Photograph shows a group of four men standing on a platform at the entrance of the Dominion Express Company. William Frederick McGuinness stands on the left.
Photograph shows a group of men in suits and hats standing in a railway yard. A passenger train car is in the background. William Frederick McGuinness is standing on the left
Photograph shows Isabella Louisa Pope, mother to Brandon Sun editor Fred McGuinness. Miss Pope is wearing a white lace blouse with a black pinafore-like dress.
Photograph shows the construction of the McGuinness home in a new housing development in Medicine Hat, 492 6th Street Northeast. Painters appear to be working on the soffits.
Photograph shows the construction of the McGuinness home in a new housing development in Medicine Hat, 492 6th Street Northeast. Painters appear to be working on the soffits.
Photograph shows the construction of the McGuinness home in a new housing development in Medicine Hat, 492 6th Street Northeast. Painters appear to be working on the soffits.
Photograph shows the construction of the McGuinness home in a new housing development in Medicine Hat, 492 6th Street Northeast. View is of the backyard and laneway.
Photograph shows the construction of the McGuinness home in a new housing development in Medicine Hat, 492 6th Street Northeast. Aerial view shows that neighbouring blocks have yet to be constructed.
Photograph shows the interior of the McGuinness home (492 6th Street Northeast) in a new housing development in Medicine Hat. The living room has brickfaced fireplace above which there is a large McGuinness coat of arms.
Notes
A negative exists for this photo and is stored with the picture.
Photograph shows the interior of the McGuinness home (492 6th Street Northeast) in a new housing development in Medicine Hat. This view shows an entrance to a possible den.
Notes
A negative exists for this photo and is stored with the picture.
Photograph shows the interior of the McGuinness home (492 6th Street Northeast) in a new housing development in Medicine Hat. This view shows a decorative panel, lamp, and upholstered bench.
Notes
A negative exists for this photo and is stored with the picture.
Photograph shows the McGuinness home in a new housing development in Medicine Hat, 492 6th Street Northeast. Aerial view shows that neighbouring blocks have yet to be constructed and the backyard to the McGuinness home is completed.
Stanley Tracy Hunt was born on January 20, 1912 in Detroit, Michigan. He attended school in Lenore and Kenton in Manitoba. Stan married Olive May Brown (1919-2012) on April 18, 1942 in Kenton, MB. Together they had six children: Beverley, Richard, Ken, Chris, Charlene and Gwenda. Stan and Olive farmed for a while but moved into Kenton in 1947, where they lived in the remodelled Kinsmore School building. In Kenton, Stan worked at the Co-op and at the Lawlor and Strange garage. In 1951, he became the municipal grader operator, grading, snow ploughing and building roads. Stan retired from the municipal staff in 1977. He was a faithful supporter of the Knights of Pythias and the Kenton Legion, and followed both hockey and baseball teams. In 1992, Stan and Olive moved to Lilac Residence in Hamiota. Stanley Hunt died on July 11, 1992 in Hamiota, MB. He is buried at Hamiota Cemetery.
Custodial History
As part of the Westman Oral History Collection, this collection was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1998. The original tapes from the Westman Oral History project were deposited in the Brandon Public Library. Copies of these originals were made by Margaret Pollex of the Brandon University Language Lab at the request of Eileen McFadden, University Archivist in the early 1990s. These copies compose the collection held in the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Item is an audiocassette tape containing an interview with Stanley Hunt about road building and maintenance. Interviewer is Shirley Hunt.
Notes
History/bio information from the records, the Kenton local history "Cradle to combine, vol. 2" and obituaries for Stanley and Olive Hunt. Description by Christy Henry.
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