As a boy my father pointed out an old pile of bricks, and pit beside it, and told me a small brick plant had been established here in the early days. The product was of poor quality and the business never became established. LAS.
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Scope and Content
Area nearby the Spring Park brick pile
Notes
Located just south of the CPR mainline at Mile 3 [three miles west of Brandon. P.E.]
[Mr. Stuckey put three negatives in same envelope. We have separated them and numbered them H13(1), H13(2) and H13(3).]
Brandon Sand & Brick Co. was better known as "Samson's Brick" for owner-proprietor Samson.
Plant located at 29th Street & Princess Avenue; Offices located in Smith Block.
Used Huennekes (German) system, whereby dried sand was mixed and ground with lime in a tube mill as water was added to slake the lime. The mixture was formed into bricks in a press, then steamed in a cylinder 6 ft. in diameter and 62 ft. long for 10 hours, under pressure of 120 psi, to form a compound like cement. Bricks were ready for use when taken from cylinder. (Ritchie, T. Canada Builds. pp. 219)
In addition to the Belvedere Apartments, many houses are faced with this brick. The rear of the 9th St. MTS building and others downtown buildings were also formed of it. Also used in interior walls of Prince Edward Hotel, Alexander School and many other buildings that were faced with more expensive brick. The product was so good, the plant's demise was likely caused by the post-WWI depression.(LAS)
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Scope and Content
Brandon Sand & Brick Co. (Samson's Brick)
Notes
Great Northern Railway enginehouse visible in background [Fred McGuinness collection (20-2009)].
Due to the increasing volume of long-distance auto traffic in the 1920's, the city designated the block between Hill & Queen's Avenues and 9th & 10th streets as a "Tourist Camp" with a few basic facilities. LAS.
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Scope and Content
First Tourist Camp
Notes
Courtesy of the Brandon Sun
[Mr. Stuckey put two negatives in the same envelope, numbered N4 and N4a. We have separated them.]
Due to the increasing volume of long-distance auto traffic in the 1920's, the city designated the block between Hill & Queen's Avenues and 9th & 10th streets as a "Tourist Camp" with a few basic facilities. LAS.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
First Tourist Camp
Notes
Courtesy of the Brandon Sun
[Mr. Stuckey put two negatives in the same envelope, numbered N4 and N4a. We have separated them.]
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Scope and Content
Canadian Pacific Railway Station looking west from overhead [Eighth Street] bridge
Notes
Date determination: Engine 93 (ex 375) received Series 2 numbering in Sept. 1907 and repainting is still clean; some trees have leaves so could be Sept. 1907 but more likely May 1908.
[For specific information regarding this photo (which was used to create a postcard) see "Brandon History in Postcards" by Jack Stothard, Manitoba History, Number 56, October 2007, page 35. P.E.]
The building near the back of the train was the original Salvation Army Citadel. Built in 1889, it was purchased by Wm. Graham in 1910 and moved to the west side of the 300 block of 10th St. It had to be moved to build the Prince Edward Hotel and eventually became part of "Billy" Graham's dance hall.
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Scope and Content
Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway engine No. 5, with passenger train
Mr. Stuckey's notes: Copy: LAS. From print in Geo[rge] Harris collection.
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Image of CPR 2040 4-6-0 on local passenger train, Foxwarren, Manitoba. Image was taken along the CPR Minnedosa & Bredenbury subdivision (ex. Manitoba & N.W. Railway).
William A. Fleming, Brandon's first water dealer, is said to have begun his business in 1881. He sold drinking water for 5 cents per pail from the 1920s through the mid 1930s. The source of his water was a well located on the east side of the 100 block of 12th Street. Fleming's business was taken over by two men with a water tank on a truck, and continued till 1946 when it was closed due to contamination.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
Mr. Wm. Fleming, Water Dealer, with horse and water cart
Notes
Ad on cart: W.H. Mallett Jeweller Issuer of Marriage Licenses.
Photo courtesy of the Assiniboine Historical Society.
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