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Yorkton (Sask.) With digital objects
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A log house carved from a giant redwood log

  • R-A14952
  • Item
  • 1950

Item is an image (likely) taken near Yorkton that shows a log house carved from a hollowed out section of a single 1900 year old redwood tree which had been found on the property of the Georgia Pacific Lumber Co., near Eureka, California. The full tree was 4.26 m (14 feet) in diameter and over 80 m (267 feet) high, with the resultant structure 2.5 m (8 feet) wide at one end and 2.85 m (9 feet 4 inches) at the other, and is 10 m (33 feet) long.

Aerial view of Yorkton; Morris Rod-Weeder Co. plant

  • R-B5587 (1)-(5)
  • Item
  • 1961

Views of Morris Rod-Weeder Co. Plant. (3) Aerial view of Yorkton looking southeast from Morris Rod-Weeder Company. (5) Mr. Morris, Manager of the Morris Rod Weeder Plant in Yorkton.

Alex Pryslak seated at home in Yorkton, Sask.

  • R-A10162
  • Item
  • 1973-06

Alex Pryslak seated in a chair in his home in Yorkton. He was interviewed by Zennovia Semenuik of the Saskatchewan Department of Culture and Youth as part of The Ukrainians Oral History Project.

Anna Wytrykush

  • R-A10366
  • Item
  • 1973

Head and shoulders portrait of Anna Wytrykush of Yorkton, Saskatchewan. She was interviewed by Zennovia Semenuik of the Saskatchewan Department of Culture and Youth as part of The Ukrainians Oral History Project.

Automobile accident near Yorkton

  • R-A1424 (1)-(7)
  • Item
  • 1939-10-08

Items are images showing the results of an automobile accident that occurred approximately 1 mile east and 1 mile north of Yorkton, Saskatchewan in October 1939.
(1) Shows roof and rear panel of the body of a vehicle that is partial on its side and crashed into railing and fencing along the side of road. Three young children are standing on the right side of the image.
(2) Shows scene looking down dirt road towards the front of a vehicle that is on its side in bridge railing and fencing with several onlookers (men, women and children) standing around.
(3) Shows view looking towards outside of bridge with fencing/railing dangling over edge and vehicle on the road surface, but still on edge with a few people visible around the vehicle. The waterway below the bridge and the surrounding vegetation is visible.
(4) Shows vehicle propped up, nearly turned over onto its side and is caught in up in fencing/railing; the image is taken looking directly at rear of vehicle allowing the vehicle's license plate to be visible.
(5) Shows a portion of the undercarriage for the vehicle on its side; an unidentified person on left side of image.
(6) Shows vehicle propped up, nearly turned over onto its side and is caught in up in fencing/railing. Image shows the vehicle at a slightly obtuse angle to the camera with the rear panel (including license plate) and part of the roof panel of the vehicle body visible.
(7) Show the bridge railing and road surface from a slight angle, a few people are standing near the railing, but are not identified.

Barnsley homestead; farm poultry house; purebred bulls

  • R-B5340 (1)-(11)
  • Item
  • 1955

Items are images showing: (1)-(2) the homestead and house of Art Barnsley located at Abernethy; (3) a purebred Hereford bull at Saltcoats; (4) a poultry house on the farm; (5) a purebred Shorthorn bull at Yorkton; (6) the transferring of eggs from incubation to hatching trays; (7)-(10) various poultry equipment; and (11) feeding at the Richardson turkey breeder hatchery at Saltcoats.

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