Photograph is bent and torn. Adhesive residue remains on back of photograph.
History / Biographical
Agnes Miller Chalmers (nee Gilmour) (b. 13 Oct 1864; d. 10 Nov 1954, Brandon) immigrated to Canada from Scotland with her husband in 1882. The couple settled in Brandon, Manitoba, where they had nine children: Edward Thomas, Catharine "Kate" (a.k.a. Kate Harden), Samuel, John, Agnes, Frederick, twins Lawrence and Ernest, and Edna.
Her husband, Edward (b. 04 Dec 1858, Leith, Scotland; d. 08 Oct 1926, Brandon), worked as a glazier with a number of shops in Brandon, including McDiarmid and Clark, Rat Portage Lumber Company, and Hanbury Manufacturing Company.
Sources: Canada Census 1911, Manitoba Vital Statistics database, Henderson's Brandon City Directories.
Custodial History
Photograph was given to Fred McGuinness by Linda Bilkoski of Lac du Bonnet, MB.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows an elderly woman in period dress. The woman is sitting outdoors by a wood-framed building.
Notes
Writing on back photograph reads: ?, Ted Harden, ?, Kate Harden. Photograph is stamped Crawford's Drug Store, Brandon, Man. [Date range determined from drug store period.]
Photograph was given to Fred McGuinness by Linda Bilkoski of Lac du Bonnet, MB.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a family of six posing for a formal cabinet portrait. The father wears a three-piece suit and stands with his four children, two boys and two girls. The mother is seated in a tassled upholstered chair. The boys appear to be wearing the same suit jacket, both girls wear lace collars.
Notes
Advertisement on back photograph reads: Portraits in Oil, Water, Colors, Crayon, Pastel and India Ink. J.A. Brock & Co. Photographers, Brandon, Manitoba. Duplicates of all Photos to be had at any time. [Date range determined from photo studio period. The backdrop is consistent with another cabinet photograph in this collection, see 1-2015.56.]
Photograph was given to Fred McGuinness by Linda Bilkoski of Lac du Bonnet, MB.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a man in a three-piece suit with watch fob posing for a studio portait. The man is standing with his left arm drapped on a bench made of driftwood, a woodland scene is painted on the backdrop.
Notes
Writing on back photograph reads: Uncle Edd. [Date range determined from photo studio period.]
Photograph was given to Fred McGuinness by Linda Bilkoski of Lac du Bonnet, MB.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a two men in three-piece suits posing for a studio portait. One man is standing with his right arm resting on the shoulder of a seated man. Both men are holding their hats in their hands. A woodland scene is painted on the backdrop.
Notes
Writing on back photograph reads: Uncle Edd. [Date range determined from photo studio period. The backdrop is consistent with the cabinet photograph of the same man in this collection, see 1-2015.54.]
William Currie was born on February 28, 1834 in Lanark County, ON. In 1860, he moved to St. Mary's, where he worked in mercantile and grain businesses until 1879, when he emigrated to Manitoba. The following year, he took up homesteading along the Assiniboine River, at a site known as Currie's Landing. He received and forwarded frieght from steamboats travelling the river. From 1893-1902, he served as baliff for the Brandon District, before resigning and moving to Brandon where he engaged in the real estate and fire insurance business.
Currie married Ellen Creighton of Blanchard, ON in 1861. Together they had six chrildren: Robert Wilson Currie, Margaret Anne Currie, Harriet Ellen Currie, William James Currie, James Weldon Currie, and Lottie Louise Currie.
William Currie died on March 30, 1931 in Brandon, MB.
Scope and Content
Item is a studio portrait of William Currie.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Manitoba Historical Society website (http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/currie_w.shtml)
Mrs. McVicar was Brandon's/Grand Valley's first postmistress. Biographical details about Mrs. McVicar can be found in a newspaper clipping [F.A. ROSSER, “Sunbeams – The Birds Dived Down Like Fighters on Gopher,” Brandon Sun, September 16, 1978, 3] in McG 4.1 File 67.
Custodial History
Photograph was brought to Fred McGuinness by Owen Anderson of Cypress River, Manitoba.
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Mrs. McVicar sitting outside of her home in Texas.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph consists of greetings and salutations to the unknown recipients. Photograph "finished by Edrington's Studio, Weslaco, Texas."
Photograph shows Isabella Louisa Pope, mother to Brandon Sun editor Fred McGuinness. Miss Pope is wearing a white lace blouse with a black pinafore-like dress.
Photograph shows two elderly women standing on a porch. These women are likely Fred McGuinness' paternal (left) and maternal (right) grandmothers, Anna Charlotte GALLAGHER (b. 19 September 1861/1863/1864 – d. 10 March 1948) and Mary DARROCH (b. 24 May 1861 – d. 18 September 1942), respectively.
Postcard is a studio portait of two women dressed for winter. The woman on the left is standing and is wearing a long winter coat, a while fur stole muffler. The woman on the right is seated in a wicker chair. She is wearing a three-quarter length winter coat with a black fur collar and trim and muffler.
Notes
Back of postcard reads: Harry Finnegan Nov. 16 1910, Zella Russel..., Nov. 27 19...
Photograph shows a young woman sitting on a porch step holding a baby. A toddler sits on the step to her right.
Notes
Writing on the front of photograph reads: Doreen Rouse Pachel, Yorkton. Writing on the back of photograph reads: Doreen Rouse Pachel with (Billy & Murray)
Photograph shows Fred McGuinness with Meta McCulloch, 103-year-old woman who attended Fred's Memoir Writing Workshop in Hartney, Manitoba on 22 February 2010.
For history/bio information see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Box contains the following slides:
Twin Falls Creek (35): September 1961 to August 2, 1975
*An additional 42 slides in this group are located in Box 7
Gallup, New Mexico - Cortez, Colorado (5): 1957
Mesa Verde (14): 1957
Arizona - New Mexico (21): no dates
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (31): August 27 - Setpember 1, 1970
Little Qualicum Park, B.C. (14): September 17, 1969 & April 20, 1974
Honeymoon Bay, B.C. (11): Aprill 21 & 23, 1974
Yoho National Park - Mt. Paget Trail (49): September 30, 1962 to June 17, 1978
Trans-Canada Highway B.C. (79): September 3, 1964 to June 13, 1978
Victoria, B.C. (8): September 1965 to May 4, 1974
Miscellaneous, Victoria Island, B.C. (16): September 1965 to May 2, 1974
Glacier National Park (68): September 26, 1969 to September 7, 1982
Pacific Rim National Park (32): September 13, 1969 to April 28, 1974
Victoria B.C. Marineland 66 (16): September 1965 to September 1969
Notes
Slide descriptions are as follows: Location (Number of Slides): Date of slides. Information on each slide was provided by Stuckey.
Accruals
Additional slides of flora and fauna taken by Stuckey during his travels are housed in the McKee Archives. Those slides are unprocessed at present.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Series 2: Lawrence Stuckey slide collection
For history/bio information see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Box contains the following slides:
Victoria B.C. Sealand 72 (22): September 17, 1972
North of Vancouver, B.C. (14): September 8, 1966
Fence Art, Victoria 1966 (22): September 11, 1966
Victoria Thetis Lake Park (13): April 22 - May 4, 1974
Parks on Victoria Island, B.C. (16): September 1965 to May 5, 1974
Southern Routes B.C. (12): October 2, 1962 to September 1969
Okanagan Valley, B.C. (48): June 6, 1962 to September 20, 1966
Yoho National Park - Sherbrooke Trail (3): September 12, 1963
Yoho National Park - Miscellaneous (32): June 8, 1962 to June 14, 1978
Mt. Baker - Washington (110): September 27, 1965
Olympic National Park - Beaches (198): September 7, 1963 to September 15, 1972
Notes
Slide descriptions are as follows: Location (Number of Slides): Date of slides. Information on each slide was provided by Stuckey.
Accruals
Additional slides of flora and fauna taken by Stuckey during his travels are housed in the McKee Archives. Those slides are unprocessed at present.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Series 2: Lawrence Stuckey slide collection