The Brandon Normal School was an arm of the provincial Department of Education. Manitoba Normal schools were initiated in the early 1880s (1882 for protestant teachers and 1883 for Roman Catholic ones) to meet the demand for teachers in the province's schools. Normal schools were held in Brandon at various locations until the construction of the Brandon Normal School in 1912 under the Roblin government. The Brandon Normal School operated until 1946.
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Portraits of the students and staff of Brandon Normal School's fall class (1912).
Portrait of the Brandon Bobcats women's basketball team. Back Row (L to R): Sandy Dettrich (Manager), Lynn Zemliak, Jennifer Saxton, Kathy McKay, Kim Wasylyshen, Dawn Schooler (Ass’t Coach), Faith Rostad (Coach). Front Row (L to R): Lori Hiebert, Patti-Jo Hawkins, Shannon Larkins, Cindy Gabor, Karen Scheffield.
Portrait of the Brandon Bobcats women's basketball team. Front Row (L to R): Karen Shier, Lynn Zemliak, Teresa Magiera, Lori Hiebert, Shannon Larkins. Middle Row (L to R): Lisa Romanow, Lana Bohnhardt, Jill Bednorski, Kim Wasylyshen, Kathy McKay. Back Row (L to R): Jenny Saxton (Ass’t Coach), Cindy Gabor, Lisa Patterson, Dori Rodzinyak (Coach), Marie Rohdeler
Item is a large piece of matting containing individual portraits of the members of the Brandon College class of 1952 with the first initial and last name of each person identified. In the centre of the board is a photograph of the Brandon College shield of arms and the title "Class of '52."
Photograph shows a panorama, bird's-eye-view of downtown Brandon, between Pacific and Rosser Avenues and 7th Street facing east. Photoraph likely taken from the McKenzie Seeds Building. Visible businesses include: Western Canada Flour Mills, Hanbury Hardware Co. Ltd., Cockshutt Plow Co., New Pacific Hotel, Gordon McKay Building, and Arlington Hotel.
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Part of "Souvenir of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada [viewbook], Printed by Photogelatine Engraving Co. Limited, Ottawa." Dates obtained from the Burchill's Music Store Henderson's Brandon City Directory listings (1927-1929). Writing on the front of the photograph reads: Panorama of Brandon, Man.