The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Arrangement
[Mr. Stuckey put two negatives in one envelope and taped the prints to the outside of the envelope. We have separated them and numbered the negatives CA16(1) and CA16(2) and the prints CA16(1a) and CA16(2a).]
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
800 block of Rosser Avenue, south side. Johnson's Hardware Building; Mitrou Building; Christie Building (Brandon Musical Supply) just prior to demolition for Gallery Mall.
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
800 block of Rosser Avenue, south side. Johnson's Hardware Building; Mitrou Building; Christie Building (Brandon Musical Supply) just prior to demolition for Gallery Mall.
Photograph shows the interior of a store primarily selling pipes, cigars, and postcards.
Notes
Writing on the back reads: Letters on right-hand door read IMP, probably Imperial - Rosser [807] at Eigth Street. The handwriting is Fred McGuinness'. Date ascertained from Saskatoon Fair poster hanging on wall at right of photograph. Business name retrieved from Henderson's Brandon City Directory 1911. Adams Shoe Company store front visible through shop's windows.
Photograph shows the interior of a store primarily selling pipes, cigars, and postcards.
Notes
Handwriting on back of phograph reads: Harry Finnegan, Brandon, Man. Date ascertained from Waterloo Manufacturing Co. calendar hanging by door at left of photograph. Interior furnishings same as photograph 20-2009.2.
Very poor. Item has been broken in half on a diagonal from top to botton. Upper right corner is missing. Various tape stains and some tape residue on the bottom left.
History / Biographical
Lottie Louisa Currie was born on September 9, 1876 in St. Mary's, Perth, ON, to William and Eleanor Currie. She came to the Brandon area with her family in the 1880s. Currie worked as a bookkeeper and stenographer for Smith & Burton, from at least 1906 until the business ceased operations in 1917.
Currie continued working in bookkeeping and accounts, first for Brandon Gas & Power Co., then for the Manitoba Power Commission. She appears to have retired around 1942. She is not listed as living in Brandon between 1943-1945, but was once again a resident by 1947. Currie was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, a charter member of the Brandon Business and Professional Women's Club and in 1916, she passed her examinations for the St. John's Ambulance Association.
Lottie Louisa Currie died on November 25, 1972 in Brandon, MB.
Smith & Burton, a grocery store that also had mail order and china departments, was founded by E.B. Smith and John Burton in the 1886. It was housed at a few locations in downtown Brandon; their location at 829 Rosser Avenue is the one that mostly likely appears in the photograph.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of office employees at Smith & Burton, grocers. Lottie Currie, daughter of William Currie, is shown standing on the left.
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
West side of Sixth Street, north of Rosser Avenue; looking north
Notes
Businesses displayed (S to N) include: Winter & O'Neill - general store; James A. Smart - hardware; Grand Central Hotel - built 1882, razed 1890; American House - hotel; Brandon House (far end) - hotel
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Northwest corner of Tenth Street and Rosser Avenue
Notes
Showing (left to right): Fraser Building 1890, John E. Smith Block 1907, The Canadian Bank of Commerce 1907, Cecil Hotel 1910, Brandon Sun Building 1905; Can be dated by Cecil Hotel (built 1910) and because the streets were paved and streetcar tracks laid in 1912.
The Queen's hotel was located on the corner of Rosser Avenue and Tenth Street (Steen & Boyce, 1882. Brandon, Manitoba, Canada and Her Industries. Steen & Boyce Publishers Printers & Binders, 81.). Therefore this photo appears to display Rosser Avenue looking east. P.E. 11/06/09
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Queen's Hotel, Robinson Bros. & Co. Drygoods, etc.
Notes
Street scene with new construction. Collection: Fred McGuinness