Vintage photos of Sask from the early 20th century

[biglentil]

https://www.bygonely.com/saskatchewan-early-20th-century/

[makar]

Meanwhile at the end of steel. http://www.prairie-towns.com/spiritriver-images.html

[shtferbrains]

I am told this is a picture of my great grandfather's general store.
Was across the road from where I live.
Probably built about 100 yrs ago. Before the RR came across the river.
Burnt down long before my time.
Sign in window says Beef 6cts Pork 8cts.
Seems odd spead now.

[jazz]

They built legislatures that looked like they could be in ancient rome, such optimism for a what canada could become. Too bad the depression cut Sask off at the knees and then the socialist whackos gaining hold.

So many immigrants (even today) were sold a false bill of goods. They had no idea how harsh it is here. Many wanted to go back home but couldnt.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

#15 must be some of Chuck's ancestors. The hand written caption below the unusually dressed crowd include LOL.
Loyal Order of Lions? Or were they just ahead of their time in predicting what language teenage girls would use on social media more than a century later?

[shtferbrains]

Found this old poster for a traveling stallion in an old bachelor shack that my FIL toured me through.
Dated 1925 so doesn't read very well.

Up till at least the 1950's you had to have stallions approved. Good draft horses were always in short supply and had good value. I think there were about 1.75 million horses in Saskatchewan at the time so there must have been a lot of these traveling around locally.


The shack was about 10×12 with a bed on one wall and a wood stove in the opposite corner. No TV or running water.

The old fellow was the local holistic horse vet. If you had a horse that was sick or injured you went and got him and he would make up some kind of stinking poultice that would cure it or kill it.
Was very well respected in the horse barn but not so much if you got sitting beside him at Sunday dinner .

A time gone by that you had to experience to believe.

[Sheepwheat]

Man you should preserve that somehow!