The Silver Jubilee Parade On Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
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- ca.1927
Parte de Biggar Photograph Collection
Women and girls in Girl Guide Uniforms, holding flags and walking down Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
The Silver Jubilee Parade On Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
Parte de Biggar Photograph Collection
Women and girls in Girl Guide Uniforms, holding flags and walking down Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
Alice Sanjenko and Muriel Buxton in Biggar, Saskatchewan
Parte de Biggar Photograph Collection
Alice Sanjenko and Muriel Buxton sitting together at the base of a flagpole
Parte de LRA Photograph Collection
Dignitaries are seen raising a replica of original Barr Colony flag.
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Parte de Frank Glass Photograph Collection
Rosetown Post Office. L-R: Rev. Hodge, Mayor McNab, Senator Aseltine, RCMP officer, Lorne Harris (caretaker), RCMP officer.
Parte de Frank Glass Photograph Collection
Mayor McNab raising the new Canadian Flag on February 15, 1965 in front of the Rosetown Post Office.
Parte de Frank Glass Photograph Collection
Flower garden in the shape of the Canadian Flag with a man standing beside it.
Academic Procession During Convocation
Elevated view of a bagpiper leading the procession in front of Saskatchewan Hall during Convocation.
Honourary Degrees - Presentation - William J.F. Warren
F.H. Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to William J.F. Warren at Convocation held in Physical Education Gymnasium.
Bio/Historical Note: William John Finley Warren (1873-1963) was born in Balderson,, Ontario, near Perth, and was educated at the Saskatchewan Agricultural College. He settled in Belbeck, Saskatchewan. near Moose Jaw, in 1906. In 1917 Warren enrolled in the Associate Course in the School of Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan. He received his Diploma in 1919, but returned to take another year of special studies. Warren soon became prominent as a producer and exhibitor of registered seed. He was president of the Moose Jaw Agricultural Society, of the Saskatchewan Registered Seed Growers’ Association and of the Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies' Association. He represented Thunder Creek in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1921 to 1925 as a Progressive Party member. Warren was defeated by Robert Scott Donaldson when he ran for re-election to the provincial assembly in 1925. As a rancher, Warren had Aberdeen-Angus cattle and won a grand championship at both the Toronto Royal and the Chicago International. Warren died in 1963 and is buried in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Maple Creek Corn Show - Exhibition
Two views showing displays of corn. Banners and flags also in evidence during exhibition in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan.
People standing at the entrance of a tent, with barns and trees in the background. Annotation on the back of the photograph identifies the setting as an Illustration Station.
Large number of people standing and facing the camera; tent, barn, vehicles and bushes in the background, with prairie field beyond.
Group photo of attendees taken in Regina; several men with ribbons on coats. Attendees identified are: Raymond K. Baker, Samuel E. Greenway, M. Smith, Walter C. Murray, University President; W.J. Rutherford, Dean of Agriculture, A.M. Shaw and Leslie Quick are identified. Flags hang on wall in background.
W.P. Thompson speaking to the crowd before him. Also on the dais is O.K. Storowski and J.S.M. [Alleby] in uniform.
Honourary Degrees - Presentation - William K. Lamb
F.H. Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Dr. William K. Lamb, archivist and librarian, Ottawa, at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.
Bio/Historical Note: Born in 1904 in New Westminster, British Columbia, William Kaye Lamb received his BA in 1927 and MA in 1930 from the University of British Columbia. He completed his PhD at the London School of Economics in 1933, under the tutelage of Harold Laski. From 1936-1937 he was President of the British Columbia Historical Federation. From 1934-1940 Lamb was the Provincial Archivist and Librarian of British Columbia. In 1936, he was also appointed Superintendent of the BC Public Libraries Commission. From 1940-1948 he was the University Librarian of the University of British Columbia. From 1948-1968 he was the Dominion Archivist of Canada, and from 1953-1968 he was the first National Librarian of Canada. In 1949, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and was its president from 1965-1966. In 1969, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Between 1964-1965 he served as president of the Society of American Archivists. Lamb specialized in the early history of British Columbia. He edited and wrote a number of scholarly books relating to explorers of Western Canada, including George Vancouver, Daniel Williams Harmon, and Sir Alexander MacKenzie, as well as a volume on the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Lamb died in 1987.
Return of the Saskatoon Light Infantry
Saskatoon Light Infantry return by train. A crowd of military, R.C.M.P. and civilians look on as soldiers stand at attention shouldering rifles with bayonets. Houses and automobiles in background