Wesley Essex and Rose Ann Wallace were married in Regina on Jan. 7, 1908. They moved to Rosetown district to farm in 1911.

Postcard of threshing crew at Hanley, Saskatchewan showing a large crew working with many racks and horses. Postcard sent by Eldon Huckstep to E.G. Huckstep.

18 men, three women, one dog posed inside around a drum heater. Clothing is fashion of 1908.

Gertrude Buchanan's mother is carrying pails of milk as the just milked cow stands docilely by.

Names on back are Bill Bowers(?) and Wes Spence who are standing posing. Buildings in background are store fronts. A.O. Routley had a Massey Harris business in Rosetown 1930-46. Oxen were not used after 1910.

Two men wearing suits are riding in the buggy. One man is holding reins and a whip. They are in a grass meadow - no road. The ox has shoulder and side scars, probably from harness used for plowing.

The Ritchie family sod house with, L-R, Mrs. Peter Ritchie, Sr., Miss Jean Ritchie, Peter Ritchie, Sr. in front of the house. A window box contains flowers. There is a frame barn behind the house.

Charles Taylor as a very young man. He was well-known in Rosetown as a long-term mortician (undertaker). He was mayor of Rosetown from 1920-1922.

West side of Main Street in Zealandia looking north. A number of people walking about and a hardware and furniture store under construction with six horses and wagons on the street. A Canadian Northern train can be seen in the background.

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).

Eagle Creek Bridge north of Rosetown just completed in 1909. This bridge was built by Peter L. Ritchie, the tall man wearing a hat in the photo. Other men seated on the bridge rails, wearing hats and smoking pipes.

L-R: Dick MacDougald, Fraser Heartwell, George Bigelow, unknown, Jim Geddes, two on right are unidentified. Wearing suits and ties or cravats, hats or caps. Example of men's fashions, particularly headgear, of early century.

Wide shot of the town of Zealandia in 1909. All four elevators can be seen in the background. A plume of smoke is rising in the left-middle of the photo. Unclear if this is related to a fire or not.

The Zealandia Railway Station is in the forefront of the photo, with the hotel across the street. The old Highway 7 runs between the station and the hotel. Main Street can be seen on the right-hand side of the picture.