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Christmas Toy Seek and Find
Pick up an activity sheet when you arrive. Seek and find answers to questions about specific exhibits and displays at the WDM Saskatoon including Boomtown Street, Transportation Gallery and Eaton’s…
Artifact Feature – Newspaper and Postcard from the First World War
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’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
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’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
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’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
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…
Chinese History in Saskatchewan: The Howe Family and the Star Café
This is our fourth and final blog post in our summer series on Chinese history in Saskatchewan. Our final post highlights the story of the Wong Howe family and the…
Chinese History in Saskatchewan: Betty Chan, Highland Dancer
This is our third post in our series on Chinese history in Saskatchewan. This time we are featuring Betty Klepp (née Chan), a prolific highland dancer from Saskatoon. Elizabeth Elaine…
