A few facts about the city of Saskatoon : something of its past, present and prospects for the future, a city of opportunities. A railway centre. The hub of the great hard wheat area of Central Saskatchewan
A 1907 promotional pamphlet issued by the Saskatoon Board of Trade to attract settlers and investors to the prairie railway town in central Saskatchewan. Halftone photographs record new brick commercial blocks, painted wall signage, plank sidewalks and unpaved streets, supplying period storefront lettering, boomtown architecture and empty-street townscapes.
