Part Of

Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

McG 9

Item Number

20-2009.67

Accession Number

20-2009

GMD

graphic

Date Range

c.1881

Physical Description

6.5" x 5" (b/w)

Material Details

on matting

Physical Condition

Photograph is stained and water damaged. A newspaper clipping about William (Billy) Muir is glued to the top left hand corner of the mat. The image is exfoliated in the right hand corner. The negative has been reverse printed.

History / Biographical

Coombs & Stewart opened the first general store in Brandon in 1881, which was located on 6th Street and Pacific Avenue. According to G.F. Barker (Brandon: A City, 1977, 291), William (Billy) Muir worked at the store until he opened his own grocery store in 1888.

Custodial History

Donated to Fred McGuinness by Allena Strath (nee Coombs).

Scope and Content

Photograph shows the Coombs & Stewart general store located on the corner of Pacific Avenue and 6th Street. A group of men pose in front of the wood-framed store.

Notes

Back of photograph reads: One of first stores in Brandon, Coombs...[?]

Name Access

Coombs & Stewart

Pacific Avenue

6th Street

Wm. Muir General Grocer

Subject Access

Pioneers

general stores

building exteriors

store exteriors

horses

grocery stores

Brandon business buildings & facilities before 1940

Storage Location

RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Related Material

Lawrence Stuckey collection 1-2002.3.1E13

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Part Of

RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Creator

Photographer: Campbell's Winnipeg

Description Level

Item

Series Number

4

Item Number

BAPC 4.22

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1923

Physical Description

12.5" x 10" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting

Physical Condition

Small pieces of tan paper stuck to the surface of the photo in six places around the outer edges.

Scope and Content

Portraits of the students and staff of Winnipeg Normal School's class "e" normal (1923).

Name Access

E. Chapman

N. Glover

V. Fraser

S. Jacobs

M. Anderson

H. Gilman

M. Brown

L. Brown

E. Allen

E. Baimbridge

M. Buchanan

G. Fisher

M. Chalmers

A.J. Sutherland

K. McLeod

W.A. McIntyre

Miss Hodgson

Mrs. McKim

L. King

V. Carrick

J. Cowell

E. Clark

A. Grouette

Sgt. Major Carroll

H. McIntosh

A. McIntyre

Mr. Hooper

Mr. Wright

G. Brown

A. Allin

M. Clossick

E. Barnett

J. Henderson

C. Campbell

W. Dobie

K. Hall

B. Cooney

C. Doughty

E. Hedley

P. Adolphson

E. Boughton

M. Carmichael

R. Johnson

Iva Dennison

E. Carson

L. Duncan

V. Eyolfson

R. Bates

H. Huddlestone

Subject Access

Education

normal schools

class portraits

Storage Location

BAPC oversize storage drawer 2

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