- RO8.001
- Item
- [1939]
Picture taken from the corner of Railway & Main, facing northwest. L-R: York Hotel, Billiards Hall and Barber Shop, ladies' rest room, Graham Bros. Hardware.
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Picture taken from the corner of Railway & Main, facing northwest. L-R: York Hotel, Billiards Hall and Barber Shop, ladies' rest room, Graham Bros. Hardware.
Wight Bros. Garage, owned and operated by Glen and Bill Wight with a small camper parked out front beside an Esso gas pump. Formerly Hyslop Motors and Central Garage. Located on Railway Ave, Highway 7. Current site of the Country Rose Inn.
The Wheatbelt Motel at 805 Highway 4 N was built in 1949 by Henry Evans. E. McCauley sold it to the Evangel Temple in 1993. It was demolished in 2008.
200 Block viewed from the southeast corner of Main and 1st Avenue. L-R: Royal Bank, Innis Bakery, Gents Furnishings?, Roderick & Dingwall Law Office, Geddes Block, vacant lot, Assaly Bros. Grocery, Hudson's Drug Store.
Probably taken from high on the Pioneer elevator. Shows Highway #7 facing east. Maine's windmill to pump water, baggage wagon on CN platform, white fence around stockyard and loading chute. Main CNR track and 2 sidings. East of town is flooded except for the highway.
A Town of Rosetown float makes its way past the intersection of Main and 2nd Avenue, heading south down the 200 block. The businesses in the photo are L-R: Fletcher's IGA, unknown (but possibly also Fletcher's IGA), and the Rosetown Bakery run by Ray Vanderlinden.
L-R: Post Office, Clement's Funeral Home, RM of St. Andrews office.
"The Better 'Ole Cigar Store" Cartoon
A cartoon depicting men outside the door to Harry Ball's Better 'Ole Cigar Store in downtown Rosetown. Harry Ball, being a cartoonist himself known for drawing current event cartoons on the sidewalk outside his store, either commissioned this drawing or drew it himself.
People (Elks or Masonic Hall members?) parade down Main Street. Lots of people standing on sidewalks. In background, L-R: Happy Ray's Barber Shop, Geddes Block/Peek Inn Café, Rosetown 5 cent-1 dollar store, unknown, Assaly Bros. Meat Market.
Main Street after a big snowstorm, facing southeast. Large snowbank in front of the beauty parlour with people standing behind. L-R: Beauty Parlour, Paris Cafe, Mr. Francis' Ford Garage, Rosetown Hotel.
Doug Wilson(?) sits on a homemade "snowmobile motorcycle" on 1st Avenue after a snowfall. Behind him, L-R: White Lunch Cafe, unknown, Lee Laundry, Douglas Machinery Dealer.
A closer photo of GR4.017 that shows photo of the men with less building. Sharper and smaller than GR4.017.
L-R: Bob Scobie, unknown, Bill Scobie, unknown. Standing in front of Scobie Blacksmith Shop.
Four men stand outside the Scobie Bros. Blacksmith Shop located at 111 1st Avenue West. Wagons, either repaired or awaiting repair, are parked out front.
Installing machinery at the Generator Station east of Rosetown.