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10310 - 102 Avenue. In 1910 Ross Brothers retail and wholesale dealers built what was considered one of the most modern hardware warehouses in Western Canada. The Boardwalk was designed by E.C. Hopkins, and built by Pheasey and Baston. From this time on this area became a focal point in Edmonton's commercial and warehouse district during its first major boom preceding the First World War.
From 1910 to 1912 Ross Bros. operated this building. James Ross had arrived in Edmonton in 1878 and was a town alderman on four occasions. From 1912 until 1921 Marshall Wells Hardware owned the building, and in the fifty years between 1921 and 1971 Ashdowne Hardware, whose painted logo was for many years a feature of this corner, carried on the business. In 1928 and 1940 additions were made.
N.A. Properties, the current owners, completed a major restoration of the building. It is considered as the largest and best example of Second Renaissance Revival style in Edmonton.

12327 - 102 Avenue.
This building was constructed in 1912 as an apartment and retail complex on land purchased by a group of investors from Edmonton pioneer Malcolm Groat. These investors, collectively known as the River View Land Company, included Edmonton florist Walter Ramsay and well-known physician Dr. Edgar Allin.
Herbert Magoon and George H. Macdonald designed this three storey red brick structure. The upper floors had hardwood floors, transoms with high ceilings and natural gas fireplaces. The Edmonton Bulletin described it as, "...a most desireable residential property in the west end."
Residents of the 10 apartments likely did most of their grocery shopping at City Grocery Number 2, a major tenant on the main floor. The advertisements for the food store can still be seen on the upper wall of the south side of the building. In the 1950's an annex was built on the eastern end of the building and housed more suites and a bank.
Over the years the building has accommodated various tenants including several restaurants and drugstores. But perhaps the apartment's most famous tenant was World War I ace and legendary bush pilot Wilfrid "Wop" May.

8101 - 103 Street.
In 1891 the first train arrived in South Edmonton. The original station was a wooden structure built just south of this location. A replica of that station has been recreated by the Junior League of Edmonton and is used as the C & E Railway Museum.
Construction began on this building in 1907 and it was opened on January 21, 1908, at a cost of $30,000. Its architectural style combines a mixture of Scottish and French Chateau schools of design. The second storey remained undeveloped until 1914 when it was then used as a storage facility and living quarters for train crews. Although Strathcona amalgamated with Edmonton in 1912, it was not until 1932 that the name of the station was changed from Strathcona to South Edmonton Station.
The last passenger train left this terminal in 1985 and in 1992 the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada designated the building a heritage railway station.
Strathcona Station remains one of only four stations of its design in Alberta, all of which were built from 1905 to 1910.

10828 - 125 Street.
The Chandler Barn is a rare surviving example of a once common style of building in Edmonton. Up until the First World War, transportation was dominated by horse-drawn vehicles, with the first automobiles only making their appearance on Edmonton streets in 1904. Instead of a garage for cars, many early Edmonton residents built small barns for a horse and carriage on their residential lots.
In 1912 Edward Chandler and his wife Lillian purchased a lot in the new residential area of Westmount. Chandler had moved to Edmonton from his birthplace in New Brunswick with his family as part of the great Alberta economic boom preceding the First World War. He worked as a lumber inspector and printer in Edmonton and was wealthy enough to apply for a permit to build a house and small barn and carriage house on the lot that same year.

These glass negatives were taken from a glass slide collection entitled: Ships, dogs, horses, military, etc.

These glass negatives were taken from a glass slide collection entitled: Plans of Vancouver.

These glass negatives were taken from a glass slide collection entitled: England After WWII (all plans for rebuilding of City of Coventry - Mr. Hillerud, 1945

These glass negatives were taken from a glass slide collection entitled: England After WWII (all plans for rebuilding of City of Coventry - Mr. Hillerud, 1945

These glass negatives were taken from a glass slide collection entitled: England After WWII (all plans for rebuilding of City of Coventry - Mr. Hillerud, 1945

These glass negatives were taken from a glass slide collection entitled: Anthropology - anatomy