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Join us in the local history room bi-monthly for a history-related activity.
Come view historic pictures of Saskatoon through the intimate and candid lens of early photographer Helen Schrader.
Helen Schrader made a unique contribution to the photographic history of Saskatoon, providing us with a fascinating and refreshing view of life in the early days of the city. Her photographs are a valuable counterpoint to the professionally posed portraits and street scenes of the predominantly male photographers of the time.
In documenting the significant, as well as the everyday events of her growing family, Mrs. Schrader has given us a charming view of what it was like to live in Saskatoon. The family home at 321 6th Avenue North provides the focus for her images but does not restrict them; in the background we see the city growing and developing. When built, the house on 6th Avenue was at the city limits; over the decades, as her family grew up, it was from this vantage point that Mrs. Schrader watched as the city expanded around her.
Although the primary focus of this slideshow is people, this does not mean Helen Schrader limited her photography to family portraits. The construction of the Bessborough Hotel, scenes of the exhibition, photographs of early Doukhobor settlements and pictures of early aviation provide the subject for other Schrader photographs in the Local History Room. The wide range of subject matter is testimony to a lively curiosity at work.
AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Speakers & Special Events | Movie, Film & Documentary | Local History |
The Frances Morrison Central Library officially opened on May 28, 1966. This facility was named after Frances Morrison, who served as Saskatoon Public Library’s (SPL) chief librarian from 1961 to 1980. The Frances Morrison Central Library is the largest of SPL’s nine libraries and houses a dedicated Children’s Department, Fine Arts Department, Local History Room, Theatre, a computer lab, Innovation Lab, SPL's Writer in Residence, Accessibility Services and various administrative offices.
