Image of Brandon University staff members (L to R): Lil Phillips (Library), Joan Fitzpatrick (Library), Stella Tolmie (Library), Ellen Perkin (Arts) and Elspeth Denbow (Science) dressed in period costumes to celebrate Brandon's 100th anniversary. The Senior and Lady Stick in their original case is on the wall behind the women.
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
Photograph taken during a game between the Brandon University Bobcats and Lakehead University. Bobcats Kenny Fields (#22) with the ball, Patrick Jebbison (#44) in the background.
Photograph was tranfered to the McKee Archives from the Gymnasium in December 2011 during the construction of the Healthy Living Centre.
Scope and Content
Item is a composite team portrait of the 1913-1914 Brandon College hockey club. The team were winners of the Brandon City League Cup in 1911-1912, 1912-1913, and 1913-1914.
View is northwest from the roof of the John R. Brodie Science Centre. Photograph shows the roof of the Knowles Douglas Students' Union Centre, the Citizens' Science Building, and the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall during renovation.
Photograph was taken from the roof of the Library and shows the walkway and flower bed on the southeast corner of the George T. Richardson Centre. The Physical Plant H-Hut is visible in the top right hand corner.
View is southwest from the roof of the George T. Richardson Centre. Photograph shows the curved glass wall of the John E. Robbins Library, the walkway between the Library and the Dining Hall, the Dining Hall and Darrach Hall.
Surface of image is cracking and there is discoloration.
Scope and Content
Portrait of the Brandon University Bobcats men's basketball team. Back Row (L to R): Sawaar Simmons, John Duignan, Bob Hill, Clarence Hathaway, Tom Ford. Middle Row (L to R): Gary Howard (Head Coach), Jerry Hemmings, Dave Bauman, Frank Lindal, Jim Ross (Student Manager), Bob Nevill (Assistant Coach). Front Row (L to R): Jim Henderson, Mike Vaira, Bill Warren, Dick Doer, Joe Parks.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bobcats men's basketball team. Back Row (L to R): Bill Moody, Rick Condo, Tom Ford, Mike Dean, Jack Gibson, Bob Hill, Ken Rucker. Front Row (L to R): Jim Henderson, Ellis Ware, Dick Doer, Mike Vaira, Bob Fosker.
Image surface is severely degraded (cracking, discoloration).
Scope and Content
Portrait of the Brandon University Bobcats men's basketball team. Back Row (L to R): Bob Fosker, Peter Bertram, Frank Bauche, Bohdan Pisak, Lloyd Small, Tom Ford, Brian Pallister, Ryan Gray, Ken Rucker, Mike Vaira, Murray rodgers, Jim Henderson. Front Row (L to R): Kevin MacDonald (Manager), Joe Parks (Assistant Coach), Jerry Hemmings (Coach), Dan Majcher (Statistician). Missing: Elwood Kelher.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bobcats men's basketball team. Back Row (L to R): Gord Campbell, Ellis Ware, Bob Campbell, Lew Worrell, Lloyd Small, Ryan Gray, Dave Smith, Nelson Burrell, Dave Price, Bohdan Pisak, Murray Rodgers, George Rugg, Gord Carmichael. Front Row (L to R): Dan Majcher (Statistician), , Bill Moody (Assistant Coach), Jerry Hemmings (Coach), Kevin MacDonald (Manager) .