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This privately published pamphlet was produced by the noted Canadian lawyer John Skirving Ewart. Educated at Upper Canada College and Osgoode Hall, Ewart lived in Winnipeg from 1882 to 1904 before moving to Ottawa to become an outstanding counsel…

While food was always a key driver of Western Canada’s economy, the war meant that Prairie production had global consequences. This brochure, published by the North-West Line Elevators Association, encourages farmers to tailor their production to…

The Blue Ribbon Company was established by George Frederick and John Galt in Winnipeg around 1897; the cousins had already established a wholesale grocery business in 1882 (Driver, Culinary 928). Though the copyright for this book was apparently…

Clearly serving as a local business advertiser as much as a household guide, the first edition of this series was published in Vancouver around 1911–13, but versions soon followed for Winnipeg, Hamilton, Toronto, and Montreal (Driver, Culinary…

This item was produced for the fiftieth anniversary of Canada’s first transcontinental passenger train journey. Though the last spike was driven on 7 November 1885, the winter and ongoing repairs to the track delayed the first cross-Canada trip.…

A formal portrait of Nellie McClung. This image was included with her contribution a memory book created by the Edmonton Women's Press Club for a departing member.

A formal portrait of Emily Murphy, with her signature. This image was included with her contribution a memory book created by the Edmonton Women's Press Club for a departing member.

This volume demonstrates how cookbooks can provide insights into other cultural circumstances. In this case, the full-page advertisement for the telephone demonstrates the early incentives behind rural telephone installation; another advertisement…

The UFWA was created in 1915 as a women’s parallel to the United Farmers of Alberta. Nanci Langford’s Politics, Pitchforks and Pickle Jars notes that the first UFWA cookbook was produced in 1928 from recipes donated by members from across the…

The Lake of the Woods Milling Company, which produced Five Roses flour, was founded in 1887 in Quebec, but the company proudly celebrated its grain, “from the sun-flooded prairie lands of Western Canada.” The first edition of this book…