Vehicles and customers outside of the Aspen Beach Grocery, Gull Lake, 1920. (Photo submitted by the Lacombe and District Historical Society)

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Vehicles and customers outside of the Aspen Beach Grocery, Gull Lake, 1920

Vehicles and customers outside of the Aspen Beach Grocery, Gull Lake, 1920. (Photo submitted by the Lacombe and District Historical Society)

By News Staff Lacombe Express

Vehicles and customers outside of the Aspen Beach Grocery, Gull Lake, 1920

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