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Item · December, 1909
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Diary and scrapbook written, compiled and bound by Anna Coombs, documenting her 1909 trip from London, England, through parts of Canada and the U.S. Describes visiting Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton and Banff, among other locations. Describes her experience of the journey, including the landscape and social life in Western Canada. Anecdotes include an account of visiting a Doukhabour village (pp. 36-7), and an incident where the car that the party is travelling in catches fire and is destroyed while travelling down a straw-covered road (pp. 37-38). Latter half includes a scrap book with postcards, brochures, time-tables, railway maps, etc. glued to the pages.

Coombs, Anna
Item · [19-?]
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Poster advertising ‘Saskatchewan’s Greatest Rodeo’, to be held at the exhibition grounds in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The poster includes two photographs, taken from the Calgary Stampede, depicting horseback riding and wagon events.

Item · 1984
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Poster for the “Exhibition of Structurist Reliefs” held at the University of Saskatchewan’s Snelgrove Gallery in Saskatoon, SK, from May 17-31, 1984. “Featuring works from the Art Dept. Structurist Area, 1983-1984.”

Structurism was a school and theory of art and art criticism founded by Eli Bornstein at the University of Saskatchewan, ca. 1960. See https://bookstore.usask.ca/structurist.php#About.

University of Saskatchewan
Item · 1947
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Advertisement for Purity Ice Cream featuring a road map of Saskatchewan and smaller maps of Saskatoon and Regina, with the location of the Purity dairy plants marked. Includes copy promoting ice cream as food for a king, explaining “why ice cream is good for you,” and encouraging farmers to sell their cream to purity. Also includes photos of the Purity Dairy Company plant in Saskatoon.

Purity Dairy Company
Item · Mar. 28, 1934
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Report from the Saskatoon Police Department, dated March 28, 1934, and listing various items reported stolen. Items listed include a toilet bowl, alarm clock, jewelry, and clothing. Also lists a break and enter. A note at the bottom states: If any of the above mentioned articles should come into your possession, kindly notify the undersigned immediately. G.M. Donald, Chief Constable. 

Item · 1982
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Poster for the exhibition “Kurelek: Ukranian Pioneer Women,” held at the Ukranian Museum of Canada from August 5 to September 12, 1982. Lists the works shown and provides a description of the exhibition, which featured paintings by William Kurelek depicting Ukranian women settlers in Saskatchewan. Includes a detail of the painting “Blessing the Easter Paska” from the exhibition.

Ukranian Museum of Canada
File · 1911
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Three photographs.
A) CNR Yards: CNR rail yards and 1st Ave, image also shows shops and a high rise building. On back of photo: “CNR yards + First Ave Saskatoon” Saskatoon chamber of commerce.
B) Building: University building on back: Saskatoon Universite, seat also of the provincial agric. College [farm][unintelligible]
C) 5th Ave: Back reads: Saskatoon 14/10/11 – 5th Ave Saskatoon [cannot read] Saskatoon chamber of commerce

Item · May. 3, 1916   
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Front cover contains the emblem of the Imperial Lodge No. 60. Below this it states: "Imperial Lodge No. 60 G.R.S., A.F. & A.M. Saskatoon." Inside the program is a letter of invitation to this Freemason event, along with the general business to be conducted at the meeting. The back cover contains a list of the Officers of Imperial Lodge No. 60, a list of Past Masters, and a list of those on several committees. Invitation has been folded in half  and has a few dirt smudges, but is in overall good condition. 

Item · 1983
Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

Poster for the travelling exhibition “Correspondences,” organized by the Walter Phillips Art Gallery at the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts. Featured works by Christopher Pratt, George Legrady, John McEwan, Tony Brown and Tim Zuck. The exhibition was shown at the Mendel Art Gallery, in Saskatoon SK, the Sir George Williams Art Galleries in Montreal QC, the Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery in Halifax NS, and the Art Gallery of York University in York ON, from April to December, 1983. Background is an abstractly blurred red and black photograph.

Walter Phillips Gallery