Album containing photographs, mostly relating to people and places in southern Saskatchewan and the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (P.F.R.A.).
Pages 1-7, "P.F.R.A. Staff - Jan. 1941", showing various individuals at desks and standing, mostly in Regina P.F.R.A. office, including: Mr. Spence (marked item 1), Mr. Freer (36), and Mr. Vallance [Jack Vallance] (35), on page 1; J. Mutchler, alone (38) and with Ben Russell (44), W. L. Jacobson (19), Kocher, Biddell, McNair, Nixon, Eull, and Dave Patterson, with other staff members (23), H. Williams with G. MacKenzie, together (39) and with various others (30), in the Regina office, p. 2; Mr. McNair (20), Chris McGavin (50), and Douglas Hamelin (42), seated at desks, as well as W. Eddy with E. J. Stephan and R. Cameron, standing together (52), Mr. Switzer with Miss Knowles, behind a desk (53), group portrait of Murphy, Moodie, Hansey, Burnard, Armstrong, Hill, [?], McMillan, and Hunt (16), on p. 3; Mark Mann alone (22) and with Leslie Fraser (right of 22, possibly 25?), S.F. Shields (62) and Archie Sinclair (15), seated at desks, S. Forsyth with J. Kletchko and P.F.R.A. staff at the Regina warehouse (40, 43), George Pendergast, With other members of the P.F.R.A. staff at their Regina warehouse (40), on p. 4; S.F. Arthur (27), Margaret Moodie, seated at her desk (37), Fred Atkinson, standing in the P.F.R.A. office (18), W. Bock with E. Mulholland and D. Craddock (bottom left), Mrs. Watson, P. Hyndman and (?) Ward with other members of the P.F.R.A. staff at their office (32), Miss Dennison [Norma Dennison], seated at typewriter (bottom right), on p. 5; Miss Kopanicki and Mr. Holdworth, behind a desk (5), Cyril Millor, in uniform, seated (45), Brockman, Mark Mann, J. McDougal, Watson, Wayling, Nixon, Knowles, Murken at office (10), W.A. Brown (61), Bob Donald and Ann Pukess (65), Ernie Legare (59), on p.6; E. Eisenhauer, seated at desk (6), group photo of five women staff members - Kopanicki, Penner, Glaister, Woznesensky, Edmunson (25), group photo of Mr. Hagarty, Mr. Hogan and Mr. McDougal, standing together (64?), George Spence, pointing out areas of P.F.R.A. water development on a map (right top and bottom), on p. 7.
Pages 8-9, "Visit of Hon. Norman Rogers [and] Hon. J.G. Gardiner to Southwestern Saskatchewan, August 1937", showing views of dry conditions, abandoned farm homes, etc., various men touring sites and structures, during visit of George Spence, Honorable Norman Rogers, and Honorable J. G. Gardiner in south western Saskatchewan.
Pages 10-11, "Visit of Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada, to Val Marie, Sask., May 11, 1938", showing groups of men visiting sites, and in front of crowds. Group photo (bottom right) includes Lieutenant R. Scott, Corporal Stratton, Brinkworth, Preston, John Vallance, L. Turner, Ben Russell, L.B. Thomson, and Redfern (photo taken during Lord Tweedsmuir's visit).
Page 12, "Spence Ranch, 1940", showing fields, roads and structures.
Page 13: "Hyer Tree Plantation, near Neville, Sask.", showing part of the plantation and George Spence visiting (left top and bottom); George Spence and two other men standing in a field of oats at Val Marie, captioned "1939 - Oats, Val Marie" (top right); and "Brig. Gen. Hornby" [M.L. Hornby] portrait, on a postcard sent to George Spence, Jan. 1, 1942, with note below (bottom right).
Page 14, "Visit of Earl of Athelone, Governor General of Canada, to Swift Current District, August 25/1941", including: views of the Earl's visit, Princess Alice posing for photograph and visiting with groups of people, on p. 14. See also R-B8243.
Page 15: Various pictures of Mr. Spence looking at crops, posing with other men, and eating watermelon.
Page 16: "St. Mary [and] Milk Rivers Water Development Committee 1941" (left), group portraits of men outdoors, in coats and hats; group portrait taken November 10, 1942, at Burdett, Alberta (right), showing 19 men standing outside a building -- several identified (below), including D.W. Hays, G.S. Brown, Dr. J.J. O'Neil, Ray Galvin, Victor Meek, J. Johnson, Dr. W.H. Fairfield, Sam Ashton, Dr. Leonard C. Marsh, Ben Russell, N.M. Sutherland, C.S. Clendening, George Spence, and G.A. Gaherty.
Pages 17-20: Various unidentified men (possibly from Committee on p. 16) in fields, next to car, farm machinery, and views of agricultural activities, including farmers pitching hay from a horse wagon, on page 19, as well as various unidentified people, construction work, horses pulling haying wagons, flocks of sheep, geese on a slough, men harvesting a root crop, possibly sugar beets.
Page 21: Views of fields, flock of sheep, agricultural activities.
Page 22: Views of grain elevators, grain in extra storage corrals beside the grain elevators at Gull Lake, farm buildings, and a city (likely Regina).
