A steam locomotive is seen pulling several train cars on a Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) ‘Spur Line’ running between Reston, Manitoba and Wolseley, Saskatchewan from 1908 to 1961. It was affectionately named “Peanut” as its whistle resembled the sound of a peanut vendor’s cart.
Thomas Edward Scriver (1880-1962) was dubbed "The Dean of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Editors" when he died after publishing The Wolseley News for 58 years. He was a temperance supporter and was at the founding conventions of both the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and its later namesake, the New Democratic Party (NDP)
Somewhere north of Wosleley, Saskatchewan in the near-by Qu'Appelle Valley. Swathed fields of crop formed into stooks awaiting threshing. Barbed wire fence and dirt road in the foreground.
Business section of Wolseley, Saskatchewan including the Perley Block, the Empire Hotel, the Union Bank and the Leland Hotel (version #2, rebuilt after fire in1923 destroyed the original).
Postcard shows prominent Wolseley buildings: Perley Block, Bray Block, Leland Hotel, Thompson Block, Town Hall and more. Taken from elevator towards northwest.
