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Manitoba Flying Farmers Convention

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Part Of: CKX fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1967

Accession Number: 11-2010

1 image

Part Of: CKX fonds

Creator: CKX

Description Level: Item

Series Number: M

Item Number: 11-2010.M4d

Accession Number: 11-2010

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1967

Material Details: Negative

History / Biographical: Manitoba Flying Farmers Convention appears to have been a convention for farmers who planted and sprayed their crops using aerial techniques.. The Manitoba Flying Farmers were organized in 1956 in Brandon, Manitoba. Organizational meetings were held in a hanger at the Brandon Flying Club. The first Regional 5 Flying Farmers Convention in Manitoba was held 1961. Nearly 200 people attended the first convention from various provinces and states including: Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnisota, Wisconsin, Montana and Colorado. Alberta and Saskatchewan had their own district leaving Manitoba in a district with North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnisota and Wisconsin. This photo was taken at the 11th Annual Manitoba Flying Farmers Convention on the weekend of April 7th, 1967.

Custodial History: See Fonds level description for custodial history

Scope and Content: Image of convention attendants listening to the speaker. There is a large number of women in the audience.The large number of women in the photo could be attributed to Flying Farmers queens of each distrcits encouragement of women learning to fly. The image appears to have been taken at the Prince Edward Hotel.

Notes: Description by Jillian Combs.

Subject Access: downtown; building interiors; hotels; Agriculture; conventions

Repro Restriction: Canadian Copyright Law may apply. Consult the archivist for access

Storage Location: CKX fonds - 2010 accessions

Arrangement: Original order maintained. Series arranged alphabetically by letter (A-Z) but negatives not alphabetical within each series.

Images

Experimental Farm Crops

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Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1890

Accession Number: 1-2002

1 image

Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3.1

Item Number: 1-2002.3.1N1

Accession Number: 1-2002

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1890

Physical Description: 3 1/2" x 5"

Material Details: Negative

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

Scope and Content: Brandon Experimental Farm crops

Notes: Note the binders, stooks and Superintendent's house (built 1889).; [Note that "Stook" is a Canadianism for a structure of grain sheaves. N.G.]

Name Access: Experimental Farm

Subject Access: Agriculture; farming; crops; Grain; stooks; Experimental farm; Brandon Miscellaneous History

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

Storage Location: Lawrence Stuckey collection

Images

Experimental Farm Cattle

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Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [192-]

Accession Number: 1-2002

1 image

Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Creator: H.H. Allen (?)

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3.1

Item Number: 1-2002.3.1N2

Accession Number: 1-2002

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [192-]

Physical Description: 3 1/2" x 5"

Material Details: Negative

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

Scope and Content: Brandon Experimental Farm cattle

Notes: Note Lake Percy [an Assiniboine River oxbow (P.E.)] in the background.; Courtesy of the Brandon Sun.

Name Access: Experimental Farm

Subject Access: Agriculture; farming; Livestock; ranching; oxbow lake; Experimental farm; Brandon Miscellaneous History

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

Storage Location: Lawrence Stuckey collection

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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Brandon Research Centre

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Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: August 8, 1991

Accession Number: 1-2002

1 image

Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Creator: L.A. Stuckey

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3.1

Item Number: 1-2002.3.1N6

Accession Number: 1-2002

GMD: graphic

Date Range: August 8, 1991

Physical Description: 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Material Details: Negative

History / Biographical: Opened in August 1991

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

Scope and Content: Brandon Research Station new building

Name Access: Experimental Farm

Subject Access: Agriculture; farming; crops; Livestock; Experimental farm; Brandon Miscellaneous History

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).