Winnipeg Tribune

From the Winnipeg Tribune of February 3, 1906 (p. 16) comes this account of the aftermath of the grizzly bear attack on Winnipeg postcard photographer George Barrowclough, which had taken place in January in South Dakota. According to this, Barrowclough recovered and was appointed assayer at the Homestake Extension Mine in Lead, S.D. (presumably "Homestead" is a misprint).

We learn a little more about Barrowclough's movements in the first part of 1906 from this story from the Winnipeg Tribune of April 24, 1906 (p. 12), in which it is revealed that Barrowclough was in Colorado at the time of the San Francisco earthquake, explaining how he was able to get there quickly enough to take the postcard photographs of the ruined city.

Winnipeg Tribune, November 14, 1934, p. 1.

Winnipeg Tribune, July 24, 1905, p. 12 -- a big find here as we see the Government Agent cards being described. This gives us a rough date for their creation (which is about right given the postmarks on the series, which tend to be late 1905 and into 1906). Click on the Government Agent Cards 'album' at right to see some of the cards in this set.