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When Oil Hit Redwater
Location: Redwater, Alberta, Canada

 
Portable housing brought in by rail to house oil workers and their families
73 of 162 		Alex "Sandy" and Helen Kenyon with young daughter Diane in their oil town trailer home.
74 of 162 		"Sandy" Kenyon sitting in front of skid shack with daughter Diane.
75 of 162 		Diane Kenyon in front of their oil town house
76 of 162 		Diane Kenyon's Birthday party with the other children in "oil town"
77 of 162 		The Kenyon's oil town house being moved on the back of a truck
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Helen Stetsko, Fin Lineham, Carrie Lineham, and Maurice Cook at the Discovery Derrick in Redwater.
79 of 162 		Vic Pasemko, taking his last wagon ride in 1950.
80 of 162 		View of the tank farm situated along the tracks. Purchased from Peter Pasemko.
81 of 162 		Paul and Victor Pasemko taken at Easter 1931.
82 of 162 		Peter Pasemko with sons Paul and Victor
83 of 162 		Permanent homes appeared as fast as they could be built
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One of the bird houses built in the Imperial townsite.
85 of 162 		Hobo Party The wives of the oil workers enjoyed a Hobo Party at the newly built Mess Deck
86 of 162 		Leo and Dora Brisson celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary
87 of 162 		Leo Brisson and Dora Melnyk on their wedding day in 1945.
88 of 162 		Leo Brisson by the pump jack on the Ohio Oil Company lease.
89 of 162 		Leo Brisson kneels by his truck while displaying a lynx he trapped on the Ohio Oil Company lease.
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