For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Unidentified
Notes
Mr. Stuckey originally placed 32 negatives in one envelope labeled “M – Presidents of Fair Boards 1882 – 1972”; We have separated and renumbered these negatives as M30(1) to M30(32) inclusively; Records of the Provincial Exhibition Association are held in the S.J. McKee Archives (RG2) including photos of board members.
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.
Stuckey's notes: shows good details of buildings in backgrounds. Train consist: CPR 8528-8517 GM model GP-9 units; CPR business coach Strathcona; CPR business coach Killarney; VIA 103 dining coach; Two Govt. of Canada coaches.
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking southeast from overhead bridge and shows the train and a number of buildings on Pacific Avenue between 7th and 8th Streets.
Notes
Corresponds with negative 1-2002.3.9.P25.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Stuckey's notes: shows good details of buildings in backgrounds. Train consist: CPR 8528-8517 GM model GP-9 units; CPR business coach Strathcona; CPR business coach Killarney; VIA 103 dining coach; Two Govt. of Canada coaches.
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking southwest from overhead bridge and shows the train at the station and a number of buildings on Pacific Avenue west of 8th Street.
Notes
Corresponds with negative 1-2002.3.9.P25a.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Princess Anne visited Brandon for seven hours on July 15, 1982. Her visit was covered in the July 16, 1982 issue of The Brandon Sun.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Princess Anne's welcome at City Hall. The event was attended by a crowd of 1500 and most of Brandon's dignitaries. The Princes is standing on a small platform on the west side of 9th Street facing spectators and the honor guard from CFB Shilo. A Canadian flag is in the foreground and Mayor Ken Burgess is standing to her right. A number of individuals are standing on the steps behind her.
Notes
The Brandon Sun includes a photograph of this same even taken from the opposite side of the street and from a wider angle.
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