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Memory Mondays – Snow Forts
January 3, 2022
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
January’s #MemoryMondays are about snow forts! Featuring five photos from the WDM’s Barton Collection of photos, these images show how having fun in the snow hasn’t changed much over the…
The Great Depression – Making Do
December 13, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
The Great Depression was a period of widespread hardship in Saskatchewan and across Canada in the 1930s. Across Canada, a third of workers were unable to find work and a…
Memory Mondays – Snowpeople
December 6, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
#MemoryMondays are back with pictures of snowpeople from the WDM’s George Shepherd Library Barton Collection of photographs. This collection of photos documents everyday life of a family on a farm…
Artifact Feature – Newspaper and Postcard from the First World War
November 11, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
November 11, 1918 marked the official end to the First World War. After over four years of fighting, more than 60,000 Canadians had been killed and 172,000 were wounded. The…
Memory Mondays – Play
November 1, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
November’s #MemoryMondays are all about play. Children and adults alike having fun and amusing themselves. Toys, playgrounds, and sports are all featured. What similarities and differences between these photos and…
Artifact Feature – Jules the Turkey
October 14, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
Meet Jules the turkey! Jules was bred as part of an effort to reinvigorate wild turkey populations in Saskatchewan for the purpose of hunting. Eggs were brought to Bruno, Saskatchewan…
Memory Mondays – Turkeys
October 4, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
October’s #MemoryMondays are once again featuring the Barton collection of photos. This month we’re sharing photos of turkeys, just in time for Thanksgiving! This undated photo shows a farmyard with…
Artifact Feature – Brook Airway Resuscitator
September 15, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
This month’s artifact feature is the Brook Airway resuscitator. Invented by Saskatoon doctor Morris Brook and his brother Dr. Joseph Brook, this item was patented in 1959. It was developed…
Memory Mondays – Saskatoon Bridges
September 6, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
September’s Memory Mondays are featuring photos of Saskatoon’s bridges from the WDM’s Barton Collection of photos. Held in the WDM’s George Shepherd Library, the Barton Collection documents the lives of…
The S.S. City of Medicine Hat and the Northcote: Two Famous Saskatchewan Steamships
August 30, 2021
Moose JawNorth BattlefordSaskatoonYorkton
SS Medicine Hat On June 7, 1908, the S.S. City of Medicine Hat, an elaborate steam ship designed and captained by Horatio Hamilton Ross, was traveling through Saskatoon on its…
