The fire brigade tries out a new pumper, as captured by a nervous photographer. Despite the technology, Lloydminster, like most of the urban centres of the day, experienced periodic devastating fires.
Photo Courtesy of Marjorie Brooks
Below, the pride of Lloydminster when its brick and marble rose above the sea of clapboard structures; was destroyed in the Great Fire of August 19, 1929
Photo courtesy of the Doug Aston Collection
Lloydminsterites would rebuild a new post office on the same site, which survives as the Heritage Building.