Western Development Museum

: [People in front of the Beaverlodge Hotel]; Image of men and children standing in foreground - Beaverlodge Hotel and smaller wood frame and log structures, outhouse and woodpile to background left - other businesses in background right, Additional information about Goldfields: 1934 - gold discovered on north shore of Lake Athabasca at Vick Lake, 1935 - Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. buys out the claim and begins operation on a mill at Goldfields, Provincial Mining recorders office set up - beginning to townsite - first Beaverlodge, then Goldfields, Altona mine work begins, 1939 - Altona mine ceases operation before production begins, Box Mine production starts, 188 gold bricks poured at Box Mine - weighted 75 ½ lbs, value $30,000, 1942 - gold operations cease at Box Mine - Goldfields is being abandoned, 1948 - revived as base for uranium exploration 1952 - buildings moved to new townsite of Uranium City

: [Plane CF-BAU at dock]; Image of an airplane on floats with registration number CF-BAU at dock - oil or gasoline barrels piled on shore - buildings and large tank in background

: [Receipt for a horse]; Image of a receipt written for the purchase of a horse "Received from Peter Ross a grey horse branded [symbol] on the left hip and saddle and bridle in exchange for $30 - thirty dollars cash and [?] five bushels of oats - Peter Ross" - Frank Hembrow-Smith notated on back "1903. Old receipt for a horse deal. The brand was the "Flowing Pitcher"

: [Small airplane on skis]; Image of a small airplane on skis - registration number on wing not clear - Beaverlodge Hotel to left, other false front buildings and fuel tanks in background

: [Thank you letter from Harold P. Collins]; Image of a letter address to Frank Hembrow-Smith from Harold P. Collins from the Saskatoon Sanatorium thanking him for the letter and flowers he sent after the Barr Colony reunion in Saskatoon in 1926

: [Town of Goldfields from lake]; Image of the town of Goldfields as taken from Lake Athabasca - caption reads "Hudson’s Bay Buildings - Radio? Beaverlodge Hotel, beer parlour is behind two large windows on left side of centre doors. Hotel now [?] sheeted with same [?] as theatre. Log building has apartments upstairs, Mackenzie Air Service office and a store downstairs, post office built on the back. General store. Canadian Airways warehouse near the water and office behind it. Imperial Oil gas tanks, warehouses at extreme right of pictures. The other [?] is back of the oil tanks, just a bit of it show between them and a house"

: [Twelve boys standing in the snow]; Image of twelve boys posing for a photograph in the snow - three are sitting on top of a structure made of pipe and wood

: [no title] men processing fibers; Image of men standing in front of vats and rollers processing some type of fiber

: ‘42; Image of a family of five women, a man, and an infant standing on the steps of a house - "'42" printed on photo in blue ink, Written on album page: "‘42 St. Pierre Family - P. A. "

: ‘46 Peters, Mr. Porter; Image of two men (left to right: Peters, Mr. Porter) standing in front of a house - "‘46 Peters, Mr. Porter" printed on photograph in blue ink

: ‘47 The school house; Image of a small, white schoolhouse - Union Jack flag flying from flag pole - students exiting door - trees in background

: “A” type pig house; Image of an A-frame pig shelter with straw piled up with sides - a large sow to the left

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