Grand Opening - 24 July 2010

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24 July 2010 - View of the Bell Barn Interpretive Centre from the northeast, with Highway 56 in the foreground. (Source: Cliff Paddington)

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24 July 2010 - Close-up aerial view of the Bell Barn Interpretive Centre from the northeast. (Source: Cliff Paddington)

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24 July 2010 - The reconstructed Bell Barn and the rented Grand Opening tent, as seen from the north. (Source: Cliff Paddington)

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24 July 2010 - Visitors start to arrive at the Bell Barn Interpretive Centre, 1 mile north of Indian Head, in time for the Grand Opening. (source: Cliff Paddington)

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24 July 2010 - View of the Bell Barn and the Cottage Washroom-Maintenance Building from the northeast, with the rented tent opposite the south entrance. (Source: Cliff Paddington)

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24 July 2010 - Yellow fields of canola bloom around the Bell Barn Interpretive Centre site, as seen from the northeast. (Source: Cliff Paddington)

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24 July 2010 - View from the south of the Bell Barn Interpretive Centre site, just before the Grand Opening ceremonies took place in the tent to the left. (Source: Cliff Paddington)

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24 July 2010 - Albert and Viola May stand behind a display of original Bell Farm documents, including a letter written by Guy May from the Barn on December 25, 1882. The letter was on loan from the May family for the Grand Opening. (Source: Frank Korvemaker)

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24 July 2010 - Head Table guests and auctioneer Ken McDonald enjoy their supper while the band plays on the stage behind them. An assortment of items up for auction line the stage and tables. (Source: Frank Korvemaker)

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24 July 2010 - Among the items up for auction at the Dinner-Auction was a photograph of the Bell Barn taken by Regina photographer Larry Easton, showing the Barn as it appeared before it was dismantled in 2008. (Source: Frank Korvemaker)

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