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Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1967
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.6
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1967
Physical Description
3.5" x 5.5" (colour)
Material Details
Postcard
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking north northeast and shows the southside of Flora Cowan Hall, as well as a number of cars parked on Louise Avenue.
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Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1990s
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.29
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1990s
Physical Description
4" x 6" (colour)
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking north northwest and shows the main entrance to Flora Cowan Hall.
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Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1965
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.55
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1965
Physical Description
8" x 10" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking southwest and shows the east entrance to the Main Dining Room, the link from the Dining Room to Flora Cowan Hall and Flora Cowan Hall.
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Residences and dining rooms
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GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1966
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.60
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1966
Physical Description
8" x 10" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking west northwest and shows the south side of Flora Cowan Hall.
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Residences and dining rooms
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Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1965
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.11
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1965
Physical Description
3.5" x 4.25" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking east northeast and shows the front of Flora Cowan Hall in winter.
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Residences and dining rooms
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Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1965
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.13
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1965
Physical Description
4" x 5" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking east northeast and shows the front of Flora Cowan Hall.
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Flora Cowan Hall lounge

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Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1968
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.32
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1968
Physical Description
5" x 7" (colour)
History / Biographical
The Flora Cowan Hall lounge was located on the main floor on the north side of the building.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows three women sitting in the Flora Cowan Hall lounge.
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Flora Cowan Hall entrance

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Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1963
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Creator
Photographer: Henry Kalen
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.57
Other Numbers
509 D3.3-2
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1963
Physical Description
8" x 10" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking west and shows the entrance to Flora Cowan Hall and the west side of the building. Also visible are portions of 20th Street and Louise Avenue before the construction of the Gymnasium or the Site Services Building.
Repro Restriction
Copyright restrictions apply.
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Flora Cowan Hall entrance

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Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1965
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.59
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1965
Physical Description
8" x 10" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking west northwest and shows the entrance to Flora Cowan Hall as well as a couple of houses on 20th Street where the present day Site Services Building stands.
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Lower floor of Flora Cowan Hall

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Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1966
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.37
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1966
Physical Description
3.8" x 8" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a number of female students watching TV in one of the residence common rooms.
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Flora Cowan Hall residence room

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Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1964
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.45
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1964
Physical Description
8" x 10" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a female student studying at her desk in her room.
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Front steps of Flora Cowan Hall

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Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1980
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.40
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1980
Physical Description
5" x 7" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking west and shows students visiting on the front steps of Flora Cowan Hall.
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Flora Cowan Hall and McMaster Hall

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Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1975
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.14
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1975
Physical Description
3.75" x 5" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking northeast and shows portions of Flora Cowan Hall (foreground) and McMaster Hall (background).
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Main Dining Room and link to Flora Cowan

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Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1966
Part Of
Residences and dining rooms
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.6
Item Number
2.6.2
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1966
Physical Description
4" x 5" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking northeast and whos the south side of the Main Dining Room and the west side of the link between the Dining Room and Flora Cowan Hall.
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Aerial view: Flora Cowan, Gymnasium, Darrach Hall

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Part Of
Aerial views and campus photographs
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1970
Part Of
Aerial views and campus photographs
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2.1
Item Number
2.1.18
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1970
Physical Description
8" x 10" (b/w)
Scope and Content
View is southwest from the John R. Brodie Science Centre. Photograph shows: Flora Cowan Hall, the Brandon University Gymnasium, Darrach Hall, the Quill trailer and the Jeff Umphrey Centre.
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Brandon College class of 1913

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Part Of
Brandon University Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1913
Part Of
Brandon University Photograph Collection
Creator
Photographer: Cole
Description Level
Item
Series Number
9
Item Number
BUPC 9.5b
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1913
Physical Description
24" x 5" (b/w)
Physical Condition
Robert Harvey's portrait has come loose of the backing. Matting is torn at base.
History / Biographical
John B. Cole, who operated Cole's Photographic Studio, first at 656 15th Street and then at 831 Rosser Avenue, was a photographer in Brandon from c. 1911 to c. 1914.
Scope and Content
Item consists of eleven oval shaped portraits of the members of Brandon College's graduating class of 1913. L to R: Lillian Wilhelmina Speers; Robert Harvey; James Robinson, Muriel Vivien McCamis; Tom Hare Harris; Leslie Alberta Ward; J.R.C. Evans; Evelyn J. Simpson; W.E. Wilkin; Archibald Gordon; and Constance Gunn.
Subject Access
class portraits
portraits
Storage Range
BUPC oversize drawer 1
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Cowan's Cocoa wagon

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1909-1922]
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Photographer: Pringle and Booth of Toronto
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.21
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1909-1922]
Physical Description
6.5" x 4.5" (b/w)
Material Details
on matting
Physical Condition
matting is torn
Custodial History
Photograph was in possession of Mrs. Ruby Miles, who passed the image on to Fred McGuinness. McGuinness makes reference to Mrs. Miles and this photograph in his Sunbeams column (Brandon Sun 14 September 1978).
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a horse drawn wagon advertising Cowan's Cocoa. The Gilmore Advertising Company of Toronto appears to be responsible for the ad and the wagon is numbered "No.4". Three men appear in the photograph: one behind the reigns, one in the rear seat of the wagon, and other standing at the rear axel.
Notes
Writing on the front of the photograph matting reads: Pringle & Booth, 181 George Street, Toronto. Writing on the back of the photograph matting reads: Mrs. R. Miles, R.J. Brdgdon?, Right Side 2.50 a day. Date obtained from http://photographersofontario.ca
Name Access
Cowan's Cocoa
Gilmore Advertising Company
Pringle and Booth
Subject Access
Transportation
wagons
advertising
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Related Material
Ruby Miles collection 14-2003, File 2
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The Railway foreman's children

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Part Of
Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
June 1911
Accession Number
3-2014
Part Of
Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
5
Item Number
BAPC 5.10
Accession Number
3-2014
GMD
graphic
Date Range
June 1911
Physical Description
3.5" x 5.5" (b/w)
Material Details
Postcard
Physical Condition
Excellent
History / Biographical
Alfred Walter Pryce was born in England c. 1880. He emigrated from England in 1903 and was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway, likely in Manitoba. His wife, Kate Louisa Buchan, was older than her husband. She was born in England c. 1873. They were married in England? and she followed her husband to Canada in 1904. Alma Jane Pryce was born June 24, 1905 and Herbert Walter Pryce was born May 12, 1907 in [Elton] Manitoba. In autumn 1911, the Pryce family returned to England for a Christmas visit. They sailed from Halifax on the Empress of Britain and arrived in Liverpool on December 9, 1911. The family returned to Canada on the Empress of Ireland from Liverpool in early 1912, landing at St. John, New Brunswick. Alfred Walter Pryce died in Brandon, MB on January 31, 1922. Kate Pryce died in Winnipeg, MB on March 18, 1938.
Custodial History
Donated to the McKee Archives by Jennifer L. Bunting in November 2013.
Scope and Content
Studio portrait of Alma and Herbert Pryce, The Railway Foreman's children, taken June 1911 in Kenora, ON. Writing on the back reads: To Granfather with Love from Herbert and Alma. Alma Jane Pryce Age 6 years. Herbert Walter Pryce Age 3 years 5 months. Keonra, Ont. Canada. June 1911.
Notes
History/Bio information provided by Jennifer Bunting. Additional information is available in the custodial file.
Name Access
Alma Pryce
Herbert Pryce
Alfred Pryce
Kate Louisa Buchan
Kate Louisa Pryce
Subject Access
portraits
Storage Location
BAPC photograph drawer
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Spafford brothers 1909

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1909
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.44
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1909
Physical Description
3.25" x 5.5" (b/w)
Material Details
postcard
History / Biographical
Harry Spafford (b. 22 Oct 1888, d. 10 May 1978) was born in Holmfield, Manitoba. He married Isabella Hawking of Ninga in 1914 and the couple moved to Brandon in 1915 where they continued to reside until 1973. Harry worked as a locomotive fireman and then as an engineer with the Canadian Northern Railway (CN). While with CN, he was an active member of the Brotherhood of Local Engineers and Firemen No. 788 of Brandon. He served as an alderman in Brandon from 1928 to 1945. In 1932, Harry ran in the Manitoba by-election for Brandon as an Independent Labour candidate and lost to the Conservative member George Dinsdale. In 1952, Harry ran as a Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member in the provincial election and lost to Conservative party representative Reg Lissaman. Harry Spafford passed away in Burnaby, BC, and is interred in the Ocean View Cemetery. (Source: see obituary in McG 4.1 File 66) Alva/Alvery/"Alvie" Reddell/Riddell/Ridall Spafford (b. 15 Mar 1891, d. 23 Aug 1985) was born in Enterprise, Manitoba, in the R.M. of Turtle Mountain. In 1911, he married Francis Ethel Harrison (d. 1979) in Killarney and had three children. Alvie farmed in Bannerman from 1902 to 1936, after which he moved to Boissevain to work as a Rawleigh salesman. In 1942, the family moved to Brandon where Alvie worked as a conductor with the CNR until his retirement. Alva Spafford passed away at the age of 94 at the Brandon General Hospital. His funeral was held in Killarney, Manitoba. (Source: Obituary, Brandon Sun, 23 Aug 1985)
Scope and Content
Postcard is a studio portrait of the Spafford brothers. Alvie is seated, Harry is standing.
Notes
Writing on the front of the postcard reads: out of the past, Harry & Alvie Spafford, 1909 Winnipeg. The back of the postcard reads: Harry on left, Alvie on right, in our early, days, Railway.
Name Access
Harry Spafford
Alvie Spafford
Subject Access
portraits
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
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Spafford brothers 1909-1910

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1909-1910
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.69
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1909-1910
Physical Description
3.25" x 5.5" (b/w)
Material Details
postcard
History / Biographical
Harry Spafford (b. 22 Oct 1888, d. 10 May 1978) was born in Holmfield, Manitoba. He married Isabella Hawking of Ninga in 1914 and the couple moved to Brandon in 1915 where they continued to reside until 1973. Harry worked as a locomotive fireman and then as an engineer with the Canadian Northern Railway (CN). While with CN, he was an active member of the Brotherhood of Local Engineers and Firemen No. 788 of Brandon. He served as an alderman in Brandon from 1928 to 1945. In 1932, Harry ran in the Manitoba by-election for Brandon as an Independent Labour candidate and lost to the Conservative member George Dinsdale. In 1952, Harry ran as a Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member in the provincial election and lost to Conservative party representative Reg Lissaman. Harry Spafford passed away in Burnaby, BC, and is interred in the Ocean View Cemetery. (Source: see obituary in McG 4.1 File 66) Alva/Alvery/"Alvie" Reddell/Riddell/Ridall Spafford (b. 15 Mar 1891, d. 23 Aug 1985) was born in Enterprise, Manitoba, in the R.M. of Turtle Mountain. In 1911, he married Francis [sic.] Ethel Harrison (d. 1979) in Killarney and had three children. Alvie farmed in Bannerman from 1902 to 1936, after which he moved to Boissevain to work as a Rawleigh salesman. In 1942, the family moved to Brandon where Alvie worked as a conductor with the CNR until his retirement. Alva Spafford passed away at the age of 94 at the Brandon General Hospital. His funeral was held in Killarney, Manitoba. (Source: Obituary, Brandon Sun, 23 Aug 1985)
Scope and Content
Postcard is a studio portrait of the Spafford brothers. Harry is seated on the left, Alva ("Alvie") is standing with his right arm around his brother.
Notes
Writing on the front of the postcard reads: Harry on left, Harry & Alva Spafford, our early Railroad days in Winnipeg 1909 or 1910.
Name Access
Harry Spafford
Alvie Spafford
Alva Spafford
Subject Access
portraits
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
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