- ZE1.002
- Item
- [ca 1906]
Mr. A.N. Swetman, one of the first surveyors to the area, stands in front of Zealandia's first post office, a sod and wooden structure. It was located near the present site of Zealandia.
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Mr. A.N. Swetman, one of the first surveyors to the area, stands in front of Zealandia's first post office, a sod and wooden structure. It was located near the present site of Zealandia.
Man standing infront of a sod and wooden structure with "Zealandia's First Post-Office" hand written on bottom of photograph in white marker
Two men and a woman and an early car in front of a low sod house. A small frame building behind the house. A good view of the desolate prairie landscape.
The Ritchie family (3 men, 2 women, 6 children) and two dogs pose in front of their sod house homestead. Only identification provided lists the photo subjects as "Annie and her girls" and "Fairman and Uncle Tom."
Coulter family stands in front of a large teepee made of branches and a sod house. L-R: Ambrose Bee, Mrs. Coulter, Bessie Coulter (Mrs. J. Graham), Fred Hill, A. Fletcher, Hector Coulter, Jim Coulter, unknown, Jake Coulter.
Sod shack.
Sod blacksmith shop on farm of A.D. Fletcher in 1906, Zealandia, Sask.
Posed for the camera, Gramma Empey, Annie Ritchie and the children (6) and Gramma Ritchie(?).
"Annie and her girls" (3), another small boy, "Fairman and Uncle Tom."
Ritchie family portrait in front of their sod house in the Zealandia area. Posed for the camera, Gramma Empey, Annie Ritchie, six children, and Gramma Ritchie(?), along with a dog.
Pioneer sod shack with occupants
Pioneer sod shack with two ladies (Mrs. Peter Ritchie and Miss Jean Ritchie) standing in front.
Sod shack with two women one boy and one girl standing in front of it. A buggy is driving away from it with a man and woman in the seat.
Sod house with two women wearing Sunday clothes and hats and two small children in front or entering. A buckboard with a man and a woman similarly dressed sitting in it driving away. A horses' head and a figure seated can be seen just behind the buckboard.
Photos depicting pioneer life and homesteading in the Rosetown, Sask. area. Collected by Frank Glass.
Lady in long coat standing in the doorway of a sod shack.