A Day of Discovery

Alberta is known for many things. One of those is oil. One of the earliest discoveries took place just south of Edmonton. Here is a picture from my archive collection of the Leduc No. 1 oil well taken on this day in 1947

[Maggiemae]

Goodness, this photo is really special- part of history!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Graham Thresher]

A fantastic capture of times gone by.

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful photo of the past. (love that first car in front )

[Karin Hirsch]

Great capture of history, love all the old cars in the photo and the pov

[Jo Ann Bellone]

cool retro shot Brian

[Carole Imes]

How cool to see all the autos from that area! Great photo!

[Anita Campbell]

Love this oldie. Always enjoy the old ones that show the cars and other "up to the date" things from the era. The old oil well is a familiar sight too... in AB and soCal. My Dad helped wire the very first Signal Hill (near Long Beach) oil wells here in soCal when he arrived from Nebraska as a 18 year old. 1920. Some of them are still pumping.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

What a great picture. I love all those vintage cars, too.

[Shirley Banford]

Wow! You can feel the age of this shot. Nice.

[Paula W]

What a wonderful old image, so much history here. Aren't the cars great.

[KWind]

Nice historical shot!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Nice tie in to the history of your city.

[Katie]

Really cool archival shot!

[Yorkie]

Great vintage shot.

[Louise & Ken]

How lovely to have something akin to the Eiffel Tower in Alberta!

[Raye]

Awesome! What a treasure!

[Claire]

Nice capture!

[Candace]

Wonderful find!

[Fisher Family]

Wonderful piece of history captured in this picture. Katharine

[Stephanie Swift]

An interesting bit of history, and I like seeing all those old cars.

[Hubregt Visser]

I especially like the cars

[Bill Fenske]

fav

[Peter Dulis]

Love it ...

[Tineke]

Wow thisis old, great to look at

[Lisa Pouncy]

Wonderful historical photograph xx

[Harry J Benson]

nice automobiles

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely vintage shot

[Cindy McFarland]

Such beautiful tones in this one!

[bkb in the city]

@cimes1 Glad you enjoyed this one Carole

[bkb in the city]

@aglennc that is very interesting. Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@mittens Glad you enjoyed this one

[bkb in the city]

@sabanford Thanks Shirley

[bkb in the city]

@paulaw Yes Paula there really are terrific cars in this picture

[bkb in the city]

@kwind Thanks Kim

[bkb in the city]

@olivetreeann I forgot to mention that the oil Derrick now stands in a park at the entrance to the city

[bkb in the city]

@archaeofrog Thanks Katie

[bkb in the city]

@yorkie Thanks Yorkie

[bkb in the city]

@Weezilou This one is now actually on display at the entrance to the cit

[bkb in the city]

@sunraye The nice thing about this is that it is now on display at the entrance to the city

[bkb in the city]

@tuya Thanks Claire

[bkb in the city]

@ribbet9 It is a photo that I truly treasure having

[bkb in the city]

@fishers Yes Katharine it really is

[bkb in the city]

@tristansmum Glad you like this one Stephanie

[bkb in the city]

@hjv Glad you like them Hubregt

[bkb in the city]

@bill_fe Thanks Bill

[bkb in the city]

@pdulis Glad to hear it Peter

[bkb in the city]

@tstb Glad to share it

[bkb in the city]

@psychographer Glad you enjoyed it Lisa

[bkb in the city]

@hjbenson Harry there is a great collection there

[bkb in the city]

@ziggy77 Glad you enjoyed this one Jo

[bkb in the city]

@cindymc Glad you like it Cindy

[Sandi]

Very historic--so cool that you posted this!

[mervyn hobbs]

That is great history.

[❀ Lynn]

Have the wells ever changed! Great history shot.

[Sandi]

I really enjoy capturing a glimpse of the old-time cars in this photo, too. You have provided a fantastic reproduction of this image! Isn't it amazing what effects energy and oil have had on all of our lives?