Part Of

Alf Fowler collection

Creator

Davidson & Gowen

Description Level

Item

Item Number

6-1999.5

Accession Number

6-1999

GMD

graphic

Date Range

ca. 1911

Physical Description

9.25" x 7.25" (b/w)

History / Biographical

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

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Part Of

Alf Fowler collection

Creator

Davidson & Gowen

Description Level

Item

Item Number

6-1999.1

Accession Number

6-1999

GMD

graphic

Date Range

ca. 1911

Physical Description

9.5" x 7.25" (b/w)

Custodial History

See fonds level description of the Alf Fowler collection for custodial history.

Scope and Content

Photo was taken from the west side of 8th Street looking west. City Hall is in the foreground with the Prince Edward Hotel in the background.

Storage Range

RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer

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Part Of

Alf Fowler collection

Creator

Davidson & Gowen

Description Level

Item

Item Number

6-1999.87

Accession Number

6-1999

GMD

graphic

Date Range

ca. 1911

Physical Description

9" x 7.25" (b/w)

Custodial History

See fonds level description of the Alf Fowler collection for custodial history.

Scope and Content

Photo shows two men in a car on a driveway at the Experimental Farm.

Storage Range

RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer

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Part Of

Herbert Goodland collection

Creator

Photographer: T.B. Barner

Description Level

Item

Item Number

17-2011.8

Accession Number

17-2011

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1913-1915]

Physical Description

6" x 4.25" (b/w)

Custodial History

For custodial history see collection level description.

Scope and Content

Photograph of students in the Brandon Indian Residential School farm.

Subject Access

residential schools

farming

gardens

vocational education

Storage Location

2011 accessions

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Part Of

Alf Fowler collection

Creator

Davidson & Gowen

Description Level

Item

Item Number

6-1999.88

Accession Number

6-1999

GMD

graphic

Date Range

ca. 1911

Physical Description

9.25" x 7.25" (b/w)

Custodial History

See fonds level description of the Alf Fowler collection for custodial history.

Scope and Content

Photo shows a bird's eye view from the Experimental Farm, looking southeast. Fields in the foreground, with Brandon in the background.

Storage Range

RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript collection - photograph storage drawer

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Part Of

Herbert Goodland collection

Description Level

Item

Item Number

17-2011.6

Accession Number

17-2011

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1913-1915]

Physical Description

5.75" x 3.25" (b/w)

Custodial History

For custodial history see collection level description.

Scope and Content

Photograph of two Brandon Indian Residential School pupils and an instructor harvesting hay.

Subject Access

residential schools

agricultural products

agricultural machinery

harvesting

vocational education

Storage Location

2011 accessions

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