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North Side of Lake Street1913
Mirror, Alberta
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A horse and buggy travels along the North side of Main street in Mirror.16
Mirror's Buildings Mapped Out1912
Mirror, Alberta
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Here's a really good view of where the rail yards were situated in Mirror, with the locations of many of the stores and homes of the time marked as to where they stood in town.18
Downtown at Night1912
Mirror, Alberta
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Mystical Mirror, a bright star at night on the prairies.20
The First Fire in Mirror15 May 1912
Mirror, Alberta
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The first big fire in Mirror, early in the morning on May 15, 1912, one of three. The other two happened in the early 1920's.Steer's Boarding house and Ezra Wiltse's general store both burned up in this blaze.
The fire started during Mr. Wilse's breakfast preparation in the upper storey of the general store, when the coal oil stove exploded.
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The Imperial Hotel1912
Mirror, Alberta
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Here is Mirror's Imperial Hotel, which is still standing and in use today. Except for aging, it pretty well looks the same today, as it did back then in 1912.In this photo, the photographer would be standing NW of the hotel. The hotel door was angled for entrance off the corner, rather than from a side wall.
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The Dining Room in the Mirror Hotel1912
Mirror, Alberta
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The dining room inside the Imperial Hotel.First class dining was offered in here.
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The Flewelling Store and Baby Henry, first child born in Mirror1912
Mirror, Alberta
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Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Flewelling with baby Henry, in front of their farm machinery store in Mirror.It was also later used as a hardware and furniture store, and a funeral parlour.
This photo was taken around 1914.
The Flewwellings first built this building as a combination blacksmith shop and office in 1911, and it was situated between the two livery barns. He and his wife lived there as well until 1912.
About 1916, a building was moved from Tees and added to the existing blacksmith shop, and was used as a woodworking shop.
The office portion was moved to main street in 1920, and eventually became the Connelly store.
The shop portion was torn down in 1920, and a lot of the materials were used to build a garage behind the main street store.
The woodworking shop was moved and made into the living quarters at the rear of the Connelly store.
This building is still standing and in use as our general store in Mirror.
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