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Clear view from east riverbank of houses on Spadina Crescent East.

Detail of PH 90 56, bottom panel. Clear view from east riverbank of houses on Spadina Crescent East between 19th and 20th Street.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Barr Colonists with horses and wagons.

Barr Colonists ready to leave Saskatoon for Lloydminster district. Tents in background. Colonists with livestock and loaded wagons in foreground.

Date: 1903.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Panoramic view of downtown Saskatoon seen from Nutana riverbank.

Panoramic view of downtown Saskatoon seen from Nutana riverbank, Traffic Bridge at left. Prominent structures include old Knox Church, power plant, Drinkle Building no.1, Auditorium Roller Rink (before it was painted). Inset above shows 1st Avenue. & rail yards in 1903.

Date: 1912.

Photographer: Dill, Ralph.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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View of downtown from Nutana riverbank.

View of downtown from Nutana riverbank.Traffic Bridge at left. Prominent structures include old Knox Church, Empire Hotel, Flanagan Hotel.

Date: 1907 - 1913.

Photographer: Skewis, Benjamin P.? & Dill, Ralph?

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Panoramic view of downtown Saskatoon.

Panoramic view of downtown Saskatoon, taken from Nutana bank. Prominent structures include: Auditorium Roller Rink, YMCA, Traffic Bridge, St. John's Cathedral (under construction), Standard Trusts, St. Paul's & so on.

Date: 1913.

Photographer: Skewis, Benjamin P.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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South downtown Saskatoon.

Panoramic view taken from the top of the Canada Building showing downtown Saskatoon facing south and east. Chinatown is visible on 19th Street East, later the location of the Arena, and the South Saskatchewan River and Nutana are on the horizon.

Date: [ca. 1913].

Photographer: Skewis, Benjamin P.

Copyright information: Saskatoon Public Library.

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Large group of soldiers posed, in uniform.

Large group of soldiers posed, in uniform: "No.6 overseas draft A.M.C. to No. 10, Camp Hughes, 1916". May include George Wheten, husband of donor; he may have been George W. Wheten (1912-1965) who was a contractor.

Date: 1916.

Photographer: Bauslaugh, Taylor.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Panoramic view of University Bridge and riverbank.

Panoramic view of University Bridge and riverbank. Construction material and scaffolding at west end of bridge indicate the bridge was recently completed. Houses on Spadina Crescent and Kinsmen Park are visible. The foreground shows two men (one with rifle) on the riverbank behind the University of Saskatchewan President's Residence.

Date: 1916.

Photographer: Finley, William B.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association Convention.

Delegates at Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association 1916 District Convention, Prince Albert.

Date: 1916.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Panorama looking north on 3rd Avenue South.

Panorama looking North on 3rd Avenue South, toward 22nd Street East from halfway down block towards 21st Street. Fire Department vehicles, including ladder truck, lined up across 3rd Avenue. Onlookers watch as firefighters pose in and on equipment, including nine men on the ladder.

Date: [ca.1918-1920].

Photographer: Skewis, Benjamin P. ?

Copyright information: Public domain.

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John and Martha Gibson and family.

Panorama of John and Martha Gibson and members of both sides of the family at Forestry Farm.

Date: [192-].

Photographer: Gibson, John W.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Panoramic image of the intersection of 21st Street East and 2nd Avenue South.

Panoramic image taken from the intersection of 21st Street East and 2nd Avenue South. Image offers almost a 330 degree view of downtown.

Date: [ca. 1920s].

Photographer: Gibson, John W. ?

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Panoramic view of 2nd Avenue and 21st Street East.

Panoramic view of 2nd Avenue and 21st Street East as seen from intersection. (Camera produces distortion with artifical curvature.) Corner buildings prominent: Union Building, Toronto General Trusts, and Canadian Bank of Commerce.

Date: [between 1920 and 1928].

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Barristers at a convention in Prince Albert.

Panoramic shot of 42 barristers posed in front of a gazebo or bandstand at a convention in Prince Albert, July 14-15, 1921. Donor's husband Cecil Schmidt is probably among them. He was a lawyer in Saskatoon 1922-1972.

Date: July 14, 15 1921.

Photographer: James.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Delegates to Kiwanis District convention pose for portrait.

Several hundred delegates to the middle provinces (Ft. William to Calgary) annual Kiwanis convention pose with "Buck" the billy goat mascot (left foreground) nest to the Exhibition grandstand at the Saskatoon Exhibition Grounds. This two day convention (August 22 and 23) began with a "monster parade" through downtown, then sessions held at temporary "Kiwanis City" as the Exhibition Grounds was deemed by civic charter.

Date: August 23, 1921.

Photographer: Steele Ltd.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Panoramic view of Maple Grove farm.

Date: 1922.

Photographer: Ring, W.V.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Panorama of drivers and staff of the Canadian National Express Company.

Panorama of drivers and staff of the Canadian National Express Company outside offices on First Avenue. Drivers are posed with horse-drawn delivery wagons as well as trucks. A goat, possibly a company mascot, is at the centre of the photograph.

Date: October 20, 1922.

Photographer: Steele, Frederick.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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"Lake View Farm".

Panoramic view of the Lake View Farm owned by the Wilson Brothers near Harris, Saskatchewan. Included three houses, several out-buildings and three barns. The two barns at the right have "Lake View Farm-Wilson Bros. Props" painted on the roof" Inscribed at the bottom "Containing 5588 acres-photographed Oct 5th 1923. 4900 acres were harvested this year with ten binders drawn by horses. About 140,000 bus. of grain were threshed. 200 horses and 700 head of cattle will be wintered on the farm this winter"

Date: 1923.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Panorama of students from Nutana Collegiate, taken on lawn.

Panorama of "E School" students (house division), Nutana Collegiate, assembled on lawn of school. A.W. Cameron was then principal; E.J. Powell also mentioned in caption. (May be among older men in back row.) Good image of clothing worn by teenager's in 20's (middies, short pants, etc.)

Date: April 1924.

Photographer: Powell, E.J.?

Copyright information: Public domain.

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Panorama shot of students of "E" School.

Panorama shot of students of "E" School (house system) of Nutana Collegiate. A. W. Cameron was principal. School in background.

Date: April 1924.

Photographer: Powell, E. J.

Copyright information: Public domain.

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