Two women and two children standing in front of a rough log house. Long skirts indicate early 20th century. Snow and desolate yard scene.
Small portrait of A.D. Fletcher taken in Havelock, Ont. He was born in Bensfort, Ont. April 1875 and died in 1955. He came to Zealandia in 1906. He was the grandfather of Robert Franklin. John (Johnny) Franklin was an uncle of Robert Franklin.
Sod blacksmith shop on farm of A.D. Fletcher in 1906, Zealandia, Sask.
Herman Holler standing in front of wooden shack; barrels scattered, chimney pipe protruding from the roof. Prairie background. Wood branches in teepee stack in background.
Mr. A.N. Swetman, one of the first surveyors to the area, stands in front of Zealandia's first post office, a sod and wooden structure. It was located near the present site of Zealandia.
Ritchie family portrait in front of their sod house in the Zealandia area. Posed for the camera, Gramma Empey, Annie Ritchie, six children, and Gramma Ritchie(?), along with a dog.
Sod house and sod blacksmith shop, barns and livestock.
Four men standing in front of the barn holding animals; four white horses, three harnessed, two dark coloured horses harnessed and one colt. The other team might be oxen. One buggy with a dog lying underneath.
Small shack, covered with tarpaper, wooden walkway, stones along side, stovepipe, banked with dirt, pot on dirt, broom against door, towels on clothesline.
Con Warner portrait taken in Stratford, Ont. He homesteaded just south of Rosetown.
Gertrude Buchanan's mother is carrying pails of milk as the just milked cow stands docilely by.
Kunkel Collection
Oxen pulling "Routley's Hardware" dray
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.
Tractor, separator, wagons, teams of horses, men pitching sheaves.
Homesteader Ball, Rosetown District, 1908
13 men in suits and ties, two boys, seven women. Two men holding fiddles. Showing fashions and hairstyles of 1908.