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Laura and Carl Christiansen
1943
Dickson, Alberta, Canada

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Carl and Laura decided in the 1940's that they should build a house and retire.

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The house that Carl and Laura built in anticipation of retiring from the store.
1952
Dickson, Alberta, Canada

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The new house was located north of the store. Unfortunately, before the couple had a chance to move into the new house, Carl passed away.

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The Christiansen family living quarters
1980
Dickson, Alberta, Canada

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In 1945, Laura and her daughter Bernice moved into the house and the boys converted portions of the Store's upstairs living quarters into dry goods and clothing departments. Laura passed away in 1955. Gordon, his wife Helen, and their family later moved into the house and still reside there today.

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Staff in front of locker plant built in 1947.
1948
Dickson, Alberta, Canada
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After the death of Carl Christiansen in 1945, the Dickson Store continued to service the community. Both sons, Homo and Gordon, took a keen interest in making the family business grow. In 1947, the brothers established a meat processing and cold storage locker plant.

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Gordon Christiansen displaying meat cutting.
1950
Dickson, Alberta, Canada

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This business consisted of a slaughterhouse, a processing plant, and cold storage lockers. Slaughtering was usually done on Thursdays and Fridays with local men assisting with the work.

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Compressor and machinery used to operate the locker plant.
1950
Dickson, Alberta, Canada

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The freezer locker compartments were available for the community to rent on a monthly basis as a place to store meat, vegetables and fruit and were popular because electricity had not yet arrived to the area.The freezing unit was powered by a diesel generator.

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One of many awards won by Christiansen Bros. for meat products.
1952
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Christiansens received many provincial awards for their Golden Sunset bacon and hams.