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Winter Fair postcard

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1933
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Photographer: Rolph-Clark-Stone, Ltd.
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.176
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1933
Physical Description
3.5" x 6" (colour)
Material Details
postcard
Scope and Content
Postcard is an advertisement for the Brandon Winter Fair. Image is of two dogs, with a caption below them.
Notes
Writing on the front of the postcard reads: "If you expect to be among those present, Florine, you'll have to have yours bobbed"/ Fools may rush in where Angles fear to tread./ The Winter Fair, Brandon, March 13 - March 17, 1933 / is good for either, yet is really better for the pople who are / neither, but, like ourselves, are somewhere between the two.
Name Access
Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba
Subject Access
fairs
winter fairs
advertising
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #1 File 13 Sunbeams
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Winter Fair Arena viewbook postcard

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions13884
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1920s
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Printed by Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd., Ottawa
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.194
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1920s
Physical Description
3.5" x 5.5" (b/w)
Material Details
postcard
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the exterior of the Winter Fair Arena on 10th Street.
Notes
Part of "Souvenir of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada [viewbook], Printed by Photogelatine Engraving Co. Limited, Ottawa." Dates obtained from the Burchill's Music Store Henderson's Brandon City Directory listings (1927-1929). Writing on the front of the photograph reads: Winter Fair Arena, Brandon, Man.
Name Access
Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba
Winter Fair Building
Subject Access
fairs
winter fairs
street scenes
building exteriors
Brandon business buildings & facilities before 1940
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 photos
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Free range chickens

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14022
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1910s]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Printer: AZO [postcards]
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.92
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1910s]
Physical Description
4" x 2.5" (b/w)
Physical Condition
Photograph torn and creased
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a flock of chickens in a fenced in yard. A black rooster can be seen standing amongst the hens. These chickens might be the General Haig breed raised by William Frederick McGuinness and Kerr.
Subject Access
poultry
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
BR #3 Family pictures
Images
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White Cochin chickens

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions14023
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1910s]
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Printer: AZO [postcards]
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.93
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[1910s]
Physical Description
5.5" x 3.5" (b/w)
Material Details
postcard
Physical Condition
Photograph torn and creased
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a flock of white chickens in a fenced yard.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: St. Marys, Ont, A little of flock of White Cochin bonts? taken at six months old, bred and owned by Wm. Blanchard, St. Mary's Ont. Addressed to H.F.M.G., 337-17th Street, Brandon, Manitoba.
Subject Access
poultry
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
BR #3 Family pictures
Images
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