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

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Part Of

Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

Item Number

BAPC 5.10

Accession Number

3-2014

GMD

graphic

Date Range

June 1911

Physical Description

3.5" x 5.5" (b/w)

Material Details

Postcard

Physical Condition

Excellent

History / Biographical

Alfred Walter Pryce was born in England c. 1880. He emigrated from England in 1903 and was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway, likely in Manitoba. His wife, Kate Louisa Buchan, was older than her husband. She was born in England c. 1873. They were married in England? and she followed her husband to Canada in 1904. Alma Jane Pryce was born June 24, 1905 and Herbert Walter Pryce was born May 12, 1907 in [Elton] Manitoba. In autumn 1911, the Pryce family returned to England for a Christmas visit. They sailed from Halifax on the Empress of Britain and arrived in Liverpool on December 9, 1911. The family returned to Canada on the Empress of Ireland from Liverpool in early 1912, landing at St. John, New Brunswick. Alfred Walter Pryce died in Brandon, MB on January 31, 1922. Kate Pryce died in Winnipeg, MB on March 18, 1938.

Custodial History

Donated to the McKee Archives by Jennifer L. Bunting in November 2013.

Scope and Content

Studio portrait of Alma and Herbert Pryce, The Railway Foreman's children, taken June 1911 in Kenora, ON. Writing on the back reads: To Granfather with Love from Herbert and Alma. Alma Jane Pryce Age 6 years. Herbert Walter Pryce Age 3 years 5 months. Keonra, Ont. Canada. June 1911.

Notes

History/Bio information provided by Jennifer Bunting. Additional information is available in the custodial file.

Name Access

Alma Pryce

Herbert Pryce

Alfred Pryce

Kate Louisa Buchan

Kate Louisa Pryce

Subject Access

portraits

Storage Location

BAPC photograph drawer

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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

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