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Title: 96th Battalion C.E.F. Lines. Camp Hughes, 1916
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Rows of white tents on postcard taken at Camp Hughes, 1916.
Date Created: 1916
Call Number: GPC - MI1.008

Title: R.M.S. Empress of Britain
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives

Title: Montreal – Hôpital Générale (General Hospital.)
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Postcard showing the General Hospital in Montreal on front with a message addressed to Miss Gertrude Buchanan on back.
Date Created: 1916-06-16

Title: Decoration Day Service Rosetown.
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Image of soldiers at a Decoration Day service standing with bowed heads before a mound of flowers. Many people grouped behind them.
Date Created: 1926-11-11
Call Number: GPC - PA 2.005

Title: Postcard from Dick to Gerte, Bramshott Camp
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Embroidered postcard from Dick to Gerte (Likely Gertrude Buchanan). In the letter Dick comments about how Gerte has been slow to write back. He describes his time at "home," and in London.

Title: Parade of Men from 96th Battalion of CEF.
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 96th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces pass in review before Brig. Gen. J. Hughes at Camp Hughes, Aug. 12, 1916. Nurses in foreground. Some are mounted on horses, some men are marching on foot.
Date Created: 1916
Call Number: GPC - MI1.007

Title: Decoration Day Service Rosetown
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Soldiers stand before a flower filled memorial at the Nov 11, 1926 Decoration Day service in Rosetown.
Date Created: 1926-11-11
Call Number: GPC - PA 2.006

Title: Northern Nav. Co. and G.T.R. Terminal Station, Sarnia, Can.
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Postcard with an image of the Sarnia dock and Grand Trunk train station. On the back is a letter addressed to "Lizze." The letter was sent on December 29, 1914. The author inquires about Lizze's Christmas and describes the weather in Ontario.
Date Created: 1914-12-29

Title: Postcard to Gertrude Buchanan
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Embroidered postcard with crosses, flowers and the phrase "Pont à Mousson" sent to Miss Gertrude Buchanan. Captain Earl Peters' name is found in the top left corner on the postcard's back. He could be the author of the postcard, or the censor.

Title: Court House, Saskatoon, Sask.
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Postcard with an image of the Saskatoon court house on the front. On the back is correspondence from "Dick" to Gertrude Buchanan asking whether she is planning to visit him in Saskatoon during his three day leave.

Title: Procession to "Graveyard" on Decoration Day
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Decoration Day procession to graveyard in Rosetown - 1926. Parade is led by a gun carriage pulled by horses filled with flowers. Marching soldiers in uniform are followed by many people.
Date Created: 1926
Call Number: GPC - PA 2.002

Title: Postcard to Miss Buchanan on Dec 11th
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Back of postcard with message to written to Miss Buchanan from North Bay Ontario.
Date Created: 1914-12-11

Title: Liphook, Royal Anchor Hotel
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Postcard with an image of the Royal Anchor Hotel in the background and two men in a car in the foreground. On the back is a correspondence from Dick (of the 54th Battalion of the C.E.F) to Miss Gertrude Buchanan. He explains how he was put into a new battalion, and asks about sports day in Rosetown.
Date Created: 1916-07-15

Title: Military Tents of 67th Light Infantry
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 67th Light Infantry encampment, Rosetown in the background looking southwest.
Date Created: 1941
Call Number: GPC - MI2.009

Title: Shelborne Village.
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Postcard with an image of Shelborne Village on the front. On the back is a note sent to Miss Gertrude Buchanan by Dick from Bramshott Camp in England. Dick describes his experience at the military camp.
Date Created: 1916-07-22

Title: Postcard to Miss Buchanan from "Somewhere in Quebec"
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Postcard from "Somewhere in Quebec" written at 7:30 PM on Friday 16 June, 1916 and postmarked the following day in Lemiux, Que.
Date Created: 1916-06-16

Title: Parade of Soldiers on Decoration Day in Rosetown.
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Decoration Day parade showing 12 soldiers, guns on shoulders, marching past the 1926 fairgrounds and bleachers. They are accompanied by children.
Date Created: 1926
Call Number: GPC - PA 2.001

Title: Souvenir de France 1919
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Letter to Gertrude Buchanan that expresses a longing to see her and describes an illness that the author was inflicted with. The author questions why she has not written back. Captain Earl Peters is written at the bottom of the postcard, he is either the censor or the author.
Date Created: 1919-02-19

Title: Two WWI army privates
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Two unidentified young men in Canadian Expeditionary Forces uniforms. A good example of WW1 Uniforms.
Call Number: GPC - MI1.001

Title: Normal School, North Bay, Ont.
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Postcard showing a Normal School in North Bay, Ontario with a message written on back.
Date Created: 1914-12-11

Title: "We're waiting for something to turn up."
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Postcard with an image of a man and a woman yawning, while on a boat on the front. On the back is a correspondence from "Dick" to Gertrude Buchanan ("Gertie" in the letter). Dick describes his schedule and his conditions. He also states the 96th Battalion is going to move out any day.
Date Created: 1916-06-04

Title: Postcard addressed to Miss Buchanan
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: A postcard written to Miss Buchanan from Liverpool.
Date Created: 1916-06-28

Title: 67th Light Infantry Tent City
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Encampment in Rosetown of military tents of the 67th Light Infantry. Encampment probably at Rosetown Fairgrounds. Unusual military tents and a large group of men in uniform.
Date Created: 1941
Call Number: GPC - MI2.008

Title: 96th Battalion C.E.F Pass in Review Before Brig. Gen. J. Hughes: Camp Hughes Aug. 12th 1916
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 96th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force march at Camp Hughes (now Camp Shilo, Manitoba). Some soldiers are mounted on horses, some are marching on foot. There are nurses in the foreground.
Date Created: 1916-08-12

Title: Field Service Postcard from Private Spindler, December 23, 1916
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Generic field letter sent by Private R. J. Spindler to the Secretary of a Rosetown Club. Instructions are found on both sides of the postcard on how to fill it out correctly. No specific information is provided about Spindler's experience or whereabouts.
Date Created: 1916-12-23

Title: Relic of Northwest Rebellion, The Steamer "Marquis": Prince Albert, Sask.
Institution: Saskatchewan Archives Board
Description: Postcard showing image of Marquis steamer ship in the water
Call Number: S-B10328

Title: Constable Kelliher, N.W.M.P., Onion Lake, 1915
Institution: Saskatchewan Archives Board
Description: Postcard image of man (Constable Kelliher) standing near a horse. In background: the Onion Lake RNWMP Barracks.
Date Created: 1915
Call Number: S-B10456