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Album - Lake Talbot Trestle

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1900s]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.277.A15
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1900s]
Physical Description
4" x 2.5" (b/w)
Material Details
mounted in album
Physical Condition
Photo is warped
History / Biographical
The Lake Talbot tresle was a point along the Algoma Central Railway line that connected the Helen Mine to the Michipicoten Harbour. It is located north of Wawa and southwest of the Helen Mine.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows several men walking a railway line. Before them is a tresle bridge.
Notes
Writing beneath the photograph in the album reads: Lake Talbott Tresle [sic.]
Subject Access
Railroad Transportation
railways
mines
railroads
Storage Location
1-2015 McG 1.4 Box 1 (in stacks, top shelf)
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Album - Conglomerate Rock

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1900s]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.277.A12
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1900s]
Physical Description
4" x 2.5" (b/w)
Material Details
mounted in album
Physical Condition
Photo is warped
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a large boulder alongside a railway line/
Notes
Writing beneath the photograph in the album reads: Conglomerate Rock lifted by dynamite
Subject Access
Railroad Transportation
Storage Location
1-2015 McG 1.4 Box 1 (in stacks, top shelf)
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Album - Trembley iron ore cars

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1900s]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.277.A13
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1900s]
Physical Description
4" x 2.5" (b/w)
Material Details
mounted in album
Physical Condition
Photo is warped
History / Biographical
Trembley was a point along the Algoma Central Railway line that connected the Helen Mine to the Michipicoten Harbour. It is located southwest of Wawa, Ontario.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows railroad tracks. A line of ore cars stretch along one track. Writing on the side of one of the cars (#3017) reads: Algoma Central Railway Co.
Notes
Writing beneath the photograph in the album reads: Trembley - Ore Cars
Name Access
Algoma Central Railway Co.
Subject Access
Railroad Transportation
railways
mines
Storage Location
1-2015 McG 1.4 Box 1 (in stacks, top shelf)
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Album - Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Line

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1900s]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.277.A14
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1900s]
Physical Description
4" x 2.5" (b/w)
Material Details
mounted in album
Physical Condition
Photo is warped
History / Biographical
In 1901, American entrepreneur Francis Hector Clergue (1856-1939) obtained the charter for the Ontario, Hudson Bay and Western Railway. Following his purchase, he reincoporated the Algoma Central Railway to the Algoma Central and Hudson's Bay Railway. (Source: Sault St. Mairie Public Library, "Transportation - Algoma Central Railway," Sault History Online, 2008)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows railroad tracks cutting through the Canadian Shield.
Notes
Writing beneath the photograph in the album reads: Algoma Central & Hundson Bay Ry.
Name Access
Algoma Central Railway Co.
Subject Access
Railroad Transportation
railways
mines
railroads
Storage Location
1-2015 McG 1.4 Box 1 (in stacks, top shelf)
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General Haig chicken postcard

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1917
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.173
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1917
Physical Description
3.5" x 5.5" (b/w)
Material Details
postcard
Physical Condition
Postcard is stained and torn
History / Biographical
William McGuinness, Fred's father, raised and bred chickens with N.W. Kerr. The General Haig won first place in the Cornish Cock category at the Manitoba Poultry Show in March 1917.
Scope and Content
Postcard is a portrait of a chicken, breed is a General Haig.
Notes
Writing on the front of the postcard reads: Gen. Haig; 1st Cornish Cock; Man. Poultry Show Mar. 1917; Kerr & McGuinness; Brandon, Man.
Name Access
General Haig
Manitoba Poultry Show
Subject Access
Livestock
poultry
fairs
winter fairs
competitions
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #1 File 13 Sunbeams
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