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A.E. McKenzie Co., Limited, Seedmen

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Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. April 8, 1912
Accession Number
17-2009
Part Of
RG 12 Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2
Item Number
BAPC 2.34
Accession Number
17-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. April 8, 1912
Physical Description
3.5" x 5.5" (b/w)
Material Details
Postcard
Custodial History
Postcard was sent to Chuck Wilson's aunt, Mrs. W.M. Wilson in Creelman, SK by the McKenzie Seed Company in 1912. Chuck Wilson found the postcard in some of his aunt's papers in 2009 and mailed it to the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a colour postcard of the McKenzie Seed Company building located on the west side of the 100 block of 9th Street. The card was sent to Mrs. W.M. Wilson of Creelman, SK to acknowledge her order. Writing on the front of the card reads: A.E. McKenzie Co., Limited, Seedsmen, Brandon, Man
Name Access
A.E. McKenzie Co., Limited
A.E. McKenzie Seed Company
9th Street
Subject Access
commercial buildings
businesses
Agriculture
downtown
Storage Location
BAPC photograph drawer
Related Material
RG 3 A.E. McKenzie Seed Co., Ltd. fonds
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Part Of
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection
Description Level
Collection
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1956 - c.1965
Accession Number
22-2007
Part Of
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection
Description Level
Collection
Accession Number
22-2007
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1956 - c.1965
Physical Description
0.5 cm textual records; 155 slides
History / Biographical
Frank Robb was Assistant Secretary Treasurer for School District of Brandon No. 129 and Curator of the B.J. Hales Natural History Museum exhibition for Brandon's 75th Anniversary (1957). Robb left Brandon ca. 1969 and relocated to Minaki, Ontario.
Custodial History
Frank Robb sent the slides to Fred McGuiness ca. 1986. McGuiness gave them to Eileen McFadden at the McKee Archives in April 1986.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 155 slides taken by Frank Robb, an inventory for the slides prepared by Robb and a letter from Robb to Fred McGuiness regarding the slides and memories of Brandon ca. 1950s.
Notes
Description by Christy Henry.
Name Access
Albert Hepinstall
John Bojarski
Frank Robb
Doreen Walton (nee Rookes)
Lily Harrison
Subject Access
B.J. Hales Museum
Brandon 75th Anniversary
Brandon Camera Club
Royal Beardede Ballet
ladies' auxiliary
First United Church
School District of Brandon No. 129
flooding
summer fair
T.A. Neelin High School
Vincent Massey High School
dam
Experimental farm
Bedford Drive
Souris' swinging bridge
Highway No. 1 by-pass
School Teacher night classes
18th Street
Storage Location
2007 accessions
Storage Range
2007 accessions
Arrangement
Original order and numbering system.
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