Sod houses√

A ‘Soddy’

BCHCC 2150
Item
[between 1900 and 1920]

Part of Barr Colony Heritage Cultural Centre Collection

Unidentified man standing outside his sod house, known locally as a ‘soddy’.

Joe & Bill Kessel's Sod House

LRA 0012
Item
[between 1900 and 1920]

Part of LRA Photograph Collection

Homesteaders Joe & Bill Kessel's sod shack on the open prairie

Pioneer Life & Homesteading

FGPC-PI
Series
1900-1910

Part of Frank Glass Photograph Collection

Photos depicting pioneer life and homesteading in the Rosetown, Sask. area. Collected by Frank Glass.

Sod House

69-51
Item
early 1900s

Part of MJ General Photograph Collection

Unidentified family (nine individuals and one dog) standing in front of their sod house, located northwest of Moose Jaw.

Sod blacksmith shop

AG2.008
Item
1906

Part of Rosetown General Photograph Collection

Sod blacksmith shop on farm of A.D. Fletcher in 1906, Zealandia, Sask.

Zealandia's First Post Office

ZE1.002
Item
[ca 1906]

Part of Rosetown General Photograph Collection

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 and Sod House

ZE1.008
Item
[ca 1906]

Part of Rosetown General Photograph Collection

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.

The Coulter Family

FGPC-P-P197
Item
[ca. 1906]

Part of Frank Glass Photograph Collection

Coulter family stands in front of a large teepee made of branches and a sod house. L-R: Ambrose Bee, Mrs. Coulter, Bessie Coulter (Mrs. J. Graham), Fred Hill, A. Fletcher, Hector Coulter, Jim Coulter, unknown, Jake Coulter.

Pioneer farm

AG2.013
Item
1906

Part of Rosetown General Photograph Collection

Sod house and sod blacksmith shop, barns and livestock.

Howard Powell's sod barn

AG2.001
Item
1907

Part of Rosetown General Photograph Collection

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.