Remember those old Brownie cameras that you or your mother used to use? You held the camera at about waist level and peered down into the viewfinder to line up the shot.
Whether related to technology or to photographic skill of the user, the older photo albums hold many images of family members amputated at either the head or the knee.
By way of partial compensation, there is wide representation of thumbs Ñ those of the photographers who didn’t position their hands just right.
The days of the Brownie are long gone and demand is also waning for the more sophisticated film cameras that replaced them.
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Nevertheless, many a treasured photographic memory has been captured, identified and tucked away to form a visual history of families and activities and events.
History is on our minds these days because of Alberta and Saskatchewan centennial celebrations.
The two provinces developed largely through the work of farm families and that’s what we intend to focus upon with the Western Producer’s centennial publication.
We intend it to be a tribute to western people, specifically those from Saskatchewan and Alberta, as befits the occasion.
Remember those old photos we were talking about? We’d like to publish some of yours in this special supplement.
We’re looking for pictures of the people who helped grow these two 100-year-old provinces; photos that show them in action or in places held dear; photos that show agricultural and community activities, farming operations, historical events and all manner of times and activities old and new.
But remember, the focus is people.
Alberta and Saskatchewan were built upon the spirit and grit of prairie people, and we’d like to publish photographs that you think illustrate those qualities.
Send us your photos and include as much information as you can about the dates they were taken and the people and events depicted within them. Your phone number will help us confirm details before we publish in early August.
If you send more photos than we can use in the printed version, we’ll post them on our website, www.producer.com.
We’ll make every effort to return the photos, and you can assist by enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope. And because newspapers just can’t function without them, there’s a deadline. Send your photos no later than June 10 to:
Western Producer Centennial Project
Box 2500
Saskatoon, Sask., S7K 2C4.
