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Dominion Exhibition Display Building II and midway

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1913
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.36
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1913
Physical Description
4.5" x 3.75" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the midway at the 1913 Dominion Fair. Attractions include California Orange Juice stand and Patterson's Animal Trainer Show. The Dominion Exhibition Display Building II can be seen in the background.
Notes
Photograph appears to be a part of a sequence of photographs, see 20-2009.30 to 20-2009.40
Name Access
Dominion Fair
Dominion Exhibition
Dominion Exhibition Display Building II
Dome Building
Subject Access
fairs
exhibitions
building exteriors
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Images
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Examples of knots and splices

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1986
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.83
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1986
Physical Description
5.75" x 4" (colour)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a display of knots and splices made by Bill Pollock for the Boys and Girls Club in 1916.
Notes
The back of the photograph reads: Knots and splices made by Bill Pollock when he was in Grade Six at Kemnay School. They were awarded first place at the Boys and Girls Club Show in Brandon in 1916.
Subject Access
displays
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
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Fred McGuinness Saskatchewan Jubilee promo

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1952-1955]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.176
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1952-1955]
Physical Description
2.25" x 2.5" (b/w)
Material Details
negative
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Fred McGuinness in an office writing at a desk. On the wall behind him is a framed frieze reading: Plan to visit the Wheat Province in the year of the Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee.
Name Access
Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee
Fred McGuinness
Frederick George McGuinness
Subject Access
portraits
advertising
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
Cigar box photographs
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Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum opening - hanger display

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions13955
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1985
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.27
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1985
Physical Description
5." x 3.5" (colour)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the hanger at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum containing the displays of WWII-era planes.
Name Access
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
Subject Access
museums
ceremonies
World War II
airplanes
warplanes
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
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Cowan's Cocoa wagon

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1909-1922]
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Photographer: Pringle and Booth of Toronto
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.21
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1909-1922]
Physical Description
6.5" x 4.5" (b/w)
Material Details
on matting
Physical Condition
matting is torn
Custodial History
Photograph was in possession of Mrs. Ruby Miles, who passed the image on to Fred McGuinness. McGuinness makes reference to Mrs. Miles and this photograph in his Sunbeams column (Brandon Sun 14 September 1978).
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a horse drawn wagon advertising Cowan's Cocoa. The Gilmore Advertising Company of Toronto appears to be responsible for the ad and the wagon is numbered "No.4". Three men appear in the photograph: one behind the reigns, one in the rear seat of the wagon, and other standing at the rear axel.
Notes
Writing on the front of the photograph matting reads: Pringle & Booth, 181 George Street, Toronto. Writing on the back of the photograph matting reads: Mrs. R. Miles, R.J. Brdgdon?, Right Side 2.50 a day. Date obtained from http://photographersofontario.ca
Name Access
Cowan's Cocoa
Gilmore Advertising Company
Pringle and Booth
Subject Access
Transportation
wagons
advertising
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Related Material
Ruby Miles collection 14-2003, File 2
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Purity Flour, Western Canada Flour Mills Company

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1920-1930]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Printed: Crawford's Drug Store, Brandon
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.70
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1920-1930]
Physical Description
4.25" x 2.5" (b/w)
Physical Condition
Photograph is stamped on the back
Custodial History
Photograph was given to Fred McGuinness by Linda Bilkoski (nee Lepard) of Lac du Bonnet, MB.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a group of individuals posing with a Purity Flour, Western Canada Flour Mills Company truck. Two men pose by the drive-side door and another two pose by the tail gate. Standing in the truck's payload are 13 individuals. It is possible that Edith Lepard (nee Harden) third from left and her mother, Catherine "Kate" Harden (nee Chalmers), third from right are standing in the payload.
Notes
The back of the photograph is stamped: Crawford's Drug Store, Brandon
Name Access
Purity Flour
Western Canada Flour Mills Co.
Edith Harden
Kate Harden
Subject Access
advertising
women
children
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
McG 4.1 File 27
Images
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Purity Flour, Western Canada Flour Mills Company

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14005
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1920-1930]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Printed: Crawford's Drug Store, Brandon
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.75
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1920-1930]
Physical Description
10.75" x 7" (b/w)
Physical Condition
Photograph is stamped on the back
Custodial History
Photograph was given to Fred McGuinness by Linda Bilkoski (nee Lepard) of Lac du Bonnet, MB.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a group of individuals posing with a Purity Flour, Western Canada Flour Mills Company truck. Two men pose by the drive-side door and another two pose by the tail gate. Standing in the truck's payload are 13 individuals. It is possible that Edith Lepard (nee Harden) third from left and her mother, Catherine "Kate" Harden (nee Chalmers), third from right are standing in the payload.
Notes
The back of the photograph is stamped: Crawford's Drug Store, Brandon
Name Access
Purity Flour
Western Canada Flour Mills Co.
Edith Harden
Kate Harden
Subject Access
advertising
women
children
Storage Location
McGuinness oversize storage drawer (1-2015)
Related Material
McG 9 1-2015.70
Arrangement
McG 4.1 File 27
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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1980s]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.260
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1980s]
Physical Description
4 " x 6" (colour)
Material Details
postcard
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a promotional shot of CBC Radio host Peter Gzowki for CBC Radio One.
Notes
Writing on the back of the postcard reads: Baron! Dear Fred - okay, okay so the photos aren't great...these are your copies anyways! How you are well - Love Shelley (the Countess)
Name Access
Peter Gzowski
Subject Access
Radio Broadcasts
advertising
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
RR#8 photos
Images
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Winter Fair postcard

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1933
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Photographer: Rolph-Clark-Stone, Ltd.
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.176
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
3.5" x 6" (colour)
Material Details
postcard
Scope and Content
Postcard is an advertisement for the Brandon Winter Fair. Image is of two dogs, with a caption below them.
Notes
Writing on the front of the postcard reads: "If you expect to be among those present, Florine, you'll have to have yours bobbed"/ Fools may rush in where Angles fear to tread./ The Winter Fair, Brandon, March 13 - March 17, 1933 / is good for either, yet is really better for the pople who are / neither, but, like ourselves, are somewhere between the two.
Name Access
Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba
Subject Access
fairs
winter fairs
advertising
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #1 File 13 Sunbeams
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Palmolive's Happy Gang Family Foto

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1949]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.44
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1949]
Physical Description
8" x 8" (b/w)
History / Biographical
According to the Canadian Old-time Radio Alliance website, the Happy Gang radio show was established by Bert Pearl for the CBC in 1937. The show remained on the air until 1959. Colgate Palmolive was the radio show's first sponsor. Other sponsors included Carnation Milk, Mills' Flower, and Red Rose.
Custodial History
Photograph sent to Fred McGuinness from Lillie S. Wilkins of Killarney, MB
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a group portrait of the "The Happy Gang" family. The promotional photograph was produced for the 143rd anniversary of the Colgate-Palmolive company.
Notes
Members of the Happy Gang are identified on the back of the photograph along with "a message" from Bert Pearl, the M.C. for the Happy Gang. Date of photograph determined from Colgate-Palmolive company history.
Name Access
Palmolive's Happy Gang Family
Colgate Palmolive Company
Bert Pearl
Subject Access
portraits
advertising
Radio Broadcasts
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
McG RR #1 - loose (see McG 1.2 File 33)
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Royal George Hotel

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1912
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.22
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1912
Physical Description
9.75" x 7.5" (b/w)
Physical Condition
photograph is torn and has scotch tape residue
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the exterior of the Royal George Hotel located at 142-6th Street, Brandon. Striped awnings cover the second and third storey windows of the hotel. Dogs roam the sidewalk in front of the hotel. Advertisements cover the fence adjacent to the hotel and include: Fort McMurray town site settlement; Mortgage sale for city property; Starland Theatre featuring Miss Amy Lawrence, Soprano; Sherman Theatre; 15th Annual Horticultural Exhibition
Notes
Date ascertained from 15th Annual Horticultural Exhibition advertisement posted on fence adjacent to hotel. Address obtained from Henderson's Brandon City Directory for 1913.
Name Access
Royal George Hotel
Starland Theatre
Sherman Theatre
Horticultural Exhibition
6th Street
Subject Access
hotels
building exteriors
advertising
dogs
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Images
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McGuinness family partridge hunting

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14126
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1960-1965]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.195
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1960-1965]
Physical Description
3" x 3" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Fred McGuinness and his three sons on a hunting trip. Pheasants are draped along the side of a station wagon that has an advertisement on its roof that reads: Barney's Hideaway Restaurant Dining Lounge, Strathcona Hotel, Victoria, BC, Canada, Featuring Smorgasbord 'Pot Luck Buffet.'
Notes
A negative exists for this photo and is stored with the picture.
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Frederick George McGuinness
Subject Access
families
children
hunting
advertising
automobiles
vehicles
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
BR #3 Family photos
Images
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Grand View Hotel interior

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1913
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.23
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1913
Physical Description
7" x 5" (b/w)
Material Details
on matting
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the possible interior of the Grandview Hotel. A young man is working behind the counter that holds a cash register and tobacco display case. A calendar for March 1913 advertises O.L. Harwood's Insurance, Real Estate, and Loans. Below the hotel's 35-room call box is an advertisement for the Public Stenographers Company. A postcard stand holds cards of Brandon's courthouse and other prominent buildings.
Notes
Date ascertained from calendar above counter.
Name Access
Grand View Hotel
Public Stenographers Company
Subject Access
hotels
building interiors
advertising
tobacco
cigar dealer
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Images
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Grand View Hotel interior

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1913
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.23a
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1913
Physical Description
7" x 5" (b/w)
Physical Condition
photograph is torn
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the possible interior of the Grandview Hotel. A young man is working behind the counter that holds a cash register and tobacco display case. A calendar for March 1913 advertises O.L. Harwood's Insurance, Real Estate, and Loans. Below the hotel's 35-room call box is an advertisement for the Public Stenographers Company. A postcard stand holds cards of Brandon's courthouse and other prominent buildings.
Notes
Date ascertained from calendar above counter. This photograph is a duplicate of 20-2009.23 but is in sharper focus. Grand View is written in pencil on the back of the photograph.
Name Access
Grand View Hotel
Public Stenographers Company
Subject Access
hotels
building interiors
advertising
tobacco
cigar dealer
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Images
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O-Pee-Chee Chewing Gum truck

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1913
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Photographer: Davidson and Gowen, Brandon
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.96
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1913
Physical Description
9.5" x 7.5" (b/w)
Custodial History
Photograph was in possession of Mrs. Ruby Miles, who passed the image on to Fred McGuinness. McGuinness makes reference to Mrs. Miles and this photograph in his Sunbeams column (Brandon Sun 14 September 1978).
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a truck advertising O-Pee-Chee Chewing Gum parked in front of Brandon College's Clark Hall. The truck has been identified in the Stuckey collection as a Ford "Model T" delivery wagon. Its windshield is covered with a large advertisement that says, "Equipped with Dunlop Traction Tread Tires." Its license plate reads 1913 #2945. The truck is facing south on 18th Street. A middle-aged man is standing in front of the wagon; a box of gum rests on the truck's right fender. The driver, sporting a gadsby cap and tie, is proping up a box of gum on the driver's side door. Three young men, wearing suits, ties, and gadsby caps, are standing behind the wagon while holding open boxes of chewing gum.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: Mrs. R. Miles. The photograph is stamped Davidson & Gowen, Photographers, Brandon, Man.
Name Access
Brandon College
O-Pee-Chee Chewing Gum
Davidson & Gowen Photographers
18th Street
Subject Access
universities
colleges
advertising
Trucks
Transportation
delivery services
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Related Material
Lawrence Stuckey collection 1-2002.3.1L7 Ruby Miles collection 14-2003, File 2
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Gilmore Advertising Company wagon

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions13787
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1913
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Photographer: Davidson and Gowen, Brandon
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.98
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1913
Physical Description
9.5" x 7.25" (b/w)
Custodial History
Photograph was in possession of Mrs. Ruby Miles, who passed the image on to Fred McGuinness. McGuinness makes reference to Mrs. Miles and this photograph in his Sunbeams column (Brandon Sun 14 September 1978).
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a wagon displaying advertisements for Taylor's Infants-Delight Toilet Soap and Dyson's Red Cross Baking Powder. The Gilmore Advertising Company appears to be responsible for the advertising and the wagon is numbered "No.3". The horsedrawn wagon is facing north on 18th Street and is parked in front of Brandon College's Original Building. An elderly man is seated at the reigns of the wagon and another man is seated at the rear. Standing to the left of the wagon is a man holding a can of Dyon's baking powder. Standing to the right of the wagon is a young man holding a cardboard ad of an infant holding a bar of soap in a wash basin.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: Mrs. R. Miles. Cover shot. The photograph is stamped Davidson & Gowen, Photographers, Brandon, Man. Note: The two men standing in the photograph appear to be in another photograph where they are advertising O-Pee-Chee gum (see 20-2009.96).
Name Access
Brandon College
Davidson & Gowen Photographers
18th Street
Gilmore Advertising Company
Taylor's Infants-Delight Toilet Soap
Dyson's Red Cross Baking Powder
Subject Access
universities
colleges
advertising
Trucks
Transportation
delivery services
wagons
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Related Material
Lawrence Stuckey collection 1-2002.3.1L5 Ruby Miles collection 14-2003, File 2
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Christmas Tree Farm - road

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1980s-1990s]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.251
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1980s-1990s]
Physical Description
5.25 " x 3.5" (colour)
History / Biographical
Fred McGuinness is popularly known for his work as the prairie essayist for CBC Radio’s Morningside with Peter Gzowski, a position he held for 17 years. Many of McGuinness’ Morningside essays were autobiographical in nature. He often reported about life on Christmas Tree Farm, a section of land where he and his wife, Christine, built their dream home in the late 1970s. The couple planted a Christmas tree farm on the property and Christine maintained an extensive kitchen garden, while Fred tended honey bees. Life on the farm made its way into radiobroadcasts, Neighborly News columns, and the book "Letters from Section 17: A Collection of Morningside Essays" (Winnipeg: Great Plains Publishing, 1999).
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a view of the road along the McGuinness property, Christmas Tree Farm, Section 17.
Notes
See McG 9 1-2015.249 corresponding negative #4
Name Access
Christmas Tree Farm
Section 17
Subject Access
residences
farms
trees
winter
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
RR #8 photos
Images
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Christmas Tree Farm - landscape

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1980s-1990s]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.258
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1980s-1990s]
Physical Description
5.25 " x 3.5" (colour)
History / Biographical
Fred McGuinness is popularly known for his work as the prairie essayist for CBC Radio’s Morningside with Peter Gzowski, a position he held for 17 years. Many of McGuinness’ Morningside essays were autobiographical in nature. He often reported about life on Christmas Tree Farm, a section of land where he and his wife, Christine, built their dream home in the late 1970s. The couple planted a Christmas tree farm on the property and Christine maintained an extensive kitchen garden, while Fred tended honey bees. Life on the farm made its way into radiobroadcasts, Neighborly News columns, and the book "Letters from Section 17: A Collection of Morningside Essays" (Winnipeg: Great Plains Publishing, 1999).
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a landscape view from the McGuinness property, Christmas Tree Farm, Section 17.
Notes
Negative accompanies photo
Name Access
Christmas Tree Farm
Section 17
Subject Access
residences
farms
winter
landscapes
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
RR #8 photos
Images
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Nation & Shewan store window

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14003
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1914
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.73
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1914
Physical Description
6.5" x 4.5" (b/w)
Physical Condition
Top left corner is bent
History / Biographical
Erected in 1889, on the southeast corner of Rosser Avenue and 7th Street at 806 Rosser Avenue, this block was designed by Brandon architect W.H. Shillinglaw. At the time of its construction the structure housed the Nation & Shewan Department Store, one of Brandon’s largest and most successful drygoods businesses, owned and operated by Fred Nation and Alexander Shewan. Major improvements were made to the store and an annex was added in 1910. Some of the renovation additions included, but were not limited to, an updated frontage with new copper sash windows and prismatic glass tops, plate glass windows, new fixtures and carpet. With the renovations the floor space of the business was to be almost doubled. The stock of the business also increased, with the Brandon Weekly Sun reporting that when finished, Nation & Shewan would be a “store of which the citizens of Brandon will be justly proud.” The drygoods firm operated until Nation’s death 1926, when it became known as A. Shewan Limited. From 1933 to 1944, the business was known as Shewan and Son. Shortly thereafter, the Metroplitan Stores Ltd began operating out of the Nation & Shewan Block. In 2000, the Town Centre prepared to knock down the Red Apple Building, formerly the Nation & Shewan Block. The demolition was to make way for the new atrium and entrance for the mall, and begin a new period of redevelopment at the downtown shopping centre. [History/Bio written by Christy Henry (SJ McKee Archives) and Eileen Trott (Daly House Museum), researched by Morganna Maylon, for 2015 photographic exhibition "Gowen's Brandon: Then and Now".]
Custodial History
Photograph was given to Fred McGuinness by Linda Bilkoski (nee Lepard) of Lac du Bonnet, MB.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a display of women's clothing and accessories in the window at Nation & Shewan. A sign reads: 1914 Spring Opening commences on Wednesday March 25th.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: Mrs. E. Harden, 33-10th St., City. According to the Henderson's Brandon City Directories, Catharine "Kate" Harden (nee Chalmers) worked as a cashier at Nation & Shewan from 1913 to 1914.
Name Access
Nation & Shewan
Kate Harden
Subject Access
building exteriors
advertising
Brandon business buildings & facilities before 1940
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
McG 4.1 File 27
Images
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Fred McGuinness at Christmas Tree Farm

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1980s
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.206
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1980s
Physical Description
4.75" x 3.25" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Fred McGuinness planting trees at Christmas Tree Farm, Section 17.
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Christmas Tree Farm
Subject Access
farming
trees
forestry
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #1
Images
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