Downtown Business District

The importance of Regina 's early downtown business community cannot be overstated. Regina 's early businessmen weren't just in the business of selling goods and services – they were in the business of selling Regina as a concept to new settlers. It is no accident that many of the town fathers were also many of the town's most prominent businessmen. The members of the Board of Trade overlapped with the members of the town council for a reason. Those businessmen wanted to attract new settlement to the community in order to foster their businesses, and so they joined the town council to ensure that Regina had facilities that would attract new settlers.

Many of the names of these downtown business owners are instantly familiar to Regina residents of today because their names grace downtown business blocks: the Williams Block, the Davin Block, the Darke Block. Other names are familiar because their contributions to the skyline of downtown left such an indelible mark on the city: the McCallum Hill Building . Still other local business owners have had Regina streets named in their honour: Goldman Crescent (named for clothing store magnate Leon Goldman), Ehman Bay (named partly for Adolf and Clara Ehman, pioneer business people who owned and operated butcher shops, movie theatres and hotels in the city), Pappas Crescent (named in honour of Louis and Nick Pappas, café owners).

Title: South Railway and Broad Streets
Date: 1883
Retrieval Number: CORA-B-83

Title: Birds' eye view of downtown Regina
Date: 1883
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-367

Title: Bird's Eye view of downtown
Date: 1884
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-389

Title:People at the Leader Building
Date: 1884
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-H-2

Title: People outside Grassick and Dickson Garters
Date: 1885
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-4

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Title: Regina Board of Trade
Date: 1890
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-296

Title: Glasgow House and employees
Date: 1900
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-294

Title: Bird's eye view of Regina downtown core
Date: 1900s
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-368

Title: 1800 block Scarth Street
Date: 1900
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-399

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Title: 1800 block Scarth Street
Date: 1900
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-401

Title: Bird's eye view of Regina 's downtown core
Date: 1900
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-371

Title: Barber shop
Date: 1903
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-1955

Title: Bird's-eye View of Regina's Downtown
Date: 1905
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-372

Title: Regina Grain Elevator
Date: 1905
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-1235

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Title: Thornton & Benson Refreshment Parlour
Date: 19?
Retrieval Number: CORA-B-748

Title: Looking east down 11 th Avenue from Scarth Street
Date: 1906
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-395

Title: Downtown Regina
Date: 1906
Retrieval Number: CORA-H-9

Title: Early Regina 's downtown core
Date: 1907
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-364

Title: Big crowd in front of Canada Drug & Book
Date: 1908
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-414

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Title: Bird's eye view of Stanley Park & South Railway
Date: 1908
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-413

Title: The Leader Building
Date: 1910
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-395

Title: Canadian Bank of Commerce
Date: 1910
Retrieval Number: CORA-B-298

Title: South Railway Street & Hamilton Street looking east
Date: 1910
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-1942

Title: Corner of South Railway and Hamilton Streets
Date: 1910
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-1943

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Title: Birds' eye view of downtown Regina
Date: 1910
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-365

Title: The last wagon train
Date: 191?
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-398

Title: 1700 Block Scarth Street
Date: 1910
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-402

Title: Assiniboia Club
Date: 1911
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-208

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Title: Lorne Street and Victoria Avenue
Date: 1911
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-205

Title: Bird's-eye View of Downtown Regina
Date: 1911
Retrieval Number: CORA-B-546

Title: Bird's-eye View of Regina's Downtown
Date: 1911
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-370

Title: Regina Board of Trade Pamphlet
Date(s) of Creation/Date of Publication: 1911
Page Number of Scanned Image: p. 10-11

Title: Regina Board of Trade Pamphlet
Date(s) of Creation/Date of Publication: 1911
Page Number of Scanned Image: Front cover

Title: Regina Board of Trade Pamphlet
Date(s) of Creation/Date of Publication: 1911
Page Number of Scanned Image: p. 5

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Title: Horses delivering pianos
Date: 1912
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-528

TTitle: Sherwood Department Store
Date: 1913
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-747

Title: Corner of 11 th and Hamilton , looking West
Date: ca. 1913
Retrieval Number: CORA-B-545

Title: McCallum Hill Building
Date: 1913
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-1497

Title: Cast of “The Toreador”
Date: 1913
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-4

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Title: Canada Permanent Building
Date: 1913
Retrieval Number: CORA-B-744

Title: Businesses along 11 th Avenue
Date: 1913
Retrieval Number: CORA-B-746

Title: Front View of the Canada Permanent Building , 11 th and Scarth
Date: 1913
Retrieval Number: CORA-B-745

Title: Rose Theatre Orchestra
Date: 1914
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-61

Title: Rose Theatre Staff
Date: 1914
Retrieval Number: CORA-B-773

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Title: Scarth Street looking south
Date: 1915
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-397

Title: Downtown Regina
Date: 1915
Retrieval Number: CORA-H-1

Title: Regina Steam and Laundry
Date: 1920
Retrieval Number: CORA-B-297

Title: Scarth Street and King's Hotel, Regina , Sask.
Date: 1920
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-1332

Title: Engel Bros. Boots and Shoes
Date: 1920
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-F-11

Title: Regina Theatre Advertisement
Date(s) of Creation/Date of Publication: ca. 1920

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Title: Capitol Theatre
Date: 1922
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-973

Title: "Merrie England " Regina Theatre Production
Date: 1922
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-73a

Title: Part of the Business District, Regina , Saskatchewan
Date: ca. 1925
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-1220

Title: Eleventh Avenue from Post Office, Regina , Saskatchewan
Date: 1925
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-1213

Title: Eleventh Ave. looking East, Regina , Saskatchewan
Date: 1925
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-1214

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Title: Freddy Rowan in “Cingalee”
Date: 1925
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-74

Title: R.H. Williams & Sons Department Store
Date: 1925
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-1217

Title: Knox United Church, Regina , Saskatchewan
Date: 1925
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-1215

Title: Masonic Temple Building
Date: 1926
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-167

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Title: 11 th Avenue looking east, Regina , Sask
Date: 1933
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-678

Title: Downtown Regina
Date: 1935
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-216

Title: Hamilton and 12 th Avenue
Date: 1936
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-543

Title: Hamilton St. and 11 th Avenue
Date: 1936
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-542

Title: Looking east down 11 th Avenue
Date: ca. 1937
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-392

Title: Looking north up Cornwall Street
Date: 1937
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-551

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Title: Looking west down 11 th Avenue
Date: 1937
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-545

Title: Rear view of the McCallum Hill Building, Saskatchewan Government Telephones and the YMCA
Date: 1937
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-550

Title: Bird's- eye View of Regina
Date: 1937
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-549

Title: Bird's- eye View of Regina
Date: 1937
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-548

Title: Regina Theatre
Date: 1939
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-518

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Title: Grand Theatre
Date: 1940
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-199

Title: Invitation to a reception in honour of the cast of Cecil B. de Milles' “North West Mounted Police” Date(s) of Creation/Date of Publication: 1940

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