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Austin Threshermen's Reunion

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Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1979

Accession Number: 1-2015

1 image

Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: McG 9

Item Number: 1-2015.242

Accession Number: 1-2015

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1979

Physical Description: 10" x 8" (b/w)

Physical Condition: Emulsive side of image has mock-up lines.

Custodial History: Photograph sent to Fred McGuinness from the Winnipeg Free Press Photo Department

Scope and Content: Photograph shows historic tractors on display at the Austin, Manitoba's Threshermen's Reunion. The tractors are parading on an outdoor track before a packed grandstand.

Notes: Photograph was collected during the research phase of the monograph "Manitoba: The Province & The People" (1987) written by Fred McGuinness and Ken Coates. Writing on the front of the photograph reads: Austin Parade Thursday, July 27/79

Name Access: Manitoba Threshermen's Reunion & Stampede

Subject Access: Tractors; parades

Repro Restriction: Photograph may be subject to Canadian Copy Right Laws.

Storage Location: RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Arrangement: McG 5.4 File 2

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Austin Threshermen's Reunion

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Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1982

Accession Number: 1-2015

1 image

Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: McG 9

Item Number: 1-2015.243

Accession Number: 1-2015

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1982

Physical Description: 8" x 10" (b/w)

Physical Condition: Emulsive side of image has mock-up lines.

Custodial History: Photograph sent to Fred McGuinness from the Winnipeg Free Press Photo Department

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a small steam engine to which a tug of rope is affixed. Seven young boys are pulling counter to the engine as an engine operator makes adjustment. Bemused spectators look on.

Notes: Photograph was collected during the research phase of the monograph "Manitoba: The Province & The People" (1987) written by Fred McGuinness and Ken Coates. Writing on the label filed with the photograph reads: A miniature case steam engine gets an unexpected load as a group of boys try to haul it to a stop during the Thursday afternoon parade. dirk. 19/82

Name Access: Manitoba Threshermen's Reunion & Stampede

Subject Access: Tractors; parades; entertainment

Repro Restriction: Photograph may be subject to Canadian Copy Right Laws.

Storage Location: RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Arrangement: McG 5.4 File 2

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Christmas Tree Farm negative set 3, frames 1A to 13A

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Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1980s]

Accession Number: 1-2015

1 image

Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: McG 9

Item Number: 1-2015.259

Accession Number: 1-2015

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1980s]

Physical Description: 1.5 " x 1.5" (b/w)

Material Details: negatives

History / Biographical: Fred McGuinness is popularly known for his work as the prairie essayist for CBC Radio’s Morningside with Peter Gzowski, a position he held for 17 years. Many of McGuinness’ Morningside essays were autobiographical in nature. He often reported about life on Christmas Tree Farm, a section of land where he and his wife, Christine, built their dream home in the late 1970s. The couple planted a Christmas tree farm on the property and Christine maintained an extensive kitchen garden, while Fred tended honey bees. Life on the farm made its way into radiobroadcasts, Neighborly News columns, and the book "Letters from Section 17: A Collection of Morningside Essays" (Winnipeg: Great Plains Publishing, 1999).

Scope and Content: Set consists of 13 negatives showing work being conducted on the McGuinness property, Christmas Tree Farm, Section 17. The first 12 negatives show the McGuinness family planting with their tractor and the last negative shows a woman working on a swimming pool liner.

Notes: McGuinness drafted a manuscript, titled "Hole in the Ground," about the family pool on Section 17. It was one manuscript McGuinness was re-tooling before he passed away in 2011.

Name Access: Section 17; Christmas Tree Farm

Subject Access: Horticulture; farming; Tractors

Storage Location: RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Arrangement: Cigar boxes

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George White Steam Tractor

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Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [ca. 1960]

Accession Number: 1-2002

1 image

Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3.1

Item Number: 1-2002.3.1H24

Accession Number: 1-2002

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [ca. 1960]

Physical Description: 3 1/2" x 5"

Material Details: Negative

History / Biographical: George White's No. 2 plant was located in Brandon, north of the CPR tracks about 15th Street. These steam engines were assembled here, but the actual extent of manufacture is not known. LAS.

Custodial History: For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.

Scope and Content: George White steam traction engine

Notes: Photo taken in Killarney, Manitoba; Sign on smoke box door (front end) reads: George White & Sons; London and Brandon; First Quality Line

Name Access: George White Steam Tractor

Subject Access: machinery; agricultural machinery; Tractors; Brandon Industries

Repro Restriction: The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.

Storage Location: Lawrence Stuckey collection

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Lake Clementi

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Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [ca. 1920]

Accession Number: 1-2002

1 image

Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3.1

Item Number: 1-2002.3.1O1

Accession Number: 1-2002

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [ca. 1920]

Physical Description: 3 1/2" x 5"

Material Details: Negative

History / Biographical: Lake Clementi was Brandon's popular summer resort until the opening of Clear Lake. There were summer cottages all along the south shore, as well as a grocery and confectionery store and a dancehall.

Custodial History: For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.

Scope and Content: Lake Clementi

Notes: [This negative was produced using an image previous published by Bloom Bros., Winnipeg, Canada. P.E. 23/07/09.]; Additional historical information provided by the Fred McGuinness collection (20-2009).