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Manitoba Hardware and Lumber Company, Hamiota

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Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1900s

Accession Number: 20-2009

1 image

Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: McG 9

Item Number: 20-2009.218

Accession Number: 20-2009

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1900s

Physical Description: 7" x 5" (b/w)

Material Details: reproduction

Custodial History: Given to Fred McGuinness by George Creighton, 1980?

Scope and Content: Photograph shows two men seated in a sleigh pulled by two oxen. Behind the men is a wooden building with a M.H. & L Co. Ltd. sign on its side.

Notes: Writing on the front of the photograph reads: 7.3.80. file family letters. picture of dad's store at Hamiota. M.H.& L. > Manitoba Hardware & Lumber Co. George Creighton gave me this. McG.

Name Access: Manitoba Hardware and Lumber Company; Hamiota, Manitoba

Subject Access: hardware stores; lumber manufacturing; winter; Transportation; early transportation; Rural Manitoba

Storage Location: RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Arrangement: From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #2

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Corner of 10th Street and Princess Avenue, Brandon, Manitoba

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Part Of: Joseph H. Hughes collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: c. 1930

Accession Number: 3-1997

1 image

Part Of: Joseph H. Hughes collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3-1997.1

Item Number: 3-1997.1.14

Accession Number: 3-1997

GMD: graphic

Date Range: c. 1930

Physical Description: 8 " x 10" (b/w)

Physical Condition: good

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the intersection of 10th Street and Princess Avenue, Brandon, Manitoba. View is facing northwest along west side of the 100-block of 10th Street. A stationary policeman/divider is at the centre of the intersection. Visible businesses include: Doig's, Plaza Shoe Shop, and Cambridge Clothes Shop. A horse-drawn sled is parked in front of Doig's store. The Olympia Block, Cecil Hotel, and CPR Station are visible in the background.

Name Access: Doig's; Plaza Shoe Shop; Cambridge Clothes Shop; Alexandra Block; Strathcona Block; 10th Street; Princess Avenue

Subject Access: downtowns; street scenes; Brandon business buildings & facilities before 1940; building exteriors; Transportation

Storage Location: RG 5 photograph storage drawer

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O-Pee-Chee Chewing Gum truck

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Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1913

Accession Number: 20-2009

1 image

Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Creator: Photographer: Davidson and Gowen, Brandon

Description Level: Item

Series Number: McG 9

Item Number: 20-2009.96

Accession Number: 20-2009

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1913

Physical Description: 9.5" x 7.5" (b/w)

Custodial History: Photograph was in possession of Mrs. Ruby Miles, who passed the image on to Fred McGuinness. McGuinness makes reference to Mrs. Miles and this photograph in his Sunbeams column (Brandon Sun 14 September 1978).

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a truck advertising O-Pee-Chee Chewing Gum parked in front of Brandon College's Clark Hall. The truck has been identified in the Stuckey collection as a Ford "Model T" delivery wagon. Its windshield is covered with a large advertisement that says, "Equipped with Dunlop Traction Tread Tires." Its license plate reads 1913 #2945. The truck is facing south on 18th Street. A middle-aged man is standing in front of the wagon; a box of gum rests on the truck's right fender. The driver, sporting a gadsby cap and tie, is proping up a box of gum on the driver's side door. Three young men, wearing suits, ties, and gadsby caps, are standing behind the wagon while holding open boxes of chewing gum.

Notes: Writing on the back of the photograph reads: Mrs. R. Miles. The photograph is stamped Davidson & Gowen, Photographers, Brandon, Man.

Name Access: Brandon College; O-Pee-Chee Chewing Gum; Davidson & Gowen Photographers; 18th Street

Subject Access: universities; colleges; advertising; Trucks; Transportation; delivery services

Storage Location: RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Related Material: Lawrence Stuckey collection 1-2002.3.1L7 Ruby Miles collection 14-2003, File 2

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Gilmore Advertising Company wagon

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Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1913

Accession Number: 20-2009

1 image

Part Of: Fred McGuinness collection

Creator: Photographer: Davidson and Gowen, Brandon

Description Level: Item

Series Number: McG 9

Item Number: 20-2009.98

Accession Number: 20-2009

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1913

Physical Description: 9.5" x 7.25" (b/w)

Custodial History: Photograph was in possession of Mrs. Ruby Miles, who passed the image on to Fred McGuinness. McGuinness makes reference to Mrs. Miles and this photograph in his Sunbeams column (Brandon Sun 14 September 1978).

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a wagon displaying advertisements for Taylor's Infants-Delight Toilet Soap and Dyson's Red Cross Baking Powder. The Gilmore Advertising Company appears to be responsible for the advertising and the wagon is numbered "No.3". The horsedrawn wagon is facing north on 18th Street and is parked in front of Brandon College's Original Building. An elderly man is seated at the reigns of the wagon and another man is seated at the rear. Standing to the left of the wagon is a man holding a can of Dyon's baking powder. Standing to the right of the wagon is a young man holding a cardboard ad of an infant holding a bar of soap in a wash basin.

Notes: Writing on the back of the photograph reads: Mrs. R. Miles. Cover shot. The photograph is stamped Davidson & Gowen, Photographers, Brandon, Man. Note: The two men standing in the photograph appear to be in another photograph where they are advertising O-Pee-Chee gum (see 20-2009.96).

Name Access: Brandon College; Davidson & Gowen Photographers; 18th Street; Gilmore Advertising Company; Taylor's Infants-Delight Toilet Soap; Dyson's Red Cross Baking Powder

Subject Access: universities; colleges; advertising; Trucks; Transportation; delivery services; wagons

Storage Location: RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Related Material: Lawrence Stuckey collection 1-2002.3.1L5 Ruby Miles collection 14-2003, File 2

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Stockton Ferry, Stockton, Manitoba

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Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: May 23, 1981

1 image

Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Creator: L.A. Stuckey

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3.3

Item Number: 1-2002.3.3.BSE[361]

GMD: graphic

Date Range: May 23, 1981

Physical Description: 2.5" x 2.5"

Material Details: Negative

Custodial History: For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.

Notes: [Brandon SE includes communities south of Trans-Canada #1 highway and east of PTH #10.]

Name Access: Assiniboine River; Stockton, Manitoba; Stockton Ferry

Subject Access: ferries; Transportation; water transportation; ferry services; Rivers

Storage Location: Lawrence Stuckey collection

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Ox Team & Wagon

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Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1904

Accession Number: 1-2002

1 image

Part Of: RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3.1

Item Number: 1-2002.3.1L3

Accession Number: 1-2002

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1904

Physical Description: 3 1/2" x 5"

Material Details: Negative

History / Biographical: The renovated Pacific Hotel became the New Pacific Hotel in 1904.

Custodial History: For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.

Scope and Content: Ox team and Wagon by the New Pacific Hotel

Notes: 2nd from left: H.L. Power.; Oxen had already been replaced as motive power, however this team was maintained as a showpiece.; Photo believed to be a publicity stunt for the hotel.; Original photo loaned by Mrs. Selbie.