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Little Chicago / Royalties: An Oil Boomtown in Alberta
Location: Little Chicago / Royalties, Alberta, Canada

 
Looking west over the bustling town of Little Chicago/Royalties
1 of 89 		Front page of the Calgary Herald
2 of 89 		View of Little Chicago looking north to Black Diamond. Some skid shacks are visible.
3 of 89 		What did Little Chicago smell like?
4 of 89 		A wide shot of Little Chicago and its main road
5 of 89 		A view of Little Chicago, the main road, some cars, and oil derricks
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How did Little Chicago grow and function?
7 of 89 		Houses and shacks were quickly constructed during the oil boom
8 of 89 		A man fixing a little shack in Little Chicago
9 of 89 		Part of Main Street in Little Chicago
10 of 89 		Emil Brunsgaard delivering water to a house
11 of 89 		What was it like to work in the oil industry?
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Duquette and crew
13 of 89 		Duquette and crew inside the Brown 4 Star Rig
14 of 89 		A crew of oil workers
15 of 89 		Oil workers inside a derrick house
16 of 89 		Was Little Chicago a dangerous town to grow up in?
17 of 89 		A Little Chicago business on fire
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