Composite portrait of the members of Brandon College's Commercial Department Class of 1920.
Top Row (L to R): E. Strahl; W. Burchill; N. Hewitt; P. Stromgren; and I. Westerburg.
Second Row (L to R): B. O’Hara; R. Abrahamson; A. Linner; L. Thompson; E. Maley; E. Gustavson; and G. Magnuson.
Third Row (L to R): L. Davidson; H. Johnson; and G. Dunsmore.
Fourth Row (L to R): N.Shaw; G. Roddick; S. Lindsay; D. Pearn; A. Carey; and L. Perry.
Fifth Row (L to R): D. Lindstrom; R. Edgren; M. Bergh; B. Bate; E. Turnbull; B. Smith; and M. Mowat.
Last Row (L to R): N. Isely; G. Campbell; J. Reid; M. Bate; E. Cunningham; and W. Berg.
Faculty members located in the middle: B.T. Morse and J. Taylor.
Item consists of portraits of members of the Brandon College Commercial and Stenographic Department 1904.
Top Row (L to R): Joy Merrill; J. Menzie; E. J. Davies; N. Brown; M. McKenzie; Jas. Good; M. Parkin; and M.J. Greaves.
Second Row (L to R): Albert Kabe; D. McKinnon; R. Hartney; C. Hopper; E.R. Greenwood; M. L. Brandon; F.W. Kerr; S.W. Young; and G. McTavish.
Third Row (L to R): Ethel Ross; S. Donaldson; J.B. Beveridge; S.L. DeMoine; F.L. Werry; G. Beveridge; and W. Magwood.
Fourth Row (L to R): G.S. Nichol; K.W. Conn; Jas. Murdock; P. MacGregor; R.K. Gibson; Roland Bell; and J. Baldwin.
Fifth Row (L to R): W.C.F. Fine; G. K. Honeyman; Geo. Wickie; and Alex Dagleish.
Sixth Row (L to R): F.P. Clark; L. Stark; G. Bedford; E. Laidlaw; G. Koester; L. Henderson; F.J.C. Barber; W.G. Robertson; and W.F. Baker.
Seventh Row (L to R): G. Davies; W.G. Wakefield; E.C. Ramsay; D.K. Bell; J.B. Kerr; John McCaul; C.D. Gainer; and ? (name is cut off).
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Scope and Content
Photo was taken from the 100 block of 10th Street looking north. At the bottom of 10th Street is the CPR Station. Also visible are the Canadian Bank of Commerce, the Cecil Hotel, The Sun, the Royal Bank of Canada and the awning on Davidson & Gowen.
Notes
An 11.75" x 8" (b/w) print of this photograph is located with the orignal at 6-1999.2. A digital scan of the photograph is available on a CD located in the Archives' office.
Storage Range
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer
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Scope and Content
Photo shows the the corner of 10th Street and Rosser Avenue, looking northwest. Visible businesses include: the Canadian Bank of Commerce; The Sun; Canadian Pacific; Brandon Brick Co.; T. Bronson; Fraser and Co.; and the John E. Smith Block.
Storage Range
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer
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Scope and Content
Photo was taken of 10th Street from Pacific Avenue looking sourth. Visible businesses include: the Cecil Hotel; the Canadian Bank of Commerce; Campbell and Campbell; and the Bank of British North America
Storage Range
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer
Series is divided into 13 sub-series, including: (1) Aerials; (2) Brandon College Building & Clark Hall; (3) Citizens' Science Centre & Knowles Douglas Building; (4) Richardson Centre & A.E. McKenzie Building; (5) Healthy Living Centre & Henry Champ Gymnasium; (6) Dining Hall & Residences; (7) Education Building; (8) Original Music Building & the Queen Elizabeth II Music Building; (9) J.R. Brodie Science Centre; (10) Dr. James and Mrs. Lucille Brown Health Studies Complex; (11) Jeff Umphrey Building & Glen P. Sutherland Art Gallery; (12) Physical Plant; (13) H-Huts.
The matting has a large tear and some stains. The photograph itself has a couple of small stains.
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking southwest from the north end of the driveway and 18th Street and shows the Brandon College campus, including the front lawn, Clark Hall, the Brandon College Building and the Citizens' Science Building. Caption on the photograph reads: Brandon College: The Baptist College in Western Canada.
Erected in 1889, at 806 Rosser Avenue (the southeast corner of Rosser Avenue and 7th Street), the building was designed by Brandon architect W.H. Shillinglaw. At the time of its construction the structure housed the Nation Department Store, which became Nation & Shewan Department Store in 1894. One of Brandon’s largest and most successful drygoods businesses, the venture was owned and operated by Fred Nation and Alexander Shewan.
Built adjacent to an existing three storey brick building known as the A.D. Rankin Block (built sometime between 1885 and 1888), this smaller building was eventually absorbed by the Nation and Shewan Block after 1897, when Rankin Drygoods moved into the newly constructed Syndicate Block located farther east down Rosser Ave. Later, the Rankin Block became known as Nation Chambers. These two structures comprised what was known as the Nation and Shewan Block.
Major improvements were made to the store and an annex was added in 1910. Some of the renovation additions included, but were not limited to: an updated frontage with new copper sash windows and prismatic glass tops, plate glass windows, new fixtures and carpet. With the renovations the floor space of the business was almost doubled. The stock of the business also increased, with the Brandon Weekly Sun reporting that when finished, Nation & Shewan would be a “store of which the citizens of Brandon will be justly proud.”
The drygoods firm operated until Nation’s death 1926, when it became known as A. Shewan Limited. From 1933 to 1944, the business was known as Shewan and Son. Shortly thereafter, the Metropolitan Stores Ltd began operating out of the Nation & Shewan Block.
In 2000, the Town Centre prepared to knock down what was then known as the Red Apple Building, the former Nation & Shewan Block. The demolition was to make way for the new atrium and entrance for the mall, and begin a new period of redevelopment at the downtown shopping centre.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
Photo shows the front of the Nation & Shewan Block, which was located in the 800 block of Rosser Avenue on the southside.
Storage Range
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer
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Scope and Content
Photo was taken of Rosser Avenue from 7th Street looking west. Visible businesses include: ? and Ball; Vincent & MacPherson; W.N. Finlay; Christie's; J. Burchill; the Empire Hotel; and Fleming's Drug Store. A number of people and vehicles are visible on both sides of the street.
Notes
A digital scan of the photograph is available on a CD located in the Archives' office.
Storage Range
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer
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Scope and Content
Photo was taken of Rosser Avenue, looking east from 11th Street. Visible in the photo are the Merchant's Bank of Canada, A. Smith, and the Union Bank of Canada. A number of people and vehicles are also visible.
Storage Range
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer
The photograph was taken for the Centennial of Brandon College/University.
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph taken looking southwest from approximately the northeast corner of Princess Avenue and 17th Street. The entire campus, as well as a number of residential streets are visible.
