Part Of

RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

2

Item Number

BAPC 2.15

GMD

graphic

Date Range

September 23, 1919

Physical Description

8" x 10" (b/w)

History / Biographical

The Brandon Armoury is located at the southwest corner of Victoria Avenue and 11th Street.

Custodial History

Donated by Ron Brown.

Scope and Content

Photograph is a portrait of the Royal North-West Mounted Police C squadron returned from World War I. The photo was taken at the Brandon Armoury where the squadron was housed before being restationed.

Notes

Information on the photo was taken from G.F. Barker's Brandon: A City (p. 200).

Name Access

Brandon Armoury

World War I

First World War

Great War

Royal North-West Mounted Police

Subject Access

police officers

armouries

Storage Location

BAPC photograph drawer

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Part Of

RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

2

Item Number

BAPC 2.20

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1919

Physical Description

8" x 10" (b/w)

Material Details

Copy

Custodial History

Donated by Ron Brown.

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) horse barns covered in snow after the fire in 1919.

Name Access

Royal North-West Mounted Police

Subject Access

fires

agricultural buildings

barns

Storage Location

BAPC photograph drawer

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Part Of

RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

2

Item Number

BAPC 2.16

GMD

graphic

Date Range

September 29, 1919

Physical Description

8" x 10" (b/w)

Material Details

Copy

Custodial History

Donated by Ron Brown.

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) horse barns on fire. The barns were located in the Winter Fair Building on the Fair Grounds.

Name Access

Winter Fair Building

Fair grounds

Royal North-West Mounted Police

Subject Access

fires

agricultrual buildings

barns

Storage Location

BAPC photograph drawer

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Part Of

RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

2

Item Number

BAPC 2.17

GMD

graphic

Date Range

September 29, 1919

Physical Description

8" x 10" (b/w)

Material Details

Copy

Custodial History

Donated by Ron Brown.

Scope and Content

Photograph of spectators gathered to watch the Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) horse barns on fire. The barns were located in the Winter Fair Building on the Fair Grounds.

Name Access

Winter Fair Building

Fair grounds

Royal North-West Mounted Police

Subject Access

fires

agricultrual buildings

barns

Storage Location

BAPC photograph drawer

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Part Of

RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

2

Item Number

BAPC 2.18

GMD

graphic

Date Range

September 29, 1919

Physical Description

8" x 10" (b/w)

Material Details

Copy

Custodial History

Donated by Ron Brown.

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) horse barns on fire. The barns were located in the Winter Fair Building on the Fair Grounds.

Name Access

Winter Fair Building

Fair grounds

Royal North-West Mounted Police

Subject Access

fires

agricultrual buildings

barns

Storage Location

BAPC photograph drawer

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Part Of

RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level

Series

Series Number

1

GMD

graphic

History / Biographical

Series is artificially created.

Scope and Content

Photographs in this series fall under the general heading of rural images of Brandon and surrounding area.

Storage Location

Brandon and Area photograph collection photograph drawer (regular and oversize)

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Part Of

RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

2

Item Number

BAPC 2.34

Accession Number

17-2009

GMD

graphic

Date Range

c. April 8, 1912

Physical Description

3.5" x 5.5" (b/w)

Material Details

Postcard

Custodial History

Postcard was sent to Chuck Wilson's aunt, Mrs. W.M. Wilson in Creelman, SK by the McKenzie Seed Company in 1912. Chuck Wilson found the postcard in some of his aunt's papers in 2009 and mailed it to the McKee Archives.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a colour postcard of the McKenzie Seed Company building located on the west side of the 100 block of 9th Street. The card was sent to Mrs. W.M. Wilson of Creelman, SK to acknowledge her order. Writing on the front of the card reads: A.E. McKenzie Co., Limited, Seedsmen, Brandon, Man

Name Access

A.E. McKenzie Co., Limited

A.E. McKenzie Seed Company

9th Street

Subject Access

commercial buildings

businesses

Agriculture

downtown

Storage Location

BAPC photograph drawer

Related Material

RG 3 A.E. McKenzie Seed Co., Ltd. fonds

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