On back: "Taken at an Old Timers' picnic on John Mawson's ranch, 1913. Standing (l to r): John Blackley, Robert McCordick, W.H. Holmes a'Court, Thomas Richardson, Archie Wilson, W.S. Fisher, Russel Wilson, E.J. Woolridge, J. Hunsicker. Sitting (l to r): John Mawson, Hon. W.A. Holmes a'Court, Harry Hunsicker, Andrew Blackley, Joseph Proctor, Arthur Prime".

Clippings from the Saskatoon Phoenix describe experiences of early settlers as they arrived in Saskatoon, beginning in the 1880s. The time period covers from 1 April 1911 to 19 April 1921. Also included is an article taken from a book on the settlement of the West by F. Maclure Sclanders, Commissioner of the Saskatoon Board of Trade. Also included is a program of the "Dinner for the '83 Boys", the men who homesteaded the Saskatoon area. Held 3 October 1912; names of participants are written on the inside of the program.

In this article are three pictures from Saskatoon dating from 1896, 1903 to 1908.

Three photos of Rosthern show various views of Rosthern and area. The news clipping gives a brief history of Rosthern and its development.

Winter scene showing ox-drawn sledge; two small children at right. Grain elevator in background.

Image of a Russian man dressed in winter clothing, standing in front of business section.

This is a photograph of a Doukhobor woman and her child, standing in the street. Business buildings and several women walking on sidewalk in background.

Image of several Galician women standing on a street in business section of Rosthern, SK. They are dressed in winter clothing.

Image of three Russian men dressed in winter clothing, facing camera. Elevators in background.