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CPR Yards - from Water Tank

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Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [ca. 1912]

Accession Number: 1-2002

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Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Creator: Davidson & Gowen

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3.1

Item Number: 1-2002.3.1P13

Accession Number: 1-2002

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [ca. 1912]

Physical Description: 3 1/2" x 5"

Material Details: Negative

Custodial History: For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.

Scope and Content: Canadian Pacific Railway yards, Brandon

Notes: View from water tank.; [For original plate, please see the Alf Fowler collection of the S.J. McKee Archives 6-1999.49. P.E.]

Name Access: CPR Yards

Subject Access: railroads; railways; freight trains; locomotives; Canadian Pacific Railway in Brandon

Repro Restriction: The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.

Storage Location: Lawrence Stuckey collection

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CPR Yards - from Coal Dock

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Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: September 1938

Accession Number: 1-2002

1 image

Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Creator: George H. Harris

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3.1

Item Number: 1-2002.3.1P16

Accession Number: 1-2002

GMD: graphic

Date Range: September 1938

Physical Description: 3 1/2" x 5"

Material Details: Negative

Custodial History: For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.

Scope and Content: Canadian Pacific Railway yards, looking west from coal dock

Notes: [Eastbound passenger train] No. 54, a Moose Jaw - Winnipeg local, is leaving (just east of 1st St. Bridge); Original negative; From the collection of George H. Harris, Winnipeg, Man.

Name Access: CPR Yards

Subject Access: railroads; railways; freight trains; passenger trains; locomotives; cabooses; Canadian Pacific Railway in Brandon

Repro Restriction: The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.

Location Copy: 1-2002.3.9.160

Storage Location: Lawrence Stuckey collection

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Great Northern Railway - Bunclody railway bridge gang

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Part Of: RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [19--]

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Part Of: RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3

Item Number: BAPC 3.7

GMD: graphic

Date Range: [19--]

Physical Description: 5.5" x 3.25" (b/w)

History / Biographical: Bunclody, MB was located near Souris, MB. The bridge in question crossed the Souris River.

Custodial History: Photograph was donated by a "Mrs. Wilson" in 1989.

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the members of gang 19, who built the Great Northern Railway bridge or trestle at Bunclody. Back Row (7th person from the left): Sig Hongslo (Amneia, N. Dakota). Front Row (1st on left): Dave Pringle (Minto, MB); (6th from left) Jack Blodgett (Heaslip, MB).

Name Access: Great Northern Railway; Bunclody, MB; Sig Hongslo; Dave Pringle; Jack Blodgett

Subject Access: construction of railways; labourers; railway navvies

Storage Location: BAPC photograph drawer

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The Railway foreman's children

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Part Of: Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: June 1911

Accession Number: 3-2014

1 image

Part Of: Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 5

Item Number: BAPC 5.10

Accession Number: 3-2014

GMD: graphic

Date Range: June 1911

Physical Description: 3.5" x 5.5" (b/w)

Material Details: Postcard

Physical Condition: Excellent

History / Biographical: Alfred Walter Pryce was born in England c. 1880. He emigrated from England in 1903 and was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway, likely in Manitoba. His wife, Kate Louisa Buchan, was older than her husband. She was born in England c. 1873. They were married in England? and she followed her husband to Canada in 1904. Alma Jane Pryce was born June 24, 1905 and Herbert Walter Pryce was born May 12, 1907 in [Elton] Manitoba. In autumn 1911, the Pryce family returned to England for a Christmas visit. They sailed from Halifax on the Empress of Britain and arrived in Liverpool on December 9, 1911. The family returned to Canada on the Empress of Ireland from Liverpool in early 1912, landing at St. John, New Brunswick. Alfred Walter Pryce died in Brandon, MB on January 31, 1922. Kate Pryce died in Winnipeg, MB on March 18, 1938.

Custodial History: Donated to the McKee Archives by Jennifer L. Bunting in November 2013.

Scope and Content: Studio portrait of Alma and Herbert Pryce, The Railway Foreman's children, taken June 1911 in Kenora, ON. Writing on the back reads: To Granfather with Love from Herbert and Alma. Alma Jane Pryce Age 6 years. Herbert Walter Pryce Age 3 years 5 months. Keonra, Ont. Canada. June 1911.

Notes: History/Bio information provided by Jennifer Bunting. Additional information is available in the custodial file.

Name Access: Alma Pryce; Herbert Pryce; Alfred Pryce; Kate Louisa Buchan; Kate Louisa Pryce

Subject Access: portraits

Storage Location: BAPC photograph drawer

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CPR yards, looking west from coal dock

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Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: September 1938

Accession Number: 1-2002

1 image

Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Creator: Photographer: George H. Harris

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3.9

Item Number: 1-2002.3.9.160

Accession Number: 1-2002

GMD: graphic

Date Range: September 1938

Physical Description: 9.5" x 6.5" (b/w)

History / Biographical: Stuckey's notes: No. 54 Moose Jaw - Winnipeg Local is leaving (just E. of 1st St. Bridge). Original negative. Collection of George H. Harris, Winnipeg, Man

Scope and Content: Photograph is looking west southwest along the CPR tracks.

Notes: Corresponds with negative 1-2002.3.9.P16.

Repro Restriction: The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.

Location Original: 1-2002.3.1P16

Storage Location: RG 5 photograph storage drawer

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Pacific Express in Kicking Horse Pass

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Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1889-1894

Accession Number: 20-2009

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Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Creator: Photographer: Trueman & Caple, Vancouver

Description Level: Item

Series Number: McG 9

Item Number: 20-2009.180

Accession Number: 20-2009

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1889-1894

Physical Description: 3.75" x 2.5" (b/w)

Material Details: reproduction

Scope and Content: 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.