February 26, 2014

As practical jokes go, this one was a doozy! My thoughts on reading this account were how much fun it would have been to see, but that something like this sure wouldn’t happen now!

oie_26174424aQxY5eqZ — Grande Prairie Herald,
Feb. 24,1918 pg.5

SPRA 0032.08.07.15: Corona Hotel. Early stages of the fire, taken from the street in front of the hotel. Horses, sleigh and men in foreground, February 1936. — SPRA 0032.08.07.15: This photograph is no joke! The Royal George – which later became the Corona Hotel. Early stages of the fire, taken from the street in front of the hotel. Horses, sleigh and men in foreground, February 1936.

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