Image of a house at the corner of Redland Avenue and Hall Street. The house is under construction with building materials and a construction worker in front. It is a three-story house with a turret.

Image of house at the corner of Redland Avenue and Hall Street. The house is under contruction with a construction worker and building materials in front. It is a three-story house with a turret.

Image of a three-story residence in Moose Jaw with a circular turret and front porch.

Image of a three story house at 206 Oxford Street in Moose Jaw, SK, commonly referred to locally as 'the wedding cake house'.

Image of a two-story residence on the corner of Alder Avenue and Oxford Street. The house has a covered front porch and the lawn is lined with trees.

Image of two-story residence with turret and covered front and side porches on First Avenue NW.

Image of three-story house on Langdon Crescent. It has covered porches on the first two floors and a circular window on the second floor.

Image of residence on Oxford Street West. This residence is known as the wedding cake house as its three-tiered circular front porches resemble a wedding cake.

Image of two-story house on Redland Avenue with covered porch. The street is snow-covered.

Image of the residences on Beech Avenue, which is now 1st Avenue NE. The two and a half story houses have covered front porches, gardens and picket fences.

Image of houses lining Main Street North.

Image of the residences lining Main Street West. Man walking on sidewalk in the distance.

Image of houses on Oxford Street West. Includes the two houses known as the wedding cake houses - they are called this because their three-tiered circular front porches resemble a wedding cake.

This collection contains two copies of the promotional booklet Moose Jaw: The Buckle of the Greatest Wheat Belt in the World. It was published in 1913 by Rice’s Studio, with Lewis Rice as publisher. It includes facts and figures about Moose Jaw as well as photographs and illustrations of the town. Many of the photographs were taken by Rice. Both booklets bear a stamp from the Moose Jaw Board of Trade.

This fonds reflects the historical research and writing conducted by Richard Dowson. Dowson has completed extensive research on Moose Jaw during WWII. It includes writings on George William ‘Bill’ Ward, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the history of Moose Jaw residents in relation to the sinking of the Line Athenia. It also includes the history of the Moose Jaw Dam-buster Airmen, Sergeant-Pilot Kenneth Brown and Pilot Officer Robert Alexander Urquhart.