For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Image of a Prairie Branchline Rehabilitation Sign near Reston, Manitoba. Image was taken along the CPR lines south of the mainline.
Notes
[Image is of a Government of Canada sign which reads: Branch Line Rehabilitation Program. 100% federal funding. Souris, Manitoba to Regina Saskatchewan 335 km. Transport Canada, a partner in grain transportation].
Photograph shows the CPR Train Station on Pacific Avenue and 10th Street.
Notes
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: CPR Station, Brandon, Man.
The building near the back of the train was the original Salvation Army Citadel. Built in 1889, it was purchased by Wm. Graham in 1910 and moved to the west side of the 300 block of 10th St. It had to be moved to build the Prince Edward Hotel and eventually became part of "Billy" Graham's dance hall.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway engine No. 5, with passenger train
Photograph shows a group of men in suits and hats standing in a railway yard. A passenger train car is in the background. William Frederick McGuinness is standing on the left
Photograph shows a possible CPR train stopped on the tracks at the base of a mountain. Train employees and passengers are posing alongside the train.
Notes
Writing on the front of the photograph reads: Train #1033 "Pacific Express" in Kicking Horse Pass near Golden / Trueman & Caple Photo, Vancouver, BC / Wishing You A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Date obtained from Margery Hadley McDougall, "R.H. Trueman, Artist and Documentarian," BC Studies, No. 52, Winter 1981-82, pp.129-141.
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