MemorySask

John Turton House

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[1883]

Part of A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection

This a picture of John Turton's house built in 1882-1883 at Cannington Manor.

Last Ox Train Through Portage

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1880

Part of A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection

This is a picture of the last ox train through Portage La Prairie, Man.

Loading Grain

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Part of A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection

This is a picture of loading grain at Aberdeen,Sask. for the first shipment via Churchill.

Lydia Pierce

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[1825-1911]

Part of A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection

This is a picture of Lydia Bishop Bowdage Pierce. She was born August 18, 1825. She was married in 1852. She died June 26, 1911.

Man in Ukrainian dress.

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nd

Part of A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection

This is a photograph of a man in Ukrainian Dress, seated in a chair with his right arm resting on table.

Midway Saskatoon fair

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July 1927

Part of A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection

This is a photograph of the midway at the Saskatoon fair.

Mr.& Mrs. Ernest Becton

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Part of A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection

This is a picture of Ernest Becton and his wife, Jessie (nee Pierce) of Cannington Manor.

Mrs. Piggott's house.

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[192?]

Part of A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection

Exterior view of Mrs. Piggott's house, Cannington Manor, SK; large house made of stone.

Mrs. Piggott's House

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Part of A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection

This is a picture of Mrs. Piggott's house.

Mrs. Wasyl Bludoff at spinning wheel.

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June 1925.

Part of A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection

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.

"My Lord in Livery"-Theartical Play

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May 13, 1897 and June 22, 1897

Part of A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection

This is a picture of the cast members of a play called" My Lord in Livery".

News clippings relating to early settlers in Saskatoon.

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1911-1921.

Part of A.S. Morton Manuscript Collection

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.