Portrait of the Brandon University Bobcats men's basketball team. L to R: Norman Joss (Manager), George Martin (Manager), Dwight Kearns, Dave Bauman, Ryan Smith, Frank Lindal, Willie Jerks, Blake Simcoe, Larry Rodenbush, Jack Mitchell, Doug Fraser, Mel Harvey, Al Johnson (Trainer). Foreground: Coach Howard
Portrait of the Brandon University Bobcats football team. Front Row (L to R): Dr. Hunter, Wayne McLellan, Dennis Fenton, Bruce Taylor, Pete McGregor, Bob Gladstone, Jim Wilton, Doug Steeves (Coach). Second Row (L to R): Doc Hannah (Trainer), Maurice Lang, Lorne Lagimodiere, Boyd Van Agglen, Peter Hunter, Lyle Grobb, Mr. Howard (Coach). Third Row (L to R): Larry Rodenbush, Dave Bauman, Julien Hoyak, George Kunyckyj, Wayne Purdy, Len Sitter, Harry Sutcliffe. Back Row (L to R): Mel Jesson, Reg Knourek, John Graham, Bruce Bonk, Al Johson (Equipment Manager). Missing: Bob Baynes, Mark Kennedy, Dale Brawn, Hank Fleming, Al McAuley, Dennis Shindle.
Some tearing around the edges. Also a few stains. Photograph is coming off its backing board and the surface of the photo is starting to crack.
Scope and Content
Portrait of the Brandon University Bobcats football team. Front Row (L to R): Doug Steeves (Coach), Peter Hagberg, Bruce Taylor, Jim Wilton, Len Stitter, Peter Hunter, Mike Stinchcombe, George Kunyckyj, Ab Clearwater (Coach). Second Row (L to R): Dr. Bruce Hunter, Wayne McLennan, Carl Iwanyshyn, Jim Jankiewicz, Bruce Misanchuk, Larry Rodenbush, Gene Hodgson, Gary Howard (Coach). Third Row (L to R): Doc Hannah (Trainer), Steve Holden, Mel Jesson, Kay Bradley, Ken Mitchell, Richard Borotsik, Bob Gladstone, Al Johnson, Frank Macey (Coach). Back Row (L to R): Gene Parks, Dave Bauman, Jim Kester, Con O’Leary, Guy Dauben, Lorne Lagimodiere, Garry Smith, Norman Joss (Manager).
Photograph shows seven men posing in front of a wood-framed shack on 10th Street. The men are wearing three-piece suits or vests and long-sleeved shirts. One man can be seen holding an axe another a saw. A double ox-team wagon is in front of the structure.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: 10th St. May 1882, Brandon. Photograph is stamped Public Archives Canada.
Photograph shows the Brandon Wheat Market along Pacific Avenue on November 30, 1885. Farmers can be seen driving wagon teams loaded with bags of grain in line on Pacific Avenue from 10 Street to at least 7th Street. On the north side of Pacific Avenue the CPR Land Office and grain elevators are pictured. On the south side of Pacific Avenue, the general merchant/hardware store Bower, Blackburn, Mundell & Porter is situated on the corner of Pacific Avenue and 10th Street. A 10th Street sign is affixed to the merchants' store. On the east side of the general store, Edie House, the Grand View Hotel, and a Farmers' boarding and lodging house can be seen. Most of the buildings appear to be woodframed except for the Grand View, which is constructed of brick. Sidewalks appear to be in place on the south side of Pacific and snow dusts the streets. A baby swathed in winter clothing sits in a pram/baby carriage in front of the general store.
Notes
Writing on the front of the photograph reads: Novemeber 30th, 1885, Brandon Wheat Market
According to Russ Gourluck (Silver Screens on the Prairie, Winnipeg: Great Plains Publications, 2012, 26), the Orpheum Theatre was in operation from 1917 to 1920 when it then became the Willis Theatre.
Scope and Content
Postcard shows the 100 block of 10th Street facing north. The CPR train station can be seen at the end of 10th Street. The sign for the Rex Cafe is visible on the west side of 10th Street. On the east side of 10th Street, billboards for Campbell & Campbell furniture are visible as well as signs for Pianos and the Orpheum Theatre. Motorists and cyclists share the road. Street car tracks run the length of 10th Street.
Notes
Postcard was manufactured by T.B. [Tichnor Brothers, Inc., 1908-1987] Cambridge, Massachusetts.
According to the Brandon Daily Sun (07 May 1913), the first three street cars (Nos. 10, 9, and 7) arrived in Brandon on the evening of May 6, 1913. The cars were shipped via Canadian National Rail to Brandon from Winnipeg and stored at the railway siding on McTavish Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets. The daily paper (15 May 1915) reported that a test run for the street cars was scheduled for May 16, 1913. The City Clerk published a public notice in the paper (29 May 1913) announcing the formal opening of the "Brandon Municipal Street Raily" for on Monday, June 2, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at city hall where the cars would be displayed.
Custodial History
Donated to Fred McGuinness by Allena Strath (nee Coombs).
Scope and Content
Postcard depicts three municipal street cars parked on the 10th Street tracks in front of the Winter Fair Building. In front of the cars are a group of men wearing suits, hats, and top coats. Two automobiles are parked alongside the street cars. According to Archivist Emeritus Tom Mitchell, the group of men are members of the Brandon Municipal Street Railway Committee. The chairman of the committee, Harry Cater, can be seen in the center-left of the group wearing a watch fob. The committee had assembled for a test run of the street car service, which the Brandon Daily Sun reported to have occured on Sunday, May 16, 1913.
Notes
Back of postcard reads: First Street Car in Brandon in front of Winter Fair building 1910.
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