Series consists of 135 original photographs, 1866-1912, of activities in turn-of-the-century Manitoba: shots taken in Birch River, Man. [ca. 1912] showing the construction of Angus MacIvor's house, a team of oxen, a threshing machine; Mrs. Annie Adair and MacIvor quilting on a farm near Lauder, Man, and Jack Wallace and Joe Anderson in an automobile near Lauder, photos by Mrs. MacIvor; Band at Pierson, Man., 1897; croquet team outside C.P.R. station, Pierson, Man.. The series also contains 104 copied photographs depicting views of Lauder, Melgund, Napinka, and Hartley, Manitoba including photos of settlers, group shots, and farming activities, originally taken from 1895-1939.
The series also contains 104 copied photographs, originally taken from 1895-1939, that depict the following: views of Lauder, Melgund, Napinka, and Hartley, Manitoba: portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Patterson; steam engine and threshers, Lauder, Man.; various types of cars; community group and activities in and around Lauder, Man.; teams of oxen and horses pulling discs and harrows outside a settler's home, Western Canada; members of Purple Hill Church Sunday School, Man., 1906; threshing outfit of Mr. Harry Ashley, Lauder, Man., 1910; Mr. Russell Adair and family en route to homestead at Birch River, Lauder, Man., 1911; grading team on new C.P.R. branch line between Lauder and Boissevain, Man., June, 1912; ploughing on Mr. H. Hannah's farm, Waskada, Man., ca. 1912; Miss. M.L. Seebach and pupils of the Intermediate Room, Lauder School, Lauder, Man., 1918; Grad Pré School, near Lauder, Man., 1918.
