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Two Wrecking Cranes Cleaning Up A Train Wreck Near Biggar, SK

73.158.06
Pièce
ca.1910

Fait partie de Biggar Photograph Collection

Groups of men standing among two wrecking cranes cleaning up a derailed train car
Written on the back in pencil "11"

Train wreck near Biggar, Saskatchewan

84.166.10A
Pièce
ca.1939

Fait partie de Biggar Photograph Collection

View of a stretch of wrecked train cars laying beside the tracks near Biggar, Saskatchewan.

A Train Wreck Near Biggar, SK

84.166.10B
Pièce
ca.1939

Fait partie de Biggar Photograph Collection

A group of men surrounded by train wreckage and a wrecking crane
Stamped on the back in blue ink: "1"

A Train Wreck Near Biggar, SK

84.166.10C
Pièce
ca.1939

Fait partie de Biggar Photograph Collection

Two women, two men and a child are looking at train wreckage and a wrecking crane
There are two cars parked in front of the train wreckage
Stamped on the back in blue ink: "18"

A Train Wreck Near Biggar, SK

84.166.10D
Pièce
ca.1939

Fait partie de Biggar Photograph Collection

Two children are looking at train wreckage and a wrecking crane
Stamped on the back in blue ink: "1"

A Train Wreck Near Biggar, SK

84.166.10F
Pièce
ca.1939

Fait partie de Biggar Photograph Collection

A group of people looking at train wreckage
Stamped on the back in blue ink: "1"

J.R. Jenkins and L. Jones Sr. in Biggar, Saskatchewan

80.205.07
Pièce
1930

Fait partie de Biggar Photograph Collection

Two men standing with their arms over each other's shoulders, identified as J.R. Jenkins and L. Jones Sr.

Frosted Up Steam Engine At Biggar, SK

72.85.20
Pièce
ca.1912

Fait partie de Biggar Photograph Collection

Five men standing in front of a steam engine covered in a heavy frost
Written on the bottom: "Biggar. Sask. 1912"
Written on the back in black ink: "R.N. Blaikie"
The letters "BIG" are etched backwards in black near the bottom

Men In Front Of The Roundhouse In Biggar, SK

74.135.20
Pièce
ca.1910

Fait partie de Biggar Photograph Collection

Eight men standing in front of the roundhouse in Biggar, SK

"First CNR Tennis Court"

74.135.30
Pièce
ca.1926

Fait partie de Biggar Photograph Collection

Two men on a tennis court
Four buildings on First Avenue in Biggar, SK can be seen in the background
Written on the bottom: "First C.N.R. Tennis Court"
Written on the back in pencil and blue ink: "Foreground Johnny Johnson Ray McKay in Back About 1926 or 28"
Written on the back in blue ink: "I believe O.J. Rowe not McKay - Rowe was Asst. Sept C.N.R at Biggar & was a great tennis player & was instrimental in having C.N.R. build and maintain up to 6 tennis courts on C.N. Right of way. Courts were made of cinders & clay - watered - raked & rolled daily"

Laying Steel: Battleford To Cutknife

74.135.71
Pièce
ca.1913

Fait partie de Biggar Photograph Collection

Laying railroad track on a bridge during the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific line from Battleford, Saskatchewan, west to Cutknife, Saskatchewan; in the postcard/photograph there are trucks with trailers loaded with rail ties followed by a large group of men on a railway bridge

Welcome Your Majesties To Biggar

92.301.42
Pièce
ca.1939

Fait partie de Biggar Photograph Collection

A very large crowd gathered over the train tracks
In the background, towards where the crowd is facing, Many Union Jack flags are strung up in rows and a white banner is hung which says "Welcome Your Majesties To Biggar"