William A. Fleming, Brandon's first water dealer, is said to have begun his business in 1881. He sold drinking water for 5 cents per pail from the 1920s through the mid 1930s. The source of his water was a well located on the east side of the 100 block of 12th Street. Fleming's business was taken over by two men with a water tank on a truck, and continued till 1946 when it was closed due to contamination.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Mr. Wm. Fleming, Water Dealer, with horse and water cart
Notes
Ad on cart: W.H. Mallett Jeweller Issuer of Marriage Licenses.
Photo courtesy of the Assiniboine Historical Society.
Barry Burdeny, whose home was at Vita, Manitoba, won first place at age 17 (in 1962) in a school art competition with some 10,000 plus entries and a prize of several thousand dollars. He produced many paintings in the next two years and entered Brandon College in 1964. (BU Art Catalogue, 1983)
David Romeril lived in France, Bahamas, immigrated to Canada in 1960. He worked as a teacher and social worker in northern Ontario and Manitoba communities. A series of six of his watercolors has been reproduced by Leech Printing in Brandon (1996 inventory)
The Lake Talbot tresle was a point along the Algoma Central Railway line that connected the Helen Mine to the Michipicoten Harbour. It is located north of Wawa and southwest of the Helen Mine.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows several men walking a railway line. Before them is a tresle bridge.
Notes
Writing beneath the photograph in the album reads: Lake Talbott Tresle [sic.]
Oak Lake Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1947 - 1961 Directors meeting, 31 October 1947 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Minutes of the Executive Board meetings, volume 1, 20 May, 1928 - volume 2, 14 April, 1954; volume 4(?), 19 October 1960 - volume 6 (?), 24 July, 1979 Minutes of Shareholders Annual meetings, 1947 - 1949 (3 reports) Financial records and statistics Statement of surplus, 1932 - 1953 Auditors' reports, 31 July 1952 Correspondence, 18 July - 24 September 1969 Membership list, 20 October 1953 Miscellaneous Directors' attendance lists, 1963 - 1967 List of Officers and Directors, 1945 - 1946 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Sifton.
Sandy Lake Co-operative Elevator Association Limited Organizational papers: 1961 Directors' Resolution, 18 October 1961 Corporate Name: Rural Municipality of Harrison