Saskatoon Western Canada : The Commercial Centre of the Most Famous Wheat Growing Territory in the World

Thin card covers, saddle stitched with staples, 40 pages, 6.75x10.25 - 17.5x26cm, B&W photographs and illustrations.

Front cover and title page bear small closed tear at bottom, back cover bumped at top near spine. Spine rubbed at head and heel. Many pages lightly creased, several pages rough at top edge, pp.37-38 chipped with 2 cm (.75 in) closed tear at top edge.

This promotional booklet offers a glowing overview of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan’s potential as a growing prairie city in the late 1910s. Prepared by Saskatoon’s Board of Trade, the booklet highlights the city’s placement as a commercial hub at the centre of prairie agriculture. The authors also emphasize Saskatoon’s services and infrastructure, showcasing the city’s university, libraries, and streetcar system to demonstrate its status as an expanding urban centre. Full of photographs and statistics, the volume is a time capsule of Saskatoon in the late 1910s and an example of prairie boosting in the aftermath of WWI. Peel(3) 4529.