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Race track at Exhibition Grounds, Brandon, Man.

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions13779
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c.1910
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.90
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c.1910
Physical Description
5.5" x 3.5" (colour)
Material Details
postcard
Physical Condition
Postcard has been issued. Corners are worn.
Scope and Content
Postcard shows the grandstand and race track located at the Exhibition Grounds (now the site of the Keystone Centre/Westman Communications Place) in the south end of Brandon, Manitoba. The bleachers are filled with people and spectators also line the fence alongside the track. Five harness racers are making their way along the track. An observation tower and possible gazebo for dignitaries is located inside the track.
Notes
The back of the postcard is address to Mrs. Sharpe of Banff, Alberta. A green King George One Cent stamp has been postmarked Sault Ste. Maire, Ont., July 6, 1910. The message reads: Lake Superior, My dear. How are you? Glad you are charmed with B. don't get too fat. Tell Mrs. Coates my state room companion is Miss Rutherford of B. Coll: she got on at Port Arthur. Having a lovely trip. It was hard parting at B. .......Address 14 Deer Park, Toronto. Postcard manufactured by Stedman Bros. Ltd., Brantford, Canada. S.B. 2376. Made in Germany.
Name Access
Brandon Fairgrounds
Subject Access
fairs
exhibitions
Brandon Exhibitions & Facilities
race tracks
horse racing
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Images
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Farm income and farm life : a symposium on the relation of the social and economic factors in rural progress

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/specialcollections219
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1927
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Collection
Manitoba Pool Elevator Library Collection
Creator
American Country Life Association
Sanderson, Ezra Dwight, 1878-1944
Kolb, John H. (John Harrison), b. 1888
American Farm Economic Association
Description Level
Item
Item Number
Archives 14-7.1-9
Item Number Range
Archives 14-7.1-9
Responsibility
prepared by a joint committee : Dwight Sanderson, chairman and editor, John H. Kolb, M. L. Wilson, representing the American country life association, Andrew Boss, F. D. Farrell, O. G. Lloyd, representing the American farm economics association ; published by means of a grant from the Institute of social and religious research
Start Date
1927
Date Range
1927
Publication
New York : The University of Chicago Press for the American country life association
Physical Description
xi, 324 p. ; 24 cm
Subject Access
Farm life
Agriculture Economic aspects
Social problems
Sociology
Rural
United States Social conditions
Storage Location
Box 7.1 - Historical III
Storage Range
Box 7.1 - Historical III
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