Photograph shows the Bradley Bros. threshing crew of Wheatland, MB posing in a field. Faint writing in pencil on the back of the photo reads: Bill Le Paga(?), Tom B, Dave R., Andy R.
According to Stuckey and Bain (1996), “The Brandon, Saskatchewan & Hudson’s Bay Railway was built and operated as a totally owned subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway. Construction commenced in late 1905 and by the end of 1905, less than a mile of track had been laid north of the boundary at St. John. In 1906, the remaining 68.6 miles to Brandon were laid and service commenced that year. During the Depression of the 1930s, traffic declined significantly and the entire branch was abandoned in 1936. Over much of the branch’s length, the ties and rails were laid on the prairie without ballast and today little remains of the line apart from traces where there were cuts and bridges.” (p. 18)
Stuckey, L. A., & Bain, D. M. (1996). The Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways in Canada. Calgary, Alberta: British Railway Modellers of North America.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Great Northern Railway freight shed, Brandon, Manitoba.
Notes
Office end (foreground) razed 1984; remainder demolished January 8, 1986.
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.
Tradition and transition : extension education for the farm unit in a changing society : a study of all agricultural extension services in Alberta with new directions charted to 1980