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96th Battalion C.E.F. Lines. Camp Hughes, 1916
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Rows of white tents on postcard taken at Camp Hughes, 1916.
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Date Created
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1916
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Call Number
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GPC - MI1.008
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Title
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Erecting Victory Loan Sign and Donor Board
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Erecting a sign in front of the town office in Rosetown at the beginning of WWII. Sandbags are piled around a machine gun display.
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Date Created
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1940
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Call Number
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GPC - MI.2.002
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Title
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R.M.S. Empress of Britain
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Parade of Reserve Army Cadets
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Written on the back of the photo: "The fire truck, Reserve Army and the Cadets. Henry Evans standing on fire truck."
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Date Created
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1940
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Call Number
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GPC - MI2.001
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Title
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Unknown Man in Uniform
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Written on the back of photo: "Taken when Donald was home on furlough in May and was very thin and tired. He says he is really fine now." (Signed B)
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Call Number
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GPC - MI2.011
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Montreal – Hôpital Générale (General Hospital.)
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Postcard showing the General Hospital in Montreal on front with a message addressed to Miss Gertrude Buchanan on back.
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Date Created
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1916-06-16
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dc.publisher
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European Post Card Co.
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Decoration Day Service Rosetown.
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Image of soldiers at a Decoration Day service standing with bowed heads before a mound of flowers. Many people grouped behind them.
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Date Created
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1926-11-11
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Call Number
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GPC - PA 2.005
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Randall Photo
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R.M.S. Empress of Britain
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Postcard of the R.M.S . (Royal Mail Ship) Empress of Britain on the ocean with a detail of a man and women holding hands int he top left. On the back there is a message addressed to Miss. G? Buchanan
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Date Created
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1916-06-28
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C W. Hunt & Co.
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Birthday Greetings
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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An embroidered unsigned birthday card. On the inside the card says "Remembrance" and "With this pansy I send you my best kisses and my tender thought from France."
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Normal School, North Bay, Ont.
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Procession Decoration Day Rosetown
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Infantry soldiers on horseback and marching in the 1926 Decoration Day parade traveling north on Main Street Rosetown. The CNR station can be seen at the top of Main Street and businesses on the east side are shown lining Main Street.
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Date Created
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1926-11-11
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Call Number
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GPC - PA 2.004
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Randall Photo
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Postcard from Dick to Gerte, Bramshott Camp
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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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.
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Letter from Dick to Gertrude Buchanan
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Letter written by "Dick" sent to Gertrude Buchanan (Gertie). He discusses being homesick, a black eye he got in battle, and asks her to thank a woman for offering to send him whatever he needed. The letter was written on October 23rd.
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A Letter from the Crown Prince to his Papa-Kaiser: Somewhere in France on Der Run All Der Time
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Fictional letter written from the perspective of Prince Wilhelm III of Germany writing to his father Kaiser Wilhelm II. The satirical letter highlights German inferiority or weakness as it references their willingness to retreat. Also, there is a brief reference to German brutality and barbarism.
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Parade of Men from 96th Battalion of CEF.
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1916
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Call Number
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GPC - MI1.007
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Christmas card to Gertie from Gordon
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Christmas card from Gordon (likely Gordon Madge) to Gertie (Gertrude Buchanan). The card's cover includes the Royal Canadian Dragoons emblem.
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Decoration Day Service Rosetown
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Soldiers stand before a flower filled memorial at the Nov 11, 1926 Decoration Day service in Rosetown.
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Date Created
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1926-11-11
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Call Number
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GPC - PA 2.006
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dc.publisher
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Randall Photo
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Northern Nav. Co. and G.T.R. Terminal Station, Sarnia, Can.
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1914-12-29
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WWI Soldiers in Rosetown
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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16 men in WWI uniform in form of the Rosetown Town Office holding Ross rifles.
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Date Created
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1915
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Call Number
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GPC - MI1.012
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Title
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Two letters from Gordon Madge to Gertrude Buchanan, 1917
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Two letters sent by Gordon Madge to Gertrude Buchanan in Rosetown between January and March 1917. One letter was sent from Belgium, the other from France. In the first letter Madge thanks the "SDBs" for their Christmas parcel. The second letter is in response to a letter from Gertrude. Madge talks about his contact with other soldiers Gertrude likely asked about, also he talks briefly about his war experience.
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Date Created
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1917
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3 men, 1940s Car
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Three men standing in front of a 1940s car. There is a 1940s truck and a building that could be a garage in the background. The men in the photo left to right are: Leslie Towns, Mr. Sheffield and Bill Wood (in uniform).
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Call Number
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GPC - MI2.010
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Large group of men in front of Memorial Hall
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Large group of men in from of the "Army & Navy Veterans Rosetown Unit." Sign on building in background is "Dominion Cars."
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Date Created
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1930
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Call Number
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GPC - MI1.009
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Postcard to Gertrude Buchanan
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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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.
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2nd Contingent from Rosetown, Sask 1914
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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18 men and one officer. The soldiers had been issued Ross Rifles, but no uniforms.
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Date Created
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1914
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Army Motorcycles and Vehicles on Main Street, Rosetown
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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The Unique Theatre and Bickles sings on the east side of the 200 block of Main Street in Rosetown are shown with army motorcycles and jeeps parked along the sidewalk.
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GPC - MI2.014
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Court House, Saskatoon, Sask.
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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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.
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Procession to "Graveyard" on Decoration Day
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1926
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Call Number
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GPC - PA 2.002
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Randall Photo
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Postcard to Miss Buchanan on Dec 11th
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Back of postcard with message to written to Miss Buchanan from North Bay Ontario.
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Date Created
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1914-12-11
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Liphook, Royal Anchor Hotel
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1916-07-15
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Military Tents of 67th Light Infantry
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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67th Light Infantry encampment, Rosetown in the background looking southwest.
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Date Created
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1941
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Call Number
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GPC - MI2.009
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Decoration Day Parade
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Image of people on foot and children on bicycles. A nurses residence is visible in the background. On reverse"Decoration Day 1959."
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Date Created
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1959
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Call Number
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GPC - PA 2.009
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Shelborne Village.
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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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.
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Date Created
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1916-07-22
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Commanding Officer and Mayor McNab seated
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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The commanding officer of the North Saskatchewan Regiment honour guard and Rosetown Mayor Bob McNab seated in a roped off area of the Rosetown Fairgrounds. The bleachers behind them are full of spectators.
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Date Created
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1967
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Call Number
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GPC - MI2.020
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Letter from Reg Spindler to the Members of the SDB's Club
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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In the letter Spindler thanks his friends for the Christmas parcel sent to him. Spindler also writes about his war experience and his opinion about the war.
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Date Created
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1916-12-23
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149th Overseas Battalion Christmas Card
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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149th Battalion Christmas card signed by a soldier.
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North Saskatchewan Regiment Honour Guard
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Military men on parade foreground and background of picture.
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Date Created
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1967
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Call Number
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GPC - MI2.016
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Montreal – Hôpital Générale (General Hospital.)
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Postcard to Miss Buchanan from "Somewhere in Quebec"
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Postcard from "Somewhere in Quebec" written at 7:30 PM on Friday 16 June, 1916 and postmarked the following day in Lemiux, Que.
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Date Created
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1916-06-16
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dc.publisher
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European Post Card Co.
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Title
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[65th Saskatchewan Overseas Battalion Pin]
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Institution
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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65th Saskatchewan Overseas Battalion pin. The pin includes a crown and Saskatchewan's crest. A maple leaf serves as the pin's backdrop.
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Parade of Soldiers on Decoration Day in Rosetown.
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Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
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Description
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Decoration Day parade showing 12 soldiers, guns on shoulders, marching past the 1926 fairgrounds and bleachers. They are accompanied by children.
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Date Created
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1926
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Call Number
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GPC - PA 2.001
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dc.publisher
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Randall Photo
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