1883 - Bell Farm employees breaking (plowing) virgin prairie soil
Photo by: Bingham and Thom, Winnipeg, Manitoba, ca. 1883. A stereoscopic view of plowing at the Bell Farm in the 1880s.
Bingham and Thom, Winnipeg, Manitoba, were among a number of official photographers for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in the 1880s and 1890s.
Stereoscopic cards were popular at the turn of the 20th century to provide a three dimensional view when the card was inserted into a stereoscope.
SOURCES:
Bell Family Collection - Shelagh Whitaker
RESEARCH BY:
Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.