne in 1920.
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Post Office attached to Henry Arthur Walker's house.
31 of 130 		By 1951 Redwater's post office was housed in a building of it's own.
32 of 130 		Deric Theatre billboard in front of the Post Office. The name of the theatre reflects the oil boom.
33 of 130 		A Blacksmith Shop in Redwater, the last of its kind. The tools were sold by auction in 1973.
34 of 130 		Jim and Ann Evasiw handing out mail to waiting customers.
35 of 130 		Jim and Ann Ewasiw at the second post office added on to their home.
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