Oldies But Goodies

Here are a couple of very old shots taken of Rossland in January, 1932. My thanks to Mr. J. Albo of the Rossland Curling Association for allowing me to borrow the photos and scan them into my computer.

The first picture was taken right downtown, with Mount Roberts in the background. If you look closely to the lower right of the mountain and just visible above left of the rather enormous snowbank, you can just make out the Silver Star Mine buildings, which are no longer there.


These pictures were obviously taken before we had skookum snow removal like we do now, including a couple of graders and a duo of large snowblowers similar to this nice yellow beast.
A little noisy, but efficient. We no longer have humungous snowbanks like those hanging out downtown.

This second photo was taken from the top of Columbia Ave. near the hospital, which has been closed many years now and has been renovated into some fancy condos. (Personally, I wouldn't buy a condo that had once been part of a hospital...A little creepy. I spent time in that hospital when I was seven and had my appendix out. My mother also had her appendix out there.)


Again, Mount Roberts predominates, Record Ridge just to the left and you can just see the peak of Old Glory to the right.