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Lake Isle, Alberta.

Canadian citizenship document for Mirdza Poruks nee Grivnieks.

Party with the Edmonton Latvians.

Latvian folk art in the Benkis home. These symbols are, from top to bottom: first, the cross-hatch star, second, the symbol of Auseklis, and the third (lower) symbol represents Usins, the God of horses and light who is often a good luck charm.

Latvian elementary school class photo; Leipaija area resident Elma Trankaris (married name Bruzis) seen second from left in the second row from the bottom, smiling at her teacher.

Ethnic Latvian weaver Biruta Friemanis shows her woven belts, November, 2011.

Samples of Latvian mittens created by ethnic Latvian and accomplished weaver, Biruta Friemanis of Calgary, Alberta. Latvian mittens have significance apart from design and function; they were traditionally given as wedding gifts to the bride and were in ancient times, tied to the festive costumes and worn as decoration. Photo taken November, 2011.

House owned by Annie Cheple in Bellamy Hill, Edmonton.

Text written by Biruta Friemanis' grandson, Christian for a school project.

Newlyweds Ted and Viola Baker donne their newly purchased winter coats in the chilly Edmonton air, 1946.

Portion of a knitted baby blanket made by Biruta Friemanis. All images are designed and executed by Mrs. Friemanis and she uses a traditional Latvian knitting stitch to put her panels together.

Woven textile finished by Latvian weaver Irma Tumshevic, mother of Biruta Friemanis of Calgary, Alberta.

Latvian poetry books translated by ethnic Latvian and Alberta teacher Eduards Freimanis. Photo taken November, 2011.

Unidentified musicians on the Jones' farm, circa 1910.

Detail of knitted blanket by ethnic Latvian weaver Biruta Friemanis of Calgary, Alberta. Photo taknen November, 2011.

Latvian woodwork, weaving and pottery decorating the home of ethnic Latvian and Canadian citizen, Peter Green.

Olga Jones and her sister with their new babies, Latvia, circa 1905.

arty goers Beth and Uldis "Ollie" Auzins. Beth is a well-known singer in the community and Ollie was an Edmonton Police officer.

View of the Lake Isle from the Jones farm.

Janis "John" Dimitris and friends in a German displaced persons camp.

Boy Scouts and schoolchildren surrounded an American military ambulance in a German refugee camp in 1946.

Ethnic Latvian and Calgary resident Biruta Friemanis shows a sample of her knitted blankets. November of 2011.

Donna Birzgalis in traditional Latvian costume.

Roland Benkis, his mother and his brother, Andris. Hannover, Germany. 1947.

Latvian mittens knitted by ethnic Latvian and accomplished weaver Biruta Friemanis of Calgary, Alberta.