Three horses hitched to a wagon with Jack Coulter driving it. The wagon is loaded with household supplies and lumber. The load is too heavy for a team and the third horse pulls through a chain connected to the back axle.
This building is located at the 600 block of 6th Ave. east and shows two men standing in the doorway of the Canadian Utilities power house (Mr. Whitlock and son). A transformer station is seen beside the building.
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.
Back row: Andy Machan, Boyd Machan. Front row: Maggie Staver, Janet Demorest, Eva Armstrong. These are the children of James and Maria Machan. Annie Short is missing from the picture and son Clyde was killed in WWI.
This is a reprint of a cracked and smudged original. Written in ink on back of print: "Rosetown ladies Sept. 1909." Josephine Sheffield is 2nd from right. The 2 girls in front may be Viva Sheffield (Evans) and Lorna Sheffield (Moyer).