Swift Current - The Coming Centre City Of Saskatchewan Promotional Booklet (1912)

From Swift Current Museum

Accession Number 1990.6.36

Date 1912

Description A postcard with an image of an aerial view of Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) yards. The caption reads "The Coming Centre City of Saskatchewan." There is space on the back of the postcard for a stamp and address, though both are blank. The booklet portion is filled with fold-out photographs. Titles of the photos are: Some of the Elevators; CPR Roundhouse; Central School [earlier one]; Canadian Bank of Commerce; CPR Depot; Harvesting Scene Near Swift Current; Business Block Under Construction; Cutting Wheat at Swift Current; Empress Hotel; Portion of 11th Avenue 1905 and 1912 [now Central Avenue]; W. W. Edmanson's Residence; Pretty Scenes in City Park; Portion of Business Centre 1912; Methodist Church Under Construction; Business Block Under Construction; Presbyterian Church and Manse Under Construction; The Lyric Theatre; Typical Wholesale House; and Municipal Hospital.

Materials Card Stock; Paper

Category Communication Artefacts, Documentary Artifact, Postcard