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Streetcar Bodies in Tourist Park

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Part Of
RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1937
Accession Number
1-2002
Part Of
RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds
Creator
George H. Harris
Description Level
Item
Series Number
3.1
Item Number
1-2002.3.1I9
Accession Number
1-2002
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1937
Physical Description
2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Material Details
Negative
History / Biographical
Due to the increasing volume of long-distance auto traffic in the 1920's, the city designated the block between Hill & Queen's Avenues and 9th & 10th streets as a "Tourist Camp" with a few basic facilities. After the demise of the Brandon Municipal Railway, several of the old car bodies were placed in the Tourist Camp to be used as cooking & eating shelters. Some may have had sleeping accommodations. Later (ca. 1938?) several were placed in a row along the south side of Victoria Avenue, approximately 28th or 29th St, and were used as the city's first drive-in hamburger place, "The Train Drive-in". This, I believe, only lasted one or two summer seasons. LAS.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Streetcar Bodies in Tourist Park
Name Access
Brandon Municipal Railway
Subject Access
public transit
streetcars
Brandon Street Railway
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
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Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1941]
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Collection
Manitoba Pool Elevator Library Collection
Creator
Manitoba Federation of Agriculture
Description Level
Item
Item Number
Archives 14-7.2-16
Item Number Range
Archives 14-7.2-16
Start Date
1941]
Date Range
1941]
Publication
[Winnipeg, : Dept. of Agriculture, Province of Manitboa
Physical Description
1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 23 cm
Subject Access
Agriculture Manitoba
Storage Location
Box 7.2 - Manitoba I
Storage Range
Box 7.2 - Manitoba I
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