The "Big 7" Company Ltd., a threshing company, operating at Lake Saskatoon in the Grande Prairie district. Equipment shown includes a threshing machine and a steam engine. Various buildings are visible in the background.
The fonds consists of a letter written by Malinda Moore to her mother in Pennsylvania, in which she describes her pioneer experiences, and attending the first Calgary Stampede. It includes descriptions of laundry, canning, pickling, and the harvest; bucking broncos, rodeo events and the crowds in Calgary during the Stampede; and baby Robert's teething and potty training.
The fonds consists of photographs of Lethbridge buildings, businesses, institutions, personalities, events including the Lethbridge Fair, and industries including the Galt Coal Mine. Also consists of photographs of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) viaduct at Lethbridge, agriculture and irrigatrion in the Lethbridge area, and nearby communities including Diamond City, Monarch, New Dayton, Warner and the Crowsnest Pass.
1 article from the Shepherds Journal, "Highlights of Sheep History in the Canadian West" (1998); The Sarnia Ranch Company's Directors Tenth, Eleventh, and Fifteenth Annual Report to the Shareholders and the corresponding annual Financial Statement (1908-1913); Sarnia Ranch business correspondence (1908-1915); medical bills (2) for Lewis Hughes (1908-1909); one photo album containing 15 adhered images.
The fonds consists of a photo album compiled by Essie Frost and dating from roughly 1913 to 1915. There are 85 images showing the family at the ranch and creamery and also many views of their home on the North Hill, showing the early development of the Rosedale area and Crescent Heights subdivisions.