Shoe lasts are forms shaped like human feet. The word “last” comes from the Old English “laest” which appears to mean ‘footprint’ or ‘boot.’ They’re commonly used in shoemaking and shoe repair to ensure the shoe is shaped correctly. This shoe last was used by Jakob Marjan, a cobble
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The WDM Corporate Office is currently undertaking a project to move the Small Artifacts and Documents Collection. The Collection’s move is a great opportunity for the WDM to conduct a full inventory of this Collection, which contains over 13,000 artifacts, allowing us to ensure everything is where
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March’s #MemoryMondays are all about playing in the snow! Though this time of year often has us wishing the snow would be gone already, we have to make the best of the weather we do have. These four photos show children (and some adults!) playing in the snow. Taken on April 11, 1948, this photo &h
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With special thanks to Arnold LaFayette, Carol Lafayette Boyd and the Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum, for their assistance in the research and writing of this post. This is the second part in a two-part blog series on Black railway porters. You can find the first part here. Background
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With special thanks to the Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum, Carol LaFayette-Boyd and Arnold LaFayette for their assistance in the research and writing of this blog series. Additional research assistance on the Regina Roughriders was provided by the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. Thi
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This month’s #MemoryMondays post features winter transportation: sledding, skiing and snowshoeing. The photos are taken from the WDM’s Barton Collection of Photographs, held in the George Shepherd Library. This collection documents 3 generations of a family living on a farm near Saskatoon. Taken
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Located on Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 territories and the Homeland of the Métis, the Western Development Museum (WDM) is the largest human history museum in Saskatchewan. With a collection.more....
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