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Item · Sept. 1948?
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

B&W aerial photograph of a farmer’s field on fire with billowing columns of dark black smoke. Stamp on back of print says “Photo by Bland: Staff Photographer Edmonton Bulletin…”. It is most likely a picture of the Atlantic-Leduc No. 3 oil well, which caught fire in September 1948, taken by Eric Bland.

Bland, Eric
Item · May 29, 1899
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

A photograph of men standing around the wreckage of a train wreck. The photograph is captioned with “231 Wreck on the C&E Near Leduc May 29, 1899.” The mounting is captioned with “C. W. Mathers …Photographer. Edmonton, N.W.T.”

Mathers, Charles Wesley
Item · April, 1949
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

An article from Vol. 33, No. 4 of the Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists that has been "reprinted for private circulation." Includes information on the history, stratigraphy, formation, development, and yield of the Leduc oilfield in Alberta, with a focus on paleontological characteristics. It is signed "Compliments of D.B. Layer" on the front cover.

Layer, D. B.