Newsclipping of the Indian Head Hotel - formerly called the Imperial Hotel - after it was destroyed by fire in 1993 - now the site of the Grand Avenue Inn (515 Grand Avenue). The article includes a colour picture of the hotel after the fire and one of Ben Ball, a long-time resident of the hotel.
Small folder with the published script of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore (handwritten at top front: "Doris Shelford"); the program for a Robbie Burns night; the handwritten script for a Christmas program. On the front of the folder, handwritten in pencil: "Scripts - Xmas 9; Burns 10; Play 11"
Picture of the former Gerry Hardware in smoke - after the fire is out. One fireman with a fire hose. The Robinson's Store and the old Indian Head (Imperial) Hotel are in the background.
Picture of the former Gerry Hardware in flames - nearing the end of the fire. Fireman stand by directing water onto the flames with a fire hose. The Robinson's Store and the old Indian Head (Imperial) Hotel are in the background.
Two laminated photocopied pages from the 1892 timetable for CPR trans-continental trains. The first page is a copy of the front and back covers - the back cover having a the calendar from May, 1892 to April, 1893 and the second one being a copy of pages 24-25 which shows arrival and departure times for eastbound and westbound trains between Brandon and Pilot Butte, including Wolseley, Sintaluta, Indian Head & The Bell Farm, Qu'Appelle and McLean.
Laminated certificate for Maurice Osment as a "Second Class Operator of Moving Picture Machines" by the Province of Saskatchewan under "The Theatres and Cinematographs Act"
A collection of calendars from Indian Head businesses: a) G.A. Whittle & Co. (1950); b) Mainline Motors Ltd. (1967); c) Wright Drug Co. 1947; d) The Men's and Boys' Store (1950); e) Campbell Sales & Service (1958); f) Krassman Implements Ltd. (1969); Arnold F. Dales Ltd. (1981).
A 22 cm X 37 cm black hardcover book of stubs from stock certificates - does not include any certificates, only the stubs, which name the persons and numbers of stocks issued. The stock is for the Wide Awake Rural Telephone Company and were sold from 1912 to 1958.
Reprint of article in Saskatchewan History, Winter 1956, pp 21-25. A first-person account by Grace (Osment) Irwin, daughter of Arthur J. Osment, builder/owner/operator of the Opera House, now (2021) the Grand Theatre.