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Title: Last Ox Train Through Portage - 1880 - Portage la Prairie Man. :
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: Image of at least 8 ox-drawn carts passing through Portage la Prairie - several men standing in front of a false-front building observing - "Last Ox Train Through Portage - 1880 - Portage la Prairie, Man." printed along bottom of postcard in white ink
Date Created: 1880
Call Number: MSS C565/2/11_32c, spcoll:5302

Title: Steam Threshing Outfit - Portage la Prairie, 1900:
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: Image of at least 21 men threshing - piles of threshed wheat in background - steam engine in foreground - 2 wagons pulled by 2 horse teams in background - one horse-drawn carriage to right - house and fence in background - "Steam Threshing Outfit - Portage la Prairie, 1900" printed along bottom of postcard in white ink
Date Created: 1900
Call Number: MSS C565/2/11_32a, spcoll:5300

Title: Portage la Prairie Man., Red River Ox Cart, 1871: Edward Field, Frederick Bird, M.P.P.
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: Image of two men (Edward Field and Frederick Bird) sitting in a cart being drawn by an ox - "Portage la Prairie Man. Red River Ox Cart 1871 Edward Field, Frederick Bird M.P.P." along bottom of postcard in black and white ink
Date Created: 1871
Call Number: MSS C565/2/11_32d, spcoll:5303

Title: Shipment of Binders, Portage la Prairie, 1886:
Institution: University Library, University of Saskatchewan
Description: Image of farmers picking up binders from the train station - three horse-drawn carriages in foreground - town in background with several houses and businesses including "[?] Star Bakery", "Jas. Anderson Dry Goods &." and "J. McLeod" - "Shipment of Binders, Portage la Prairie, 1886" printed along bottom of postcard in white ink
Date Created: 1886
Call Number: MSS C565/2/11_32b, spcoll:5301