Category: Cultural

Alberta Cat Club Letterhead

Richard Hardisty’s Application for Scrip

Dated July 1, 1885

“Beaulieu”, residence of Senator James Lougheed, Calgary, Alberta

View of Beaulieu house and gardens from Souvenir Album, Calgary. The House is located at 707-13 Avenue SW. It has been designated as a National and Provincial Historic […]

Lady Lougheed

Portrait of Lady Lougheed in ball gown with flowers.

Dorothy Lougheed in First Nations headdress and clothing

Dorothy Lougheed, dressed in First Nations headdress and outfit, posing by a car in front of Beaulieu.

Southern Alberta Pioneer and Oldtimers women’s group at Lougheed House

Ladies dressed in First Nation’s costumes displaying their handicrafts. L-R: Ruth Irwin, Elizabeth McDougall, Annie McDougall, Nettie Wright. Image featured in the Calgary Herald newspaper July 12, 1923.

Dance card

Dance card filled with names. Found in Lady Lougheed’s bedroom during restoration of Lougheed House.

Dance card with pencil

Dance card filled with names. Found in Lady Lougheed’s bedroom during restoration of Lougheed House.

Garden party at Beaulieu

This photo was likely taken during the 1919 garden party that was attended by the Prince of Wales.

Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire membership pin

Chatelaine

This chatelaine was used by Lady Lougheed. It consists of three small notebooks and a pencil attached to a chain and would have been worn at the waist. […]

Beaulieu under construction

Photograph appeared in The Globe newspaper in Toronto on October 17, 1891.