Dr. Fleming arrived May 1881 and set up his drugstore “Apothecaries Hall” in a tent. Fleming was the first medical man in Brandon, first to agitate for a hospital, and first chairman of the school board. He died November 1897.
Custodial History
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Samuel Bronfman began business in Brandon and eventually became head of Seagram Co. Ltd.
[See: "Booze: the impact of whisky on the prairie west " by James H. Grey; "Bronfman dynasty: the Rothschilds of the new world" by Peter Newman (P.E. 22/05/09)]
Custodial History
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Stuckey's notes: Community of Thoona, Manitoba. Officially opened December 27, 1903 by Rt. Rev. S.P. Matheson, Bishop of Rupert's Land. Last annual meeting of congregation committee December, 1953. Officially closed November 1, 1964 by Rt. Rev. Ivor A. Norris, Bishop of Brandon, after special service in Birtle - St. George's Church. Exterior and interior.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
Image shows the Church of St. Albans - Blenheim (Anglican), south of Birtle, Manitoba.
Notes
[Brandon NW includes communities north of Trans-Canada #1 highway and west of PTH #10.]
Stuckey's notes: Community of Thoona, Manitoba. Officially opened December 27, 1903 by Rt. Rev. S.P. Matheson, Bishop of Rupert's Land. Last annual meeting of congregation committee December, 1953. Officially closed November 1, 1964 by Rt. Rev. Ivor A. Norris, Bishop of Brandon, after special service in Birtle - St. George's Church. Exterior and interior.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
Image shows the Church of St. Albans - Blenheim (Anglican), south of Birtle, Manitoba.
Notes
[Brandon NW includes communities north of Trans-Canada #1 highway and west of PTH #10.]
Stuckey's notes: Community of Thoona, Manitoba. Officially opened December 27, 1903 by Rt. Rev. S.P. Matheson, Bishop of Rupert's Land. Last annual meeting of congregation committee December, 1953. Officially closed November 1, 1964 by Rt. Rev. Ivor A. Norris, Bishop of Brandon, after special service in Birtle - St. George's Church. Exterior and interior.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Image shows the Church of St. Albans - Blenheim (Anglican), south of Birtle, Manitoba.
Notes
[Brandon NW includes communities north of Trans-Canada #1 highway and west of PTH #10.]
Stuckey's notes: Community of Thoona, Manitoba. Officially opened December 27, 1903 by Rt. Rev. S.P. Matheson, Bishop of Rupert's Land. Last annual meeting of congregation committee December, 1953. Officially closed November 1, 1964 by Rt. Rev. Ivor A. Norris, Bishop of Brandon, after special service in Birtle - St. George's Church. Exterior and interior.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Image shows the Church of St. Albans - Blenheim (Anglican), south of Birtle, Manitoba.
Notes
[Brandon NW includes communities north of Trans-Canada #1 highway and west of PTH #10.]
Stuckey's notes: Community of Thoona, Manitoba. Officially opened December 27, 1903 by Rt. Rev. S.P. Matheson, Bishop of Rupert's Land. Last annual meeting of congregation committee December, 1953. Officially closed November 1, 1964 by Rt. Rev. Ivor A. Norris, Bishop of Brandon, after special service in Birtle - St. George's Church. Exterior and interior.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Image shows the Church of St. Albans - Blenheim (Anglican), south of Birtle, Manitoba.
Notes
[Brandon NW includes communities north of Trans-Canada #1 highway and west of PTH #10.]
Photograph shows Ted Heming Jewellers on the east side of 10th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, with the Strand Theatre to the south of the building complex. Other visible businesses in the Strand Block include: Hughes & Co. Ltd., Smart's Stationery, Waddell's, and Metropolitan Life.
Notes
Photograph dated from "Gidget," the movie playing at the Strand Theatre
Photograph shows the Strand Block on the east side of 10th Street, Brandon, Manitoba. Visible businesses in the Strand Block include: Hughes & Co. Ltd., Smart's Stationery, Waddell's, the Strand Theatre, and Metropolitan Life.
Notes
Back of the photograph is stamped: Clark Smith Studio, per July 27/59
Photograph of east side of 10th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, between Rosser and Princess Avenues. Visible businesses include: The Bank of Montreal, Barclay's Shoe Store, Carlton Cafe (in the former Cigar Factory), and Ted Heming Jewellers. The McKenzie Seed building is visible in the background.
Photograph shows the east side of 10th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, between Rosser and Princess Avenues. Businesses visible in the Brown Block include (from north to south): Singer, Pittsburgh Paint & Glass, O. Stark & Son, Elna Sewing Centre, and Canadian Pacific Telegraphs. The Prince Edward Hotel is visible in the background.
Doig's, originally located on Rosser Avenue, moved to the 10th Street location in 1921.
Scope and Content
Photograph of west side of 10th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, facing northwest. Visible businesses in the Alexander Block include Doig's, Box Brothers Hardware and Allied Hardware Stores, followed by Simpsons-Sears and Barry Neill Men's Wear in the Strathcona Block. The Johnny Smith Block is visible in the background.
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