Ivor Wold, Blacksmith, [1920]
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 3
Ivor Wold, blacksmith, sharpening his first plow share.
Location: 2009.82.01 |
Fencing Valhalla Cemetery,
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 3
Men from the community building a fence around the Valhalla cemetery.
Location: 2009.82.02 |
Swanberg and Rorem Boys, [1942]
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 3
Ted and Marvin Rorem, Sylvan and Orville Swanberg and Rod Fimrite
Location: 2009.82.03 |
First Valhalla Businesses, 1919
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 3
Mr. A. Horte Lumber and Mr. Abdo General Store.
Location: 2009.82.04 |
Torgrim and Marvin Rorem, [1933]
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 3
Torgrim as a baby and older brother Marvin Rorem.
Location: 2009.82.05 |
Hilda, Marvin and Ted Rorem, [1934]
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 3
Hilda Rorem with her two boys, Torgrim as a toddler and older brother Marvin.
Location: 2009.82.06 |
Hilda Rorem and son, Marvin, [1934]
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 3
Hilda Rorem with her son, Marvin.
Location: 2009.82.07 |
Ted’s Sixth Birthday, [1939]
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Ted Rorem holding his birthday cake, taken out in the yard.
Location: 2009.82.08 |
Lutheran Camp, Lake Saskatoon, [1943]
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Ted Rorem with a group of other boys at the Lutheran Camp, Lake Saskatoon.
Location: 2009.82.09 |
The Rorems, Valhalla Center, [1945]
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The Rorem family: Marvin, Hilda, Lyman and Ted in front of their home (built 1939) in Valhalla.
Location: 2009.82.10 |
Valhalla Center School, [1940]
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Students of Valhalla Center School: Far Left: Linia Christianson, Matt Olson, Joel Olson, Miss English, Ken Velve, Betty Turner, Johnnie Evjen, Shirley Roberts. Middle Row: Lillian Buckle, Evelyn Hegglund, Henry Christianson, Tobert Velve, Elsie Swanberg, Orville Swanberg. Front standing: Sylvan Swanberg, Ted Rorem, Malcolm Jardie. Boys sitting: Ivor_, Marvin Rorem, Leroy __. (Ivor and Leroy were sons of the minister)
Location: 2009.82.11 |
Valhalla Center School Playground, [1940]
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Students of Valhalla Center School playing baseball next to the school
Location: 2009.82.12 |
Lutheran Girls Camp, Lake Saskatoon, [1940]
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A group of girls attending the Lutheran Bible Camp at Lake Saskatoon.
Location: 2009.82.13 |
Bruce Horte’s Birthday, [1938]
1 photograph scan; b & w; 4 x 6
Bruce Horte’s birthday party: Ken Hanson, Marv and Ted Rorem and Bruce Horte by his cake.
Location: 2009.82.14 |
Ted Rorem’s Confirmation, [1946]
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Ted Rorem standing in front of his home on the day of his confirmation at 15 .
Location: 2009.82.15 |
Confirmation Class, [1946]
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Ted Rorem standing far left with the group being confirmed into the Lutheran Church, Valhalla, 1948.
Location: 2009.82.16 |
At the Stickney Farm, 1947
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Francis and Dewey Stickney sitting with their dog on the steps of their home.
Location: 2009.82.17 |
David Stickney and the Rorem Boys, [1948]
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
David Stickney, Marvin and Ted Rorem
Location: 2009.82.18 |
Valhalla,
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Valhalla businesses: Melsness General Store and Post Office, Turner’s Grocery Store, Valhalla Café, Hansen’s Hardware.
Location: 2009.82.19 |
Valhalla Co-op, 1920
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Putting up the smoke stack on the Valhalla Co-op in the spring of 1920.
Location: 2009.82.20 |
Valhalla Creamery Yard, 1919-1920
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Sawing wood at the Valhalla Creamery yard.
Location: 2009.82.21 |
Building Valhalla Blacksmith Shop, 1919-1920
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Building Valhalla Blacksmith Shop. Ivor Wold is the blacksmith.
Location: 2009.82.22 |
Roy Knight Working the Breaking, [1920]
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Roy Knight working down his field after the breaking plow.
Location: 2009.82.23 |
Roy Knight Breaking the Land, [1920]
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Roy Knight breaking the land with horses and oxen.
Location: 2009.82.24 |
Horte’s Sawmill, [1920]
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 3
Skidding logs withoxen at Horte’s Sawmill, Skunk Lake, northwest of Valhalla.
Location: 2009.82.25 |
Nepstad’s Store, [1920]
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 3
Nepstad’s Store in Valhalla. It later burned down.
Location: 2009.82.26 |
Roy Knight Cutting Hay, [1920]
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5
Roy Knight, a bachelor, seen here cutting his hay crop, using oxen.
Location: 2009.82.27 |
Hauling Ice for the Creamery,
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Two children help haul the ice to the Creamery.
Location: 2009.82.28 |
Sawing Logs for Valhalla Church, 1922-1923
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Three people saw logs for the Valhalla Church
Location: 2009.82.29 |
Rorem Farm – Drilling a Well, [1922-1923]
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Horses pull a water drilling outfit for drilling a well on the Rorem farm. Albert Nepsted and Merlin Horneland in charge.
Location: 2009.82.30 |
Bringing the Church Bell, [1923]
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“Helping Hands” church group bought the bell for the Lutheran Church in Valhalla and here you see it being hauled (probably from the train in Hythe) to the church.
Location: 2009.82.31 |
Skunk Lake Sawmill Band, [1923]
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Skunk Lake Sawmill Band. Lyman Rorem is in the middle of the group with the big drum.
Location: 2009.82.32 |
Valhalla’s First School, [1923]
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Valhalla’s first school.
Location: 2009.82.33 |
Picnic at Valhalla School, [1923]
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A large group of people gather for a picnic at Valhalla’s first school.
Location: 2009.82.34 |
Valhalla Lutheran Congregation, [1937]
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 8
A large group of the Valhalla Lutheran congregation gather for a summer photo.
Location: 2009.82.35 |
Ronning Place at Valhalla Center,
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 7
A community gathering at the Ronning home at Valhalla.
Location: 2009.82.36 |
Valhalla Lutheran Group, [1940]
1 photograph; b &w; 3 x 5
A gathering of the Valhalla Lutheran group.
Location: 2009.82.37 |
Lutheran Youth Group, [1920]
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A Lutheran youth group.
Location: 2009.82.38 |
Lutheran Group in Bardo, Alberta,
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A Lutheran group in Bardo, Alberta.On the far right, Chester Ronning and next to him Lymen Rorem. Third on left is Tom Rorem and fourth on left is Alma Ronning.
Location: 2009.82.39 |
Sir Henry Thorton, C.P.R., [1930]
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Sir Henry Thorton, C.P.R. on a visit to the Peace country, standing on the steps of the old school house in Valhalla.
Location: 2009.82.40 |
Valhalla Children, [1941]
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Valhalla children line up with their bikes for a photo: Ruth Floen, Ted Rorem, Sylvan _, Orville _, Ken Hanson, Marvin Rorem and Toby the dog.
Location: 2009.82.41 |
Rorem Children, [1954]
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Marvin and Ted Rorem lean against their new truck. On the left is the café run by their mother, Hilda.
Location: 2009.82.42 |
Grandmother Fimrite, 1962
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Grandmother Fimrite holding her grandaughter, Janet Rorem.
Location: 2009.82.43 |
Inga Fimrite, [1930]
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Inga Fimrite ready for doing chores, holding a bucket.
Location: 2009.82.44 |
Mrs.Inga Fimrite and Hilda Rorem, [1950]
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Mrs.Inga Fimrite and Hilda Rorem stand near the entrance to a building in Valhalla.
Location: 2009.82.45 |
Hilda and Lyman Rorem – 25th Anniversary, [1955]
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Hilda and Lyman Rorem celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.
Location: 2009.82.46 |
Lyman and Chester Ronning, [1925]
1 photograph postcard; b & w; 4x 6
Lyman and Chester Ronning, students studying in their dorm room.
Location: 2009.82.47 |
Valhalla Girls Basketball Team, n.d.
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Valhalla Girls Basketball Team: Nepstad sisters, Agnes Melsness, Petra Hegland, Olga Melsness
Location: 2009.82.48 |
Building the Creamery, [1918]
1 photograph; b & w; 2 x 3
Building the Creamery in Valhalla.
Location: 2009.82.49-.50 |
Valhalla School Girls in Costume, [1918]
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 4
Valhalla school girls in costume ready for a school performance: Audrey Hanson, Sonia Lee, Hardus Hegglund, Muriel Hegglund, Doreen Loberg.
Location: 2009.82.51 |
Rorem Home in Grande Prairie, [1960]
1 slide; colour; 2 x 2
Ted Rorem’s home in the VLA area.
Location: 2009.82.52 |
VLA Area of Grande Prairie, [1950]
1 photograph; colour; 5 x 7
A view of the VLA housing area of Grande Prairie taken from the Nurses’ Residence (looking to the corner of 98 St. and 108 Ave.)
Location: 2009.82.53 |
Grande Prairie Hospital, [1958]]
1 photograph; colour; 8 x 10
The Grande Prairie Hospital with the building of the surgical wing.
Location: 2009.82.54 |
Grande Prairie Hospital & Nurses’ Residence, [1958]]
1 photograph; colour; 8 x 10
The Grande Prairie Hospital and nurses’ residence.
Location: 2009.82.55 |
Khristine (MacEachern) Rorem, Nurse, [1958]]
1 photograph scan; colour; 5 x 7
Khristine (MacEachern) Rorem, worked on the night shift as a nurse at Grande Prairie Hospital, seen here with Ed Legace on the First Medical ward.
Location: 2009.82.56 |
The Rorem Boys Cutting Barley, [1954]
1 photograph; b & w; 3 x 5
Ted and Marvin Rorem cutting a field of barley with tractor and binder.
Location: 2009.82.57 |
Crossing the Ferry at the Smoky River, [1936]
1 photograph scan; b & w; 4 x 6
Ted and Marvin Rorem stand beside their father, Lyman, and behind their car as they cross the Smoky river on the ferry.
Location: 2009.82.58 |
Ruby Alice Rorem, [1920]
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Ruby Alice Rorem, born April 19, 1900.
Location: 2009.82.59 |
Lyman Theodore Rorem, [1910]
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Lyman Theodore Rorem, born September 13, 1890.
Location: 2009.82.60 |
Lyman Rorem & Nelius Ronning, [1910]
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Lyman Rorem and Nelius Ronning
Location: 2009.82.61 |
Adelia Myrtle Rorem, [1910]
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Adelia Myrtle Rorem
Location: 2009.82.62 |
Chester Alvin Ronning, [1910]
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Chester Alvin Ronning, born 1894 in Fincheng, Hupeh, China.
Location: 2009.82.63 |
Nelius Ronning, 1910
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Nelius Ronning, born 1893 in Fincheug, Hupeh, China, as a college student in 1910.
Location: 2009.82.64 |
Almah Teressa Ronning, [1910]
1 photograph; b & w; 4 x 6
Almah Teressa Ronning, born November 26, 1896,
Location: 2009.82.65 |