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Front Street, west end of Baldur, MB

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 2

Item Number: 12-2004.12

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Physical Description: 6.6" x 4.75" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (9" x 7")

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Image of the west end of Front Street in Baldur, MB. Business and buildings in the photo include (L-R): Cleghorn's drug store, Fowlers, Tom Johnson's John Deer Shop, barber shop, Royal Bank (Odd Fellows Hall upstairs), Lee's Chinese Cafe, Hunters Hardware, Folwer Block, L. Curtis Block, Sexsmith Block - boarding house and sample room.

Subject Access: rural images

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Dr. L.M. Cleghorn's house - Baldur, MB

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 2

Item Number: 12-2004.16

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Physical Description: 5" x 4" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (6" x 5.25")

Physical Condition: good

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Image of two women and a child on the porch of Doctor Cleghorn's house in Baldur, MB.

Subject Access: rural images

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Mabel Playfair and son Hugh - Baldur, MB

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 2

Item Number: 12-2004.31

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Physical Description: 3.75" x 5.5" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (6.9" x 10.9")

History / Biographical: Mabel Marilla Conibear was married to George Playfair.

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Studio portrait of Mable Playfair and her son Hugh of Baldur, MB.

Subject Access: rural images

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Grund church and congregation - Baldur, MB

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 1

Item Number: 12-2004.34

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Physical Description: 7.5" x 4.5" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (10.9" x 8")

Physical Condition: There is a scratch across the centre of the photo and one on therigh hand side with a mark below it.

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Group portrait taken in front of what might be Grund Church. The large group of people, which includes children, adults, a horse drawn carriage and a couple of bicycles, may be members of the church congregation.

Subject Access: rural images; churches

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Baldur, Manitoba from southwest

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1903

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 1

Item Number: 12-2004.14

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1903

Physical Description: 6.6" x 4.75" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (8.75" x 7")

Physical Condition: good

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Image of Baldur, MB, including grain elevators.

Subject Access: rural images

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Canadian Northern Railway station interior - Baldur, MB

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 1

Item Number: 12-2004.22

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Physical Description: 7" x 5" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (9.25" x 7.25")

Physical Condition: good

History / Biographical: From the back of the photo: In 1922 to become Canadian National Railway. Building moved to Austin, MB to the Manitoba Agriculture Museum (CNP).

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Image of the station agent inside the Canadian Northern Railway station in Baldur, MB.

Subject Access: rural images; railway stations

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Baldur, Manitoba

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1903]

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 1

Item Number: 12-2004.1

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1903]

Physical Description: 8" x 6" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (12" x 10")

Physical Condition: good

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Image shows a view of Baldur, MB with a body of water and train tracks in the foreground.

Notes: 12-2004.15 indicates the water was caused by spring flooding.

Subject Access: rural images

Location Copy: Same as 12-2004.15

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Baldur hockey team

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1904

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 1

Item Number: 12-2004.23

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 4.75" x 3.75" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (8.4" x 6.4")

Physical Condition: good

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Image of the men's hockey team from Baldur, MB.

Notes: Writing on the back of the image reads: "Baldur Hockey Bums Abroad 1904"

Subject Access: rural images

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Baldur, Manitoba - snow on the ground

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: September 13, 1903

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 1

Item Number: 12-2004.13

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: September 13, 1903

Physical Description: 6.6" x 4.75" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (9" x 7")

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Image of Baldur, MB with a field in the foreground. The field has a light snow coverng and stacks of hay. Baldur is in the background.

Subject Access: rural images

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Baldur, Manitoba spring flood

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1903

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 1

Item Number: 12-2004.15

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1903

Physical Description: 8" x 6" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (12" x 10")

Physical Condition: good

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Image of Baldur, MB, with a body of water, possibly from spring flooding, in the foreground.

Subject Access: rural images

Location Copy: Same as 12-2004.1

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Railway construction in Pembina Valley, MB

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 2

Item Number: 12-2004.5

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Physical Description: 6.75" x 4.75" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (9" x 7")

Physical Condition: good

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Image of horse drawn carts and men in a clearing during railway construction in the Pembina Valley. Trees and Lake Louise are in the background.

Subject Access: rural images

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Mr. Fowler and his dogs on Baldur Creek

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 2

Item Number: 12-2004.27

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Physical Description: 4.6" x 3.5" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (6.25" x 5.5")

Physical Condition: good

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Image of Alex Fowler and his dogs in a canoe on Baldur Creek.

Subject Access: rural images

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Mr. Fowler and his dogs on Baldur Creek

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14420

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 1

Item Number: 12-2004.28

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Physical Description: 6.75" x 4.75" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (9" x 7")

Physical Condition: good

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Image of Alex Fowler and his dogs in a canoe on Baldur Creek. Photo was taken from a treed shore and shows fields in the background.

Subject Access: rural images

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

Manitoba threshers

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Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Accession Number: 12-2004

1 image

Part Of: James Wall collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: Box 2

Item Number: 12-2004.4

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [1900-1904]

Physical Description: 6.75" x 4.75" (b/w)

Material Details: On matting (9.75" x 7.75")

Physical Condition: good

Custodial History: See collection level description for the James Douglas Wall collection.

Scope and Content: Image of men in a field, likely a threshing crew, with work horses and farm machinery.

Subject Access: rural images

Storage Location: 2004 accessions

Images

James Douglas Wall collection

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Part Of: RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection

Description Level: Collection

GMD: multiple media

Date Range: 1900-1904

Accession Number: 12-2004

Part Of: RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection

Description Level: Collection

Accession Number: 12-2004

GMD: multiple media

Date Range: 1900-1904

Physical Description: 35 photographs; 1 map (measuring 1.5 m x 1.5 m)

History / Biographical: James Douglas Wall was born in Brandon, Manitoba on March 22, 1933, the only son of James Jesse Wall and Audrey May Simm. James Wall grew up in Brandon, attending public schools in the city and graduating from Brandon Collegiate Institute. At an early age, he became a member of the 82nd Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets. In the summer of 1950, he earned his pilot's wings through the Air Cadets Scholarship Program. Wall has been employed with the Brandon Flying Club and has earned a commercial pilot's licence and an aircraft maintenance engineer's licence. In 1957, he became manager of Maple Leaf Aviation Limited. Wall is a long time member of the South West branch of the Manitoba Genealogical Society, Inc. of which he has served as president for several terms. Wall has been married to his wife Elizabeth since 1957. They have one son, David. James Douglas Wall died in Brandon, Manitoba on February 11, 2011.

Custodial History: These items were acquired by Wall in his capacity as President of the Southwest Branch of the Manitoba Genealogical Society. Custodial history prior to their acquisition by Wall and his donation of them to the S.J. McKee Archives is unknown.

Scope and Content: Collection contains 35 photographs of Baldur, Manitoba taken ca. 1900. These photographs contain images of buildings, street scenes, and residents (individuals and groups) of Baldur, Manitoba. Collection also includes a copy of Christie's Map of the City of Brandon ca. 1900.

Subject Access: rural images; Baldur, MB

Storage Location: 2004 accessions; map is rolled and leaning against the wall in the back room with the oversized oversize photographs

Round the clock: A sangpeil for schools and classes

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Part Of: RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: textual records

Date Range: [n.d.]

Accession Number: 9-2009

Part Of: RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3-1997.2

Item Number: 4

Accession Number: 9-2009

GMD: textual records

Date Range: [n.d.]

Publication: J. and R. Paralane, Paisley; Edinburgh and Glasgow: J. Menzies and Co.; London: Houlston and Sons

Physical Description: 15 cm x 25 cm

Material Details: 18 pages

Physical Condition: Some torn edges, red marker on the cover

Scope and Content: Copy of Round the Clock: A Sangspiel for Schools and Classes by Alan Reid.

Storage Location: 2009 accessions

Storage Range: 2009 accessions

We Three Kings from Orient are..

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Artist: unknown

Date: no date

Accession Number: Pnt/023

Title Variation: Orient are..

Artist: unknown

Date: no date

Dimensions: 60 X 65 cm

Size Overall: 63.5 X 68.5 cm

Medium: acrylic and oil

Condition: There are smudge marks in areas TR, BR and BL. Canvas is loose in the TL corner due to indentation mark from another painting resting on it.