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Frosted Up Steam Engine At Biggar, SK

Five men standing in front of a steam engine covered in a heavy frost
Written on the bottom: "Biggar. Sask. 1912"
Written on the back in black ink: "R.N. Blaikie"
The letters "BIG" are etched backwards in black near the bottom

"First CNR Tennis Court"

Two men on a tennis court
Four buildings on First Avenue in Biggar, SK can be seen in the background
Written on the bottom: "First C.N.R. Tennis Court"
Written on the back in pencil and blue ink: "Foreground Johnny Johnson Ray McKay in Back About 1926 or 28"
Written on the back in blue ink: "I believe O.J. Rowe not McKay - Rowe was Asst. Sept C.N.R at Biggar & was a great tennis player & was instrimental in having C.N.R. build and maintain up to 6 tennis courts on C.N. Right of way. Courts were made of cinders & clay - watered - raked & rolled daily"

Laying Steel: Battleford To Cutknife

Laying railroad track on a bridge during the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific line from Battleford, Saskatchewan, west to Cutknife, Saskatchewan; in the postcard/photograph there are trucks with trailers loaded with rail ties followed by a large group of men on a railway bridge

Welcome Your Majesties To Biggar

A very large crowd gathered over the train tracks
In the background, towards where the crowd is facing, Many Union Jack flags are strung up in rows and a white banner is hung which says "Welcome Your Majesties To Biggar"

Canadian Pacific Railway air-brake instruction car

Men sitting and standing for group photo in front of air-brake instruction car, Moose Jaw. Newspaper clipping glued to back of photo: "Fifty Years Ago - May 19, 1895. The C.P.R. air-brake instruction car has been in Moose Jaw all week and local trainmen have been initiated into the mysteries of the new invention-the Westinghouse air-brake".

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