Photographs in this series fall under the general heading of urban images of the City of Brandon. They include parades, buildings, businesses, natural phenomena such as fires and floods, special events and cityscapes.
Storage Location
Brandon and Area photograph collection photograph drawer (regular and oversize)
Inscription on back: "Nicolet was commissioned to do a series of western scenes for Canada House NY, by the NY Canadian Club. This was a preliminary work done for submission to Canadian Club jurors prior to undertaking his final commission."
This piece was sketched from a CPR train window, January 1964, while the artist was enroute from Brandon to Winnipeg through the Carberry sandhills. It was a hazy morning when land and sky seemed to blend with sun showing through cloud in places. Steve Repa was employed by the Brandon Allied Arts Centre (1962-1964). He commuted to Winnipeg one day weekly to teach (1963-1964) (Bu Art Catalogue, 1983)
Dimensions
57 x 87 cm
Size Overall
72 x 102 cm
Medium
oil
Condition
some accretion in middle R area. Canvas fairly loose on the stretcher (June 1996)
Mrs. Butuk, resident of Medicine Hat and Eatonia, Saskatchewan, held an exhibition at Brandon College, 1966, mainly of oil paintings of prairie and South Saskatchewan River Valley scenes. (BU Art Catalogue, 1983) Some mountain scenes from study at Banff School.
[Display Building II, the last surviving building of those constructed for the Dominion Fair held in Brandon in 1913, has been named one of the 10 most endangered historic buildings in the country by the Heritage Canada Foundation. P.E. 10/07/09.]
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Dominion Exhibition Display Building II at Brandon fairgrounds
Also known as the Mercantile Display Building
Notes
Architect's drawing
Built for the Dominion Fair of 1913 with some alterations from the proposed design shown.
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 was found by Al Mitchell, a City of Brandon employee.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a family residence in the city. Four adults (three men and one woman) and three male children are standing at the property's fence or on the wooden sidewalk.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
