A Story in Picture: The rapid rise of Saskatoon
- MSS C555/2/5.12a
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- February 27, 1909.
In this article are three pictures from Saskatoon dating from 1896, 1903 to 1908.
A Story in Picture: The rapid rise of Saskatoon
In this article are three pictures from Saskatoon dating from 1896, 1903 to 1908.
Geometric designs on a tall stand, situated outside at the Education Building.
Autumn on the river bank in Saskatoon
Part of L.G. Saunders fonds
Colourful foliage and grasses are seen on the river bank in Saskatoon.
A "Bennett Buggy" travelling on Wiggins Avenue in Saskatoon. College Building) in background at left, Qu'Appelle Hall at right.
Bio/Historical Note: This image is one of the most requested photos in the University Archives. It was taken by an unknown photographer in about 1935. A 'Bennett Buggy' was a term used in Canada during the Great Depression to describe a car which had its engine and windows taken out and was pulled by a horse. In the United States, such vehicles were known as Hoover carts, named after then-President Herbert Hoover. The Canadian term was named after Richard Bennett, the Prime Minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935, who was blamed for the nation's poverty. Cars being pulled by horses became a common sight during the Depression. During the boom years of the 1920s, many Canadians had bought cheap vehicles for the first time, but during the Depression, many found they did not have enough money to operate them. This was especially true in the hard-hit prairie provinces. The increased poverty played an important role, as farmers could not buy gasoline. The price of gas also increased. Gas taxes were also one of the best sources of revenue for the provincial governments. When these provinces went into a deficit, they increased these taxes, making gas even harder to buy. In Saskatchewan, badly hit by the depression, similar vehicles with an additional seat over the front axle were dubbed "Anderson carts" after Premier James T.M. Anderson.
Boy seated on an outdoor clay oven
Part of W.C. Murray fonds
A boy is seen seated at the opening of a clay oven, used to make bread on a prairie homestead.
Part of A.S. Morton fonds
A cartoon of two students sitting on a bench reading with a sword with examinations written on it over their heads.
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College of Arts and Science Building - Exterior
Looking east at Arts Building; Thorvaldson Building in background.
Part of J.E. Murray fonds
Christina Murray and friends at the President's Residence, prior to University of Saskatchewan convocation ceremonies, 1917; no other individuals are identified.
Image of nude parade of Doukhobors from Langham area to Saskatoon. This group was stopped by the Mounted Police northwest of Saskatoon.
A portrait of Dr. J.B. Mawdsley. Saskatoon, SK.
Part of A.S. Morton fonds
Ethel Mary Cartwright seated at desk in her office
A field of Alpha. The Alfalfa-like sweet clover was selected from Arctic by Dr. L.E. Kirk in 1925. Buildings are visible in the distance.
Students sitting in the Bowl in front of the Administration Building during Frosh Week.
Geology - Research - Marilyn Truscott
Marilyn Truscott of Glidden, Saskatchewan, a PhD candidate in geological sciences at the University of Saskatchewan, makes use of an electron probe x-ray microanalyzer. Mrs. Truscott uses the machine to analyze samples of volcanic rock from the Sweetgrass Hills in Montana. She is obtaining information that will help provide a more complete picture of the geological history of the Western Plains.
Geology Building - Construction
Looking northwest across the Bowl at the Geology Building under construction.
Bio/Historical Note: The construction of the Geology Building marked a return to the early style of campus architecture. The Department of Geology had been formed in 1927 and for the next six decades was based in the east wing of the Engineering Building. A growing faculty and student population had forced the department to cobble together makeshift accommodation in trailers and remote campus buildings. Designed by the architectural firm Black, McMillan and Larson of Regina, the building was given a neo-Collegiate Gothic exterior to blend harmoniously with the other buildings in the central campus. The two-and-a-half-storey building was erected just south or the Bowl side of the W.P. Thompson Biology Building, providing 8,543 square metres for office, laboratory, library, classroom, and storage space for rock and fossil samples. The exterior was clad with greystone and dressed with tyndal limestone. The dominant feature of the interior was a two-story atrium that featured the mosaics for the former exterior walls of the Thompson Building, a life-size skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex and geological and biological displays. The $18.5 million Geology Building was completed in 1988 and fused the space between Physics and Biology and linked, through a walkway, with Chemistry, creating an integrated science complex on campus.