Platform in front of McMaster -front of University. 75th aniversary - Brandon University. l-r foreground: Lord Snowdon, Princess Margaret, Chancellor Knowles; background: Mayor W.H. Wilton, Mrs. W.C. Burgess, wife of Chairman of the Board of Governors
Brandon University 75th Anniversary Essay Contest (Hon. Grant MacEwan, guest lecture series presentation) Christine Moore (2nd Prize Senior High, School winner Wawanesa - 150$ scholarship to BU); Hon. Grant MacEwan
Brandon University 75th Aniversary Essay Contest (1st Prize Senior High winner presentation, from Erikson MB -500$ scholarship to BU). Hon. Grant MacEwan, Nancy Wilmot, Dr. A.L.Dulmage
Photograph shows the Mental Hospital parade float pulled by two clydesdale horses. The parade is in honour of the diamond anniversary of Canada's Confederation. The side of the float is decorated with Canada's coat of arms and the words "Sixty Years." In the centre of the float is a three-tiered birthday cake with a Union Jack affixed to its top. Four women are draped in toga-like gowns and each are holding provincial (small) coat of arms for New Brunswick, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Ontario. Two men can be seen wearing top hats and coats.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: Mental Hospital foat in 1927.
Photograph shows a float advertisement for the Manitoba Agricultural College. The photograph was taken at Treesbank, MB. The banners on the float read: "Prosperity like a Tree" "If the Roots Suffer, the Leaves Wither and the Trunk Dies."
Photograph shows the Timothy Eaton Company's parade float pulled by two clydesdale horses. The parade is in honour of the diamond anniversary of Canada's Confederation. The side of the float reads: Canada's Power in the Affairs of the World. A large globe is strapped to the back of the float and the provincial coat of arms for Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and the Dominion of Canada line the side. The Canadian Red Ensign is mounted at the front of the float.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: T. Eaton Co. float, 1927, 60th Anniversary of, Confederation.
