Dining Room, Brandon College, showing ceiling pattern and layout of tables. People Eating. Top row facing camera: table head: Isabelle Mills, Professor Edward Perry, Resident Master at head of right hand table, his wife Alma Perry to his right facing camera
Gregorovius History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages. Small Dining Room presentation of Gregorovius History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages. L to R Dr. C.W. Lightbody, History, E.M. McFadden, Library, Dr. J.E. Robbins, President, L.D. Whitehead, Publisher, Brandon Sun, donor
Brandon's City Hall and Opera House opened on New Year's Day 1892 with the Annual Fireman's Ball. The exterior of the building was designed by Brandon architect W.R. Marshall. At the south end was the Opera House, an auditorium formed by an internally exposed framework of delicate iron pillars and trusses. Demonlished in 1971, the limestone rubble of the foundations were turned into a sunken garden located in Princess Park.
Custodial History
See fonds level description of the Alf Fowler collection for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Photo was taken from the northwest corner of 9th Street and Princess Avenue and shows the west side of City Hall.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Assiniboine Historical Society's Brandon: An Architectural Walking Tour pamphlet (1982).
Location Copy
A 5" x 7" (b/w) reproduction of the photograph is located with the original.
Storage Range
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer
View is south southwest from the driveway. Photograph primarily shows Clark Hall, although the Brandon College Building is visible. The photograph pre-dates the sidewalk in front of the building.
Students of Darrach Hall. G. Hutton, F. Tanasychuk, S. Calvert, B. Foster, E. Ware, M. Deydey, T. Hall, B. Richards, R. Simpson, N. Fukui, D. McTavish, R. Smithson, E. Adams, J. Sandborn, E. Mann, K. Rucker, P. Spratt, D. Neufeld, D. Mack, D. Fedirchuk, J. Rickleman, J. Mills