
1910s - Bell / Campkin Farmhouse
The Campkin family lived here from about 1903 until 1910.

1910s - The stone Bell / Campkin Farm Residence
Harry Campkin and family lived here from about 1903 until 1910 - Bell Farmhouse c1903-1910 - Harry Campkin Residence - with new fence and verandah

1909 (ca.) - Bell / Campkin Farm Residence, hedge and fence
View of the Bell Farmhouse (far left) and of the Bell Farm round barn (far right - hardly visible) during the years when the Campkin family owned the property.

1920s - Frank Holden family
The Holden family lived in the stone Farmhouse from about 1949 until about 1959

1923 - Bell Barn converted for use as a cattle barn
Photo taken in 1923 - By the 1920s, the home portion of the Bell Farm had been acquired by the Holden family.

1923 - Carriage and Cattle by the Barn on the Holden Dairy Farm
Photo taken in 1923 - The northern segment of the Bell-Holden Dairy Farm photograph, showing part of the round stone barn, some of the frame outbuildings, a horse and rider, farm equipment, a covered buggy, and some cattle.

1923 - Holden (Bell) Farmhouse
Photo donated by Connie (Bell) MacCrimmon - B.F. Holden bought the Bell Farmhouse and accompanying lands in 1917.

1930s - Edwin and Marguerite Haid - Bell /Holden Farm neighbours
The Haid family lived on a farm located just south of the Bell Farm headquarters from 1935 until 1949.

1944 - Bell Farm Cottages 6 & 7 - Mrs. Irene Margaret (W.H.) Martin
Mrs. Irene Martin outside her home - two Bell Farm Cottages linked with a common central hallway. They moved here around 1925-26.

1944 - Bell Farm Cottages 6 & 7 - Martin-Willerth House - exterior
Two Bell Farm Cottages linked with a common hallway and central entry below the dormer.

1944 - Cottages 6-7 - Martin-Willerth House - fireplace
Detail of the fireplace in the Martin house.

1950s - Bell Barn - before 1956
Bell Barn photo from a 1956 newspaper - November 15, 1956 - The Bell Barn as documented for an article by Violet McNaughton in the Western Producer newspaper, p. 16. Photo likely taken some time before 1956.

1950 (ca.) - Bell Farmhouse - north side
Close up view of the north side of the original Bell Farmhouse from the barn. This photo was printed in May 1956 - probably taken in 1955.

1950 (ca.) - Demolition of the Bell Farmhouse, with Barn in background
1949 - The Bell Farmhouse, in the process of being demolished, as documented in an article 7 years later by Violet McNaughton in the Western Producer newspaper. 15 Nov. 1956, p. 16.

1955 - Bell Barn
Photo by: Mike Kesterton - Photo Services - 55-152-08 - The Bell Barn - July 1955 - probably photographed after the Bell Farmhouse was demolished.

1955 - Bell Farm
Photo by: Mike Kesterton - Photo Services 55-152-09 - The Bell Barn - July - 1955 - probably photographed after the Bell Farmhouse was demolished.

1955 - Original Wooden Historic Marker for Bell Farm
SAB_GM_R-A4193 - When the provincial government initiated its program to commemorate historic sites for the 1955 Jubilee Celebrations, one of the first to be erected was this marker, located at India Head, at the intersection of Highways 1 and 56.

1956 - Aerial view of the Bell Barn and new house
Close-up view of the round stone Bell Barn, erected in 1882 and modified in the mid 1920, when the current round silo replaced the octagonal lookout tower. The small white frame house replaced the original two storey stone Be;ll Farm house in the early 1950s.

1950 (ca.) - Bell Barn
Close up view of the Bell Barn from the southeast. This photo was printed in May 1956 - probably taken in 1955.

1960s - Bell Barn - oldest known colour image of the Barn
The Bell Barn in the 1960s. The vast open prairie is still evident almost a century after the barn wa constructed. (Source: Dan Loran)
The photos in this section will deal with overall historic views of the Bell Farm from the time of its establishment in 1882 through its evolution into small family-sized farms in the 1890s and after. These images may show farming operations, like seeding and harvesting, various farm buildings, construction and other activities. It concludes with the incorporation of the Bell Barn into a well-landscaped acreage late in the 20th century.