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 in 1929, just before they were ready to hatch. Six of the hatched turkeys were completely black while the others wer
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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 turkeys and smaller fowl who appear to be eating. The perfect October photo! This picture from 19
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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 to provide an easier and more sanitary way to provide mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The resuscitator had a no
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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 multiple generations of settler family life on a farm near Saskatoon. Click on each photo
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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 way to Winnipeg from Medicine Hat. The South Saskatchewan River, still high from spring run-off, was difficult to navigate.
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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 Star Café of Marcelin, Saskatchewan. Wong Get How, known to his customers as Charlie Howe, was born in 1886 in Canton, China. He appear
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