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When Oil Hit Redwater
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Aerial view of Redwater at the beginning of the oil boom
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Aerial view of Redwater after 1949
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Honeybourne and Co. General Merchant, the first store in Redwater
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Redwater train station
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By 1951 Redwater's post office was housed in a building of it's own.
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Boston Store
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1946. Redwater May Day Celebrations at the Old Chicken Coop School. Mickey Boston front row centre.
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Boston's Store with National Hall and schools in the background
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Ufford School and a smaller school in Redwater
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IHC White Rose Enarco in Redwater.
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The new Red and White Store the school can be seen in the background.
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Redwater main street. Before the bowling alley and the Roxy theatre were built.
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The first hotel in Redwater that burned down in 1949.
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Redwater of 1948
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Two years after the discovery of oil. Note new stores and growing community.
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Newly constructed Drug Store owned by Jim and Alice Lukes.
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Jim and Alice on their wedding day.
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Redwater home of Leo and Dora Brisson where they housed a number of oil workers
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