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Album - yard at Brient

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14216
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1900s]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.277.A8
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1900s]
Physical Description
4" x 2.5" (b/w)
Material Details
mounted in album
Physical Condition
Photo is warped
History / Biographical
Brient was a point along the Algoma Central Railway line that connected the Helen Mine to the Michipicoten Harbour. It is located southwest of Wawa, Ontario.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows ore box cars in a railway yard.
Notes
Writing beneath the photograph in the album reads: yard at Brient
Name Access
Brient, Ontario
Subject Access
mines
railways
Transportation
winter
Storage Location
1-2015 McG 1.4 Box 1 (in stacks, top shelf)
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Album - station at Brient

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14217
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1900s]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.277.A9
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1900s]
Physical Description
4" x 2.5" (b/w)
Material Details
mounted in album
Physical Condition
Photo is warped
History / Biographical
Brient was a point along the Algoma Central Railway line that connected the Helen Mine to the Michipicoten Harbour. It is located southwest of Wawa, Ontario.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows several men standing on railway tracks before a wood-framed train station in the winter. A sign attached to the station reads: British American Express Co. The man in the foreground appears to have a mailbag over on his back and several newspapers tucked beneath his arm.
Notes
Writing beneath the photograph in the album reads: station at Brient
Name Access
Brient, Ontario
Subject Access
railways
train stations
Transportation
winter
Storage Location
1-2015 McG 1.4 Box 1 (in stacks, top shelf)
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Christine McGuinness (nee Thompson)

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14059
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1940s]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.129
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1940s]
Physical Description
2.5" x 3.5" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a young woman shovelling snow. Possibly Christine McGuinness (nee Thompson), wife of Fred McGuinness, in Port Arthur, Ontario.
Name Access
Christine McGuinness
Subject Access
winter
residences
street scenes
residential streets
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
BR #3 Family pictures
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