Photographic negative

Photographic negative

Archival item



2002.32.13
circa 1920
Photographic negative, panoramic view of Shaunavon circa 1920. On the far left there is a building with a step ladder beside it, there is evidence of snow, there are some other buildings in the background. In the middle of the negative there is a team of horses pulling a wagon with a man on it. There are a few more buildings some under construction and two men with carpenter’s aprons on. There is a pile of construction material (boards) and another man with what looks like a rope tied to something. There are a few more buildings and then another pile of construction material. This is the negative of the image in 1988.16.230.
Cellulose Nitrate

Notes: There are teeth marks from a holder 0.5 cm from the left edge. The upper right corner has the number “39” written in it. There is a crease running the width of the negative at 11.2 cm.
Inscription: Protective envelop has the number “39” in the top right corner and “Government Road” written on it.