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Biruta Friemanis and granddaughter.

Children in a German displaced persons camp, 1945.

Newspaper clipping about the reunion of Fred and Eduard Cheple, father and son.

Tombstone of Vicki Krawchuk nee Jones of Lake Isle, Alberta. Magnolia cemetery.

Traditional Latvian mittens created by ethnic Latvian and accomplished weaver Biruta Friemanis of Calgary, Alberta. Latvians have been knitting and weaving for so long that archaelogists have found mittens dating ten centuries back! The multicoloured fringe on the top mitten is a motif common to the Vidzeme Region but the colour choices are common to Latgale. Floral patterns are most commonly used in Kurzeme and Vidzeme.

Jones family portrait. John and Olga seated. Lake Isle, Alberta, circa 1965.

Ethnic Latvians, Augusts Gales, Rudy Vilks, Alex Stals, John Snepsts, unknown gentleman, and Voldemars Bruzis ice fishing on Lake Wabumun.

"Ollie" Uldis Auzins surveying the old family property in Latvia, 1991.

The Auzins at the Fischbach DP camp near Nuremburg, Germany. Sons George and Ollie in Scout uniforms; Andy on right. Ca 1946.

Lidija and Sergejs Benkis with their son Roland. Riga, Latvia. ca 1935.

Geologist Roland Benkis explored the Bighorn River Valley, Alberta for coal in 1969.

Family portrait, Ilga Green as a child.

Woven stool cover made by ethnic Latvian ?, mother of Biruta Friemanis of Calgary, Alberta. Photo taken in November, 2011.

Latvian folk art displayed on the fireplace of Peter Green's Edmonton home. Photo taken in 2011.

">Detail of knitted blanket by ethnic Latvian weaver Irma Tumshevic.

Latvian education continuted for elementary and high school students housed in the Accu camp near Hannover, Germany. Both Baiba Trautmanis and her future husband Roland Benkis attended school in Accu DP camp.

Biruta Friemanis on her wedding day in Edmonton, Alberta. 1948.

Ruins on the Jones farm. Lake Isle, Alberta.

Donna Birzgalis in traditional Latvian costume.

Ethnic Latvian Biruta Friemanis showing her scores of hand-made mittens. November, 2011.

Knitted blanket designed and made by ethnic Latvian Irma Tumshevic, mother of Biruta Friemanis, for her athletic grandson. Photo taken in November, 2011.

Building on the Jones farm.

Bookmarks made by accomplished weaver and ethnic Latvian Biruta Friemanis of Calgary, Alberta. Photo taken November, 2011.

Pigeon Lake party on the Auzins' farm.

The Dimitris family enjoyed the beaches of Latvia. Circa 1935.