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Photo of Carr fields and house
20th Century, Circa late-1920's
Oliver, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Kelowna Photo Bank

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The quick growth and presentation of Oliver's agricultural industry posed a threat to itself; many orchardists lost out to orchardists whose crops were ripe earlier. The first ones to ship their fruit on to the larger Vancouver market could demand higher prices, and demand decreased enough with their sales that late-season growers could not, in many cases, break profit margins in their sales due to under-cutting.

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Farmer picking vegetable, name unknown
20th Century, 1910-1930
Oliver, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Hunter, Ivan

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To counter the problem of undercutting and monopolies by early-harvest varieties, the Oliver Producers' Association (to be incorporated in 1923 as the "Oliver Co-operative Growers' Exchange") was assembled to establish fair pricing and competition, as well as to help growers to get their product to the market in a timely and cost-efficient manner.

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The town of Oliver in the Project in its beginning
20th Century, Circa early 1920's
Oliver, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Town of Oliver

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Wally Smith on Newspapers
8 November 1980
Oliver, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Smith, Wally
Oliver-Osoyoos Branch of Okangan Historical Society

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North-facing photo of mainstreet Oliver showing businesses
20th Century, Circa mid-1920's
Oliver, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Mabee, George

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Some business-owners went to great effort to relocate to Oliver. One such entrepeneur, Harry Fairweather, dismantled his Queensboro hotel in 1921, and by freight car, barge, and truck, moved the dismantled building into Oliver for reconstruction. The hotel was completed in 1922, and re-opened as the Oliver Hotel.

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Men and women in front of the Queensborough Hotel, New Westminster, before it was moved to Oliver
20th Century, circa 1915 to 1920
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Reinhart, Edith

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With the establishment of a steadily-growing agricultural export, and the stability offered by the Growers' Exchange, little Oliver continued to attract settlers looking to take a shot at the orchardist lifestyle. With no boom-and-busts, the town just grew and grew.

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Photo of Oliver
20th Century, Circa 1920's
Oliver, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Kelowna Photo Bank