Photograph shows the laying of the cornerstone for the Education Building. L to R: Dr. John E. Robbins (Brandon College/University President) and Hon. George Johnston (Minister of Education).
View is northeast, taken from the John R. Brodie Science Centre. Photograph shows: the Brandon College Building, the Student Services H-Hut, the Education Building, and the Student Union Building (Citizens' Science Building), as well as 18th Street and some houses. The trailer to the south of the Education Building was a Canada Manpower office in the 1960s. It was latter moved over by the Gymnasium, where it became the Quill office.
Photograph was taken from inside the building looking out onto the courtyard. It shows scaffolding around the hole in the wall that would become the rear entrance to the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall.
Photograph is looking west and shows the entrance to Flora Cowan Hall and the west side of the building. Also visible are portions of 20th Street and Louise Avenue before the construction of the Gymnasium or the Site Services Building.
Photograph is looking west northwest and shows the entrance to Flora Cowan Hall as well as a couple of houses on 20th Street where the present day Site Services Building stands.