Dickson Store Museum
Spruce View, Alberta

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The Dickson Store
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Variety of containers and crockery
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Variety of tools used by pioneers
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Interior of Store (restored)
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Various personal products carried by the store
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Carl Christiansen's invoicing and account notebook
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Conversation with a Danish pioneer
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Charge account record of customer purchases
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Customer account records cabinet
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Gordon Christiansen explains how selling cream enabled farmers to buy staple products
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Gordon Christiansen describes some of the items used for barter
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Bowl, paddles and press used to make butter for trade at store
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Egg crate used to pack and transport eggs
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Butter in cold storage room
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Cold storage room (restored)
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Ice tongs used to carry blocks of ice
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Ice saw used to cut blocks of ice for storage room
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The store had one of the few radios in the community.
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Gordon Christiansen talks about how the store telephone was an important service to the community.
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