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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: Erecting Victory Loan Sign and Donor Board
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Erecting a sign in front of the town office in Rosetown at the beginning of WWII. Sandbags are piled around a machine gun display.
Date Created: 1940
Call Number: GPC - MI.2.002

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

Title: Parade of Reserve Army Cadets
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Written on the back of the photo: "The fire truck, Reserve Army and the Cadets. Henry Evans standing on fire truck."
Date Created: 1940
Call Number: GPC - MI2.001

Title: Unknown Man in Uniform
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 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)
Call Number: GPC - MI2.011

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: R.M.S. Empress of Britain
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 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
Date Created: 1916-06-28

Title: Birthday Greetings
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 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."

Title: Normal School, North Bay, Ont.
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives

Title: Procession Decoration Day Rosetown
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1926-11-11
Call Number: GPC - PA 2.004

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: Letter from Dick to Gertrude Buchanan
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 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.

Title: A Letter from the Crown Prince to his Papa-Kaiser: Somewhere in France on Der Run All Der Time
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 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.

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: Christmas card to Gertie from Gordon
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Christmas card from Gordon (likely Gordon Madge) to Gertie (Gertrude Buchanan). The card's cover includes the Royal Canadian Dragoons emblem.

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: WWI Soldiers in Rosetown
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 16 men in WWI uniform in form of the Rosetown Town Office holding Ross rifles.
Date Created: 1915
Call Number: GPC - MI1.012

Title: Two letters from Gordon Madge to Gertrude Buchanan, 1917
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1917

Title: 3 men, 1940s Car
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 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).
Call Number: GPC - MI2.010

Title: Large group of men in front of Memorial Hall
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Large group of men in from of the "Army & Navy Veterans Rosetown Unit." Sign on building in background is "Dominion Cars."
Date Created: 1930
Call Number: GPC - MI1.009

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: 2nd Contingent from Rosetown, Sask 1914
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 18 men and one officer. The soldiers had been issued Ross Rifles, but no uniforms.
Date Created: 1914

Title: Army Motorcycles and Vehicles on Main Street, Rosetown
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 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.
Call Number: GPC - MI2.014

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: Decoration Day Parade
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Image of people on foot and children on bicycles. A nurses residence is visible in the background. On reverse"Decoration Day 1959."
Date Created: 1959
Call Number: GPC - PA 2.009

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: Commanding Officer and Mayor McNab seated
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1967
Call Number: GPC - MI2.020

Title: Letter from Reg Spindler to the Members of the SDB's Club
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 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.
Date Created: 1916-12-23

Title: 149th Overseas Battalion Christmas Card
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 149th Battalion Christmas card signed by a soldier.

Title: North Saskatchewan Regiment Honour Guard
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: Military men on parade foreground and background of picture.
Date Created: 1967
Call Number: GPC - MI2.016

Title: Montreal – Hôpital Générale (General Hospital.)
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives

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: [65th Saskatchewan Overseas Battalion Pin]
Institution: Rosetown Centennial Library Archives
Description: 65th Saskatchewan Overseas Battalion pin. The pin includes a crown and Saskatchewan's crest. A maple leaf serves as the pin's backdrop.

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

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