Threshing crew on the E.L. Sherwood farm at Colleston. Floyd Given in front of feeder, Eric Given on top of water tank wagon, Bill Fiddler with axe, others unidentified possibly some from Given family
Portrait of Thomas Clarke. Writing on face states: "For Auld Lang Syne/Thomas Clarke"
Bio/historical note: Mr. Clarke came out from England in 1877 to be a missionary in the Diocese of Saskatchewan and was sent to the Eagle Hills Reserve. He subsequently became ordained, was Principal of the Industrial School at Battleford 1883-1894, went as missionary in the Carrot River Valley in 1899 and eventually to Melfort, where he remained as Anglican minister and Rural Dean of the Prince Albert Diocese until his retirement in 1927. Source: Our Legacy website
"The Willows" home of Thomas Osbourne Davis. Davis at far right in chair with book. Other persons unidentified
Bio/historical note: Thomas Osborne Davis (16 August 1856 - 23 January 1917) was a Liberal Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons representing the Provisional District of Saskatchewan, and later a member of the Canadian Senate. The son of Samuel Davis, he was tutored by his father and became a general merchant at Prince Albert, Northwest Territories. In 1885, he married Rebecca Jennings. He served on the town council for Prince Albert and was mayor from 1894 to 1895. Davis died in office in Prince Albert at the age of 60.
Crowd with Mayor William Knox and Ms. Queenie Thomas at a ceremony for the last spike of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway being installed in Prince Albert
Surviving members of Prince Albert's first town council of 1886-1887 as photographed two decades later. From left to right: J.F. Betts, Andrew Goodfellow, Mayor Thomas McKay, Clerk J.F.A. Stuff, R.H. Bratnober
Surviving members of Prince Albert's first town council of 1886-1887 as photographed two decades later. From left to right: J.F. Betts, Andrew Goodfellow, Mayor Thomas McKay, Clerk J.F.A. Stuff, R.H. Bratnober