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Scope and Content
CPR No. 3, the westbound "Dominion", with engine 2829 under 1st Street Bridge
Notes
View includes former Empire Brewery, [then] in use by Bell Bottling Co.; Safe crossing over the CPR eliminated the need for a flagman. "Telltails" warn switchmen riding on top of railcars of low overhead clearance. Old Empire Brewery was (late 1950's) a feed mill, making grain feeds for livestock.
Contract for concrete approach from north end to replace east and west timber approaches along Assiniboine Ave. awarded to A.E. Jones and E. Fulcher for $30,590. Oct. 11, 1934. (Brandon Sun). As part of this project a Z-shaped ramp on the west side to Assiniboine Ave for pedestrians replaced wooden stairs to north end.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
View of East side of original Eighth St. bridge from Pacific Avenue; Shows pedestrian stairway to North end and CPR early 2800 [locomotive] being serviced on Train No.4
After demise of the streetcars, a transit system was started by MacArthur Transportation Co. with three routes, an east end loop, a south end loop, and a west end loop, with terminal at 8th St. & Rosser Ave. The E & W was operated as a continuous route with two locally built coach bodies on new Maple Leaf trucks. A secondhand, larger, Leland coach was acquired for the S. end, which was replaced by a large GMC about 1938.
Custodial History
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Building was built as the Reno Hotel in 1910, the city's best; was soon overshadowed by Canadian Northern Railway's Prince Edward Hotel in 1912; Became Belvidere Apts. 1918
This is the only building, apart from houses, completely faced with "Samson's" brick from Brandon Sand & Brick Co. (plant at 30th St. & Princess Ave - presently playground of Valleyview School) to survive into the 1980's. Ornamentation around door and windows is the only surviving example of their red dyed brick, known.
Custodial History
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Building was built as the Reno Hotel in 1910, the city's best; was soon overshadowed by Canadian Northern Railway's Prince Edward Hotel in 1912; Became Belvidere Apts. 1918
This is the only building, apart from houses, completely faced with "Samson's" brick from Brandon Sand & Brick Co. (plant at 30th St. & Princess Ave - presently playground of Valleyview School) to survive into the 1980's. Ornamentation around door and windows is the only surviving example of their red dyed brick, known.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
Front entrance of Belvidere Apartments (ex. Reno Hotel), 1280 Rosser Ave.
Notes
[Mr. Stuckey put two negatives (DC5 and DC5a) in same envelope, which we have separated, along with a print we numbered DC5(b).]
Building was built as the Reno Hotel in 1910, the city's best; was soon overshadowed by Canadian Northern Railway's Prince Edward Hotel in 1912; Became Belvidere Apts. 1918
This is the only building, apart from houses, completely faced with "Samson's" brick from Brandon Sand & Brick Co. (plant at 30th St. & Princess Ave - presently playground of Valleyview School) to survive into the 1980's. Ornamentation around door and windows is the only surviving example of their red dyed brick, known.
Custodial History
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For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
"The Towers" apartment building
Notes
Located on the south side, 1900 block of Rosser Ave.
[Mr. Stuckey put two negatives in the same envelope, and taped two prints to the outside. We have separated them and numbered the negatives DD2(1) and DD2(2), and the prints DD2(1a) and DD2(2a).]
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
"The Towers" apartment building
Notes
Located on the south side, 1900 block of Rosser Ave.
[Mr. Stuckey put two negatives in the same envelope, and taped two prints to the outside. We have separated them and numbered the negatives DD2(1) and DD2(2), and the prints DD2(1a) and DD2(2a).]
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
"The Towers" apartment building
Notes
Located on the south side, 1900 block of Rosser Ave.
[Mr. Stuckey put two negatives in the same envelope, and taped two prints to the outside. We have separated them and numbered the negatives DD2(1) and DD2(2), and the prints DD2(1a) and DD2(2a).]
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
"The Towers" apartment building
Notes
Located on the south side, 1900 block of Rosser Ave.
[Mr. Stuckey put two negatives in the same envelope, and taped two prints to the outside. We have separated them and numbered the negatives DD2(1) and DD2(2), and the prints DD2(1a) and DD2(2a).]
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