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Postcard of the Regina High School first brick school, 1889, located on Hamilton St. and 11th Ave. Also called the "white" school. Replaced in 1910 by the R. H. Williams Store.

Woman walking down a lane; and sitting on a hill, possible in the English countryside. 1900's.

Items are photographic reproductions of some of the drawings that appeared in a 'book of cartoons' promoting immigration to and investment in western Canada. The four drawings included have the following primary captions: "The only drawback," "Fertile Canada," "Beginning a home in Western Canada," and "Everything in Canada's Favor."

"The only drawback" drawing depicts Uncle Sam and Mr. John Bull standing in the middle of a wheat field (that reaches up their necks). Pamphlet includes the caption: Uncle Sam = (Looking over Canadian West with Mr. Bull). They say its a fine lookin' // country, John, but darn it all, you can't see it for the wheat.

"Fertile Canada" shows side-by-side two views of a "money" tree ten years apart - 1890 and 1900. In the first image, a man is shown kneeling on the ground planting the tree; in the second image, the "money" tree has grown taller than the man and produced large fruit within which are depictions of sheep, grain stooks, a farm, pigs, cattle, and horses.

"Beginning a home in Western Canada" drawing depicts two views of the same plot of land, one set in 1893 and a second in 1903. The 1893 image shows undeveloped land with a woman in the foreground gathering plants (by hand), a man is plowing a field with two horses, and in the background are two small farm buildings. The 1903 images shows the same land, now covered in grain stooks, with a tall crop that is being harvested using a binder; the man and woman are seated in a horse and buggy and a child on a pony, the farm buildings are larger and have now have an adjacent field of grazing cattle.

"Everything in Canada's Favor" image shows a man on a city street examining a poster that has a quotation of a letter written to Sir Alfred Jones. The text extols the productivity of the land in the Canadian northwest and prospects for future population growth.

View of construction of Boggy Creek Dam. Men, women and children, horses and equipment present.

G. O. Curtis house, used to be where Art Kemp's house is today.

Item is an image showing a view of the Standard Printing House that was located on the 1700 block of Rose St.

A crowd of people in Victoria Park for the inauguration ceremonies when Saskatchewan became a province. Sept. 3 or 4, 1905.

Delegates fo the rural section of lcoal governments gathered on the steps of Regina city hall.

Item is an image showing a view of the Bank of Montreal on the corner of 11th Ave. and Scarth St.