Donated to the Brandon College Library by Hilda Hesson in 1967.
Scope and Content
Photograph of an "outing" by train to Forrest, MB. Writing on the back of the photo states that the man in the striped blazer is very likely T. Mayne Daly. Photo was taken at the Great North West Railway station.
The winter carnival was composed of recreational and athletic activities. It also included a dance and the crowning of a carnival king and queen.
Scope and Content
Photograph of students on an ice rink taken during Brandon University's winter carnival. The partially visible hockey player is Mel Jesson. To the right is the winter carnival mascot.
Photograph shows Robert (Bob) Ford dressed as the Pied Piper playing a soprano saxophone surrounded by children in costume, some carrying Brandon University Alumni pennants. Photo was taken during the Brandon University Homecoming Parade held in downtown Brandon.
West End Park, which was established in 1894, was renamed Stanley Park in 1907, in honour of Stanley McInnis, a local dentist and legislator. The city acquired the block of land from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in 1894 for the price of one dollar, on the condition that it be set aside for public use. The park occupies the block between 14th and 15th Streets and Princess and Lorne Avenues.
Custodial History
See fonds level description of the Alf Fowler collection for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Photos shows Stanley Park.
Notes
History/Bio information was taken from the Assiniboine Historical Society's Brandon: A Residential Walking Tour pamphlet (1993).
Storage Range
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer
West End Park, which was established in 1894, was renamed Stanley Park in 1907, in honour of Stanley McInnis, a local dentist and legislator. The city acquired the block of land from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in 1894 for the price of one dollar, on the condition that it be set aside for public use. The park occupies the block between 14th and 15th Streets and Princess and Lorne Avenues.
Custodial History
See fonds level description of the Alf Fowler collection for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Photos shows Stanley Park.
Notes
History/Bio information was taken from the Assiniboine Historical Society's Brandon: A Residential Walking Tour pamphlet (1993).
Storage Range
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer
Photograph shows a group of 10 men, eight whom are wearing sweaters with the letters WCBC appliqued across the chest. The goalie is seated in a wodden chair and wears his goalie pads and skates. The four other players in the front row are also wearing skates and have their hockey sticks.
Notes
Writing on the front of the photograph mat reads: Wheat City Business College Hockey Club, 1912
Photograph of an northeast corner 10th Street and Princess Avenue and the rear of buildings facing 200 block on 9th Street. The business in foreground is Thunderbird Bowl. The rear of the Brandon Inn is in the background.
Notes
Photograph dated from "Tara's Bulba," the movie playing at the Strand Theatre and similiar vehicles captured in the photograph.
Photograph shows a view of downtown Brandon from the northeast corner of 10th Street and Princess Avenue. Thunderbird Bowl is in the foreground. Painted advertisements on the sides of buildings include: The Mitrou's Cafe and Tea Room and Brandon Musical Supply Ltd. Vehicles parked on 10th Street are facing north.
Notes
Photograph dated from "Tara's Bulba," the movie playing at the Strand Theatre and similiar vehicles captured in the photograph.