To the left of the photographer (in trees) was a building used to shelter and feed birds; Some ducks and geese used this facility to stay in Brandon during the winter months; From the duckpond south to Richmond Avenue was a buffalo paddock; Normally at least six each of buffalo and elk breeding stock were kept here, and we would flock to see the newborns of each.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Duckpond on Brandon Fairgrounds, looking west
Notes
The Keystone Centre in now on this site
[Mr. Stuckey included two images on the same negative. We have separated them, numbering them M23(1) and M23(2).]
To the left of the photographer (in trees) was a building used to shelter and feed birds; Some ducks and geese used this facility to stay in Brandon during the winter months; From the duckpond south to Richmond Avenue was a buffalo paddock; Normally at least six each of buffalo and elk breeding stock were kept here, and we would flock to see the newborns of each.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Duckpond on Brandon Fairgrounds, looking west
Notes
The Keystone Centre in now on this site
[Mr. Stuckey included two images on the same negative. We have separated them, numbering them M23(1) and M23(2).]
To the left of the photographer (in trees) was a building used to shelter and feed birds; Some ducks and geese used this facility to stay in Brandon during the winter months; From the duckpond south to Richmond Avenue was a buffalo paddock; Normally at least six each of buffalo and elk breeding stock were kept here, and we would flock to see the newborns of each.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
According to Russ Gourluck (Silver Screens on the Prairie, Winnipeg: Great Plains Publications, 2012, 26), the Orpheum Theatre was in operation from 1917 to 1920 when it then became the Willis Theatre.
Scope and Content
Postcard shows the 100 block of 10th Street facing north. The CPR train station can be seen at the end of 10th Street. The sign for the Rex Cafe is visible on the west side of 10th Street. On the east side of 10th Street, billboards for Campbell & Campbell furniture are visible as well as signs for Pianos and the Orpheum Theatre. Motorists and cyclists share the road. Street car tracks run the length of 10th Street.
Notes
Postcard was manufactured by T.B. [Tichnor Brothers, Inc., 1908-1987] Cambridge, Massachusetts.