Photograph shows a possible CPR train stopped on the tracks at the base of a mountain. Train employees and passengers are posing alongside the train.
Notes
Writing on the front of the photograph reads: Train #1033 "Pacific Express" in Kicking Horse Pass near Golden / Trueman & Caple Photo, Vancouver, BC / Wishing You A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Date obtained from Margery Hadley McDougall, "R.H. Trueman, Artist and Documentarian," BC Studies, No. 52, Winter 1981-82, pp.129-141.
Given to Fred McGuinness by George Creighton, 1980?
Scope and Content
Photograph shows two men seated in a sleigh pulled by two oxen. Behind the men is a wooden building with a M.H. & L Co. Ltd. sign on its side.
Notes
Writing on the front of the photograph reads: 7.3.80. file family letters. picture of dad's store at Hamiota. M.H.& L. > Manitoba Hardware & Lumber Co. George Creighton gave me this. McG.
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Katherine Stinson & aircraft with Indigenous peoples
Notes
Photo taken in Brandon, Manitoba
Miss Stinson was half Indigenous
See Lawrence Stuckey file (Finding Aids) for biography of Katherine Stinson.
[Please note that in the title we have chosen to maintain the original terminology used by Mr. Stuckey in order to maintain the original context and order of the record. P.E. 08/07/09.]
Photograph shows members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Brandon City Lodge No.6 parading down a street, possibly Portage Avenue in Winnipeg. Spectators line the street. Visible storefronts include: Central Barber Shop, The Royal Bank of Canada, and Liggetts Drug Store.
Notes
Back of photograph is stamped: The Star Photo Studio, 490 Main Street, Winnipeg, Sep 23, 1931
The International Peace Garden is situated on the international border between Manitoba and North Dakota, adjacent to the Canadian Border Services Boissevain port of entry and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency's Dunseith port of entry. The dedication for the International Peace Garden was held on July 14, 1932. It was estimated that 50,000 people were in attendance on opening day. The park is 9.5-square kilometers or 3.54-square miles.
Custodial History
Pictures were sent to Fred McGuinness in 1970 from E.M. Bergson of Brandon.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the crowded parking lot at the International Peace Garden's 1932 dedication ceremony. People mill amongst the automobiles and tents can be seen in the background.
Notes
The back of the photograph is stamped: Enameloid Velox Print by the Jul 27 1932, Chicago Postal Photo Supplies, Regina, Sask.