"Carry on Canada" float in Travellers' Day parade, featuring a young woman in Grecian-looking gown holding a flag. Unidentifed street with trees in background. Sign on float says "Second prize, class B". Article in the Star Phoenix, July 26, 1940...
Abstract
In the last decade historians have focused greater attention on the Canadian home front during the Second World War. This increased scrutiny has led to studies of not only the war’s impact on the nation at large, but also on specific...
Automobile Clearing House float in Saskatoon Travellers' Day Parade. "Commemorating the visit of our sovereigns, June 3, 1939" is written on a flag-decked upright plaque. A semi-circular sign at left reads "On land on the sea and in the air...
Photo of the C.P.R. gardens at Regina, North West Territories. The phto is enclosed by a patriotic frame including the Union Jack, Red Ensign, and coat of arms. The handwriting on it is postmarked 1906. Patriotic postcard.
Colour lithograph of the post office in Regina, Saskatchewan. Image is enclosed in a frame with a flag behind. The handwritten note on the back is postmarked 1911. Patriotic postcard.
Chinese Civil War; Sino-Japanese War, Second; World War II;
This letter is from the Florence Kirk collection at the University of Regina Archives and Special Collections. Kirk spent 18 years teaching English at Ginling College in Nanking (Nanjing), China. In Nanjing Kirk was witness to both the Japanese...
Hiebert, Paul, 1892-1987; Canadian literature--20th century; Satire, Canadian;
Typescript copy (140 pages) of Sarah Binks that went to publisher. This book was first published in 1947, and it is based on some hundred poems supposedly written by Sarah Binks, "The Sweet Songstress of Saskatchewan."
Hiebert, Paul, 1892-1987; Canadian literature--20th century; Satire, Canadian;
typescript copy (186 pages). This book was published in 1967, and it examines the followers of Sarah who made up the poetic school of seven-and-a-half in Saskatchewan
schools; educational facilities; coats of arms; Patriotism;
Lithograph of the Normal School in Regina, Saskatchewan. Image is enclosed in a patriotic frame displaying the coats of arms of the provinces and territories. Patriotic postcard.
Postcard framed with holly and mistletoe? showing a man helping a woman put on snowshoes as she leans against a tree on a snowy hill. The word "Remembrance" is printed on the bottom of the scene. Addressed to Miss Eva Rooney, Moncton, N.B.
Abstract
Over 131,000 aircrew were trained by the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Saskatchewan air schools trained twenty percent of the pilots and thirty percent of some categories of aircrew. The numbers were impressive. There were many...
patriotism; flags; coats of arms; streets; cityscapes;
Lithograph of South Railway Street in Regina, North West Territories, enclosed in a frame which includes the Canadian coat of arms, Union Jack and Canadian Red Ensign, and maple leaves. There is writing on the front and back of the card, which is...
Selected excerpts from bound published volume of narrative which covers such topics as the early settlement and development of the western regions of what is now Canada. Among other subjects, Metis land grants and scrip, fur traders, buffalo...
