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Yaeger's Furs Dionne quintuplets window display

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Part Of
Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1934
Part Of
Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Creator
Brandon Sun Publishing Co.
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2
Item Number
BAPC 2.43
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1934
Physical Description
10.25" x 8" (b/w)
History / Biographical
Gustave Bellegro “Gus” Yaeger was born on July 10, 1878 at Genoa, Italy. The son of Swiss parents, he immigrated to the United States, working in West Virginia then North Dakota before arriving in Brandon, MB in 1910. He worked at various jobs before opening Yaeger's Furs, a fur-coat factory and retail store at 602 Rosser Avenue, in 1919. Yaeger married Sarah Ellen Williams (1883-1966) of Big Rock, Idaho in 1907. They had two children: Karl Williams Yaeger (1908-1975) and Barbara Yaeger (m. H.H. Ricketts). Gus Yaeger died on March 25, 1942 in Brandon, MB. His son carried on the business after his death before selling it to one of the managers in 1969. The Dionne quintuplets, born May 28, 1934, were the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy. They were born just outside Callandar, ON.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the Yaeger's Furs Dionne quintuplets Christmas window display. The display features five dolls dressed in fur coats and bonnets, a framed photo of Gus Yaeger, a Christmas tree and a cardboard Santa.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Manitoba Historical Society website (http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/yaeger_gb.shtml)
Name Access
Yaeger's Furs
Gus Yaeger
Dionne quintuplets
Subject Access
downtown
window displays
commercial buildings
businesses
quintuplets
quints
Storage Location
BAPC photograph drawer
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