Cool old pictures of Cowtown

[4X4]

I fail at life. I can't achieve this form of copying and pasting. It's not allowing it.

[FlamesKickAss]

Originally Posted by FlamesKickAss

This is apparently looking southbound on macleod, right around where canyon meadows drive would be now.

I think this is where is on google street view

[Buzzard]

Wow. Can't get enuff of looking at these pictures. This city has changed so much in such a relatively short period. Looking at some of them....just seems like it was a whole different world not too long ago.

I'll give this before and after thing a try.

1955



From streetview - looks like this past summer.

[mykalberta]

Originally Posted by 4X4

Elaborate...

www.photobucket.com to upload your pics

Copy and paste =

Go to web page

hit ALT+PRINT SCRN

open up MS paint

hit CTRL + V

crop it the way you want then save it.

Then to go www.photobucket.com and upload it and copy the IMG link to CP.

[Roast Beef]

Looking west on 9th ave towards the Palliser Hotel

[4X4]

[4X4]

I was not aware of this "print screen" button.

Something new - learn it every day!

[Eagle Eye]

wasnt the grain elevator on the west side of Mcleod? the one they ripped down a bout 10 years ago, or was that a different one?

[Bunk]

Too bad the CPR depot is gone. That would have made a kick ass downtown train/High Speed rail terminal.

Originally Posted by Roast Beef

Looking west on 9th ave towards the Palliser Hotel

[Bunk]

A rough approximation - perhaps a bit too far west. I think that might be Central Memorial Park Library in the older pic.

[Sliver]

This is cool. I imagine a city like Prince Albert, Saskatchewan wouldn't have changed much at all from the 50's until now.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by transplant99

That old picture of downtown reminded me of when the city had those old electric trolley buses...blast from the past!

Edmonton still has these. God those wires looks so ugly. Fits Edmonton perfectly.

[Kybosh]

Originally Posted by Sliver

This is cool. I imagine a city like Prince Albert, Saskatchewan wouldn't have changed much at all from the 50's until now.

I think you're right about some parts of P.A., but I was born/grew up there and it sure is different almost 30 years later.

Back on topic, I'm moving up to Stinktown for a year tomorrow and I'm loving all these Calgary pictures. Did anyone else ever take a course from the great Dr. Max Foran at the U of C. That man really opened my eyes to my heritage (prairies Canadian) and the development of western Canada. Very strange that a native Australian had that effect on me haha.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by Bunk

A rough approximation - perhaps a bit too far west. I think that might be Central Memorial Park Library in the older pic.

Man, you can tell some of those houses are original and were built in the dirt road, horseless carriage days

[Roast Beef]

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Eagle Eye

wasnt the grain elevator on the west side of Mcleod? the one they ripped down a bout 10 years ago, or was that a different one?

I was thinking the same thing, but then I thought that just because McLeod is where it is now, doesn't mean that's exactly where it was 50 years ago.

[Buzzard]

Originally Posted by Eagle Eye

wasnt the grain elevator on the west side of Mcleod? the one they ripped down a bout 10 years ago, or was that a different one?

If you're referring to the ones in Midnapore, yes, they were on the west side. But if you look at the old, and the new pictures that are posted, you see that the road once in midnapore, curves to the east a bit, giving the idea that the elevator is on the east side.

[Jordan!]

Good stuff!

[stampsx2]

Too bad we don't have street view from 50 years ago. Ah never mind I waste enough time on CPF as it is.

[T@T]

This photo says Bowness golfcourse clubhouse cir 1969. never knew there was a course in bowness, anyone know where it was?