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Pirates of the Cowribbean Parade Float

The University of British Columbia Dairy Education and Research Centre Agassiz Fall Fair and Corn Festival float, 2018. The students have created a Pirates of the Cowribbean themed […]

Corn Harvest Time in Agassiz

Madeline Appel, Aime Sache and Jim Cuthbert standing in an Agassiz corn field around harvest time, circa 1930 to 1940. Aime Sache is holding a young calf’s lead. […]

Agassiz Family Portrait

Agassiz family tea after a tennis game at the Agassiz Homestead, circa 1891. Front Row: Luella Agassiz Brown (holding Ted), Mary Caroline Agassiz, Constance Agassiz. Back Row: Edith […]

Agassiz Hop Field and Pickers

Summer hop pickers with their families in an Agassiz field, 1940s. This image was captured during the Agassiz hop boom prior to the Fraser River flood of 1948.

Loaded Milk Cart at the Agassiz CPR Station

Farmers with loaded milk cart and work horse at the Agassiz CPR Station, 1948. The work horse was used to pull the fully loaded carts to meet the […]

The Agassiz Family Homestead, 1800s

Family members sitting on the porch greeting visitors arriving/departing by cart from the Agassiz Family Homestead, late 1800s. This large home, which still stands in the same location […]

Early 20th Century Agassiz Farmscape

An early Agassiz farming workscape with horse teams and cows in front of a barn, early 1900s. Family members are busy carrying out their daily chores.

Waiting for the Train in Agassiz

A crowd of people on the platform waiting for the train at the Agassiz CPR station, 1940s. Many of these people likely came to Agassiz to work in […]

Agassiz Fall Fair Parade: Adults in Costumes

Adults in corn cob and can of corn costumes walking in the Agassiz Fall Fair parade, mid-1900s. They are holding a sign which reads “Agassiz prize corn from […]

Agassiz-Harrison Board of Trade Fall Fair Float

Agassiz-Harrison Board of Trade Fall Fair parade float car, 1958. Passengers include Corn King Seigfried Bartel, Regatta Queen Doris Pickard, May Queen Sharon Berisoff, and Klondyke Queen Gail […]

Agassiz CPR Station

The train has just pulled into the Agassiz station where passengers are eagerly waiting on the platform, 1933. A Harrison Hot Springs taxi is ready to transport passengers […]

The Salmon Queen during the 1948 Flood

Milk cannisters ready to be shipped on the Salmon Queen, 1948. With the CPR railway washed out, farmers had to find alternative means of transporting their main product to […]