This picture was taken at the third, annual sports day at Duck Lake, July 13, 1891. W.B. Cameron, then at the Indian Agency on the high wheeled velocipede. Mr. Cameron was the author of "Blood Red the Sun". Also the picture is pasted on a piece of cardboard.
Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff of Langham in national Doukhobor costume running her 60 year old spinning wheel which was brought from Russia at a demonstration put on by the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Society at the U of S June 1925. Sask grown flax is being spun. The comb holding the fibre is wooden tooth; an iron tooth comb as is used for wool is not satisfactory with flax. The folk behind are watching the loom in operation.
On back of photo: "Mrs. Bludoff Sr. and Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff stringing the warp in the loom previous to the demonstration. It took the two of them almost a day to do this and the warp skein of 5 yards length had been prepared before then came. Herring-bone pattern was woven in the linen. Four treadles were used".
On back of photo: "Mrs. Bludoff Sr. of Veregin at her loom, weaving Sask. grown flax. The loom was brought from Russia about 25 or 26 years before. It is all handmade and crude. Hanging on the wall are a strip of plaid woollen homespun made of black sheep and white sheep wool, sent a strip of wool homespun on cotton warp to be dyed for a men's suit and next are two trips of linen. All these were woven by Mrs. Bludoff". Mrs. Kosemo Tarasoff observing.
Posed photograph of a young Doukhobor couple, with the man standing with right hand in pants pocket; the woman stands next to the man. On back: "Doukhobor couple/photo by Wride/Kamsack".
Posed photo of young Doukhobor couple, with man seated and woman standing behind with right hand on man's shoulder. On back: Doukhobor couple/photo by Wride/Kamsack".
Posed photo of a Doukhobor family; parents Fedya (Fred) N. Storgeoff and Tatiana Storgeoff seated. Daughter Nellie Gleboff and husband Peter W. Gleboff standing (left) with Fedya's nephew Walter G. Storgeoff center, and daughter Kate Storgeoff on the right /photo by Wride/Kamsack". Image was likely taken around the time of Nellie and Peter's wedding in 1922.
Image of front of Ukrainian home west of Veregin, [SK]. At the time this photo was taken the home was more then 25 years old. On back: "taken by Prof. McEwen".