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Title	Swimming pool, Riley Park.
Identifier	aj_76-13
Subject	Calgary (Alta.) -- History
Location	Calgary, Alberta
Time Coverage	4-Aug-63
Photographer	Alison Jackson
Donor	Alison Jackson Estate
Type	Still Image
Repository	Calgary Public Library, Central Library, Local History Room
Collection	Alison Jackson Photograph Collection
Rights	Copyright Calgary Public Library. 616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary AB, T2G 2M2, 1+(403)260-2785 hum1@calgarypubliclibrary.com
Date Photo	4-Aug-63
Format Photo	35mm colour slide. Taken with a Praktica camera using Kodachrome II daylight film K135.
Width Digital	4096
Height Digital	2706
File Size	32495.754 KB
File type	TIF
Notes	“Then & Now” columns appeared weekly in the Calgary Herald between 2002 and 2005. The following article appeared April 20, 2004. Then: Riley Park • In 1910, MLA Ezra Hounsfield Riley donated 20 acres (eight hectares) of land to the city with the understanding that it be used only for park purposes. Development of the park started in 1912, with 7,873 shrubs and trees planted, installation of play equipment, a surrounding picket fence and "costly" entrance gates. Some sources believe Riley stipulated that the only park team sport played would be cricket. However, the Calgary Tigers played football there in 1912. The swimming pool, originally mud bottomed, had been left with a small island crowned with a clump of willows by parks superintendent William Reader. The rock garden north of the pool was started in 1928. Now: Riley Park • The park is still one of the jewels of the city, with its beautiful gardens and is a frequently used location for wedding photographs. In the summer, the pool is very popular as are concerts, which are held in the fibre-covered bandstand. Active fundraising by three local bands is being conducted to replace the bandstand with a more permanent, metal one. The Calgary and District Cricket League is still playing cricket, which has been played there since 1910, on the three original pitches and using the 1919 pavilion.
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