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Early scene of Rosser Avenue facing west

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c.1882
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Photographer: I. Bennetto & Co. (Winnipeg)
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.93
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c.1882
Physical Description
9.25" x 6.26" (b/w)
Material Details
on matting
Physical Condition
Photograph mat is bent. Emulsion problems with image.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Rosser Avenue in its incipient stages. Canvas tents are mixed amongst wooden structures. The James Smart Hardware store, Winter & O'Neail Groceries & Provisions, and the law office of F.G.A. Henderson in the Molesworth Block can be seen on the north side of Rosser Avenue. A street sign designating 6th Street can be seen below the Winter & O'Neail sign. A horse and buggie is traveling down the dirt track that is Rosser Avenue. Groups of men can be seen congregating outside some of the local businesses.
Notes
Front of photograph reads: Rosser Avenue, Brandon 1882-1883, from east of Six Street. Back of photograph is stamped: I. Bennetto & Co., Photographers, Opposite Post-Office, Winnipeg, Man.
Name Access
James Smart Hardware store
Winter & O'Neail Groceries and Provisions
F.G.A. Henderson Law Office
Molesworth Block
Rosser Avenue
Subject Access
downtown
hardware stores
Pioneers
dry goods
street scenes
Brandon Street Scenes Before 1940
grocery stores
lawyers
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
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Stores near the corner of Rosser Avenue and 6th Street

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1881-1882
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.94
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1881-1882
Physical Description
9.25" x 6.25" (b/w)
Material Details
on matting
Physical Condition
Corners of photograph mat are bent. Picture is cracked.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows an early view of Brandon's 6th Street in the 1880s. The Winter & O'Neail Groceries & Provisions and James Smart Hardware storefronts have been photographed. A street sign designating 6th Street can be seen below the Winter & O'Neail sign. A horse and cart is parked in front of the grocery store. A number of men wearing hats and jackets are standing along the boardwalk while posing for the picture. Lumber/timber saws are displayed in teh windows of the hardware store.
Notes
Front of photograph reads: 6th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, 1881-1882, Entrance [to Winter & O'Neail] corner of Rosser Ave & 6th Street.
Name Access
James Smart Hardware store
Winter & O'Neail Groceries and Provisions
6th Street
Subject Access
downtown
hardware stores
Pioneers
dry goods
street scenes
Brandon Street Scenes Before 1940
grocery stores
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
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Portrait of two women in winter dress c.1910

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1910
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.25
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1910
Physical Description
3" x 4.75" (b/w)
Material Details
postcard
Physical Condition
Postcard is ripped and worn.
Scope and Content
Postcard is a studio portait of two women dressed for winter. The woman on the left is standing and is wearing a long winter coat, a while fur stole muffler. The woman on the right is seated in a wicker chair. She is wearing a three-quarter length winter coat with a black fur collar and trim and muffler.
Notes
Back of postcard reads: Harry Finnegan Nov. 16 1910, Zella Russel..., Nov. 27 19...
Subject Access
portraits
winter
women
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
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Graduating class Wheat City Business College

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1909
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.101
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1909
Physical Description
9.75" x 3.5" (b/w)
Material Details
On matting
Custodial History
Photograph was in possession of Mrs. Ruby Miles, who passed the image on to Fred McGuinness. McGuinness makes reference to Mrs. Miles and this photograph in his Sunbeams column (Source: F.A. Rosser, "Another interesting chat with a daughter of the plains," Brandon Sun 18 Aug 1981).
Scope and Content
Photograph allegedly shows the Wheat City Business College graduating class standing outside a woodframed building in the winter. Affixed to the building are posters/advertisements that read: Happyland, Monday July 30 [1906?]. A banner spelling Happyland in large block letters hangs above the building's door that is numbered 209. Surrounding the banner are the red ensign/Dominion of Canada flags. The students are wearing long wintercoats with fur collars, some are wearing fur hats. The men appear to have ribbons pinned to their lapels. On the left of the photograph, a group of three female students are sitting in a horse-drawn sleigh and have fur robes on their laps. On the right, a number of students are standing on a horse-drawn sled. Two individuals can be seen holding megaphones, another student is holding a basketball.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: 1909, Tenth Street and Princess. Two yellow labels are affixed to the back of the photograph. one reads: graduating class, Wheat City Business College. The other reads Mrs. K.L. McGregor, 157-4th St.
Name Access
Wheat City Business College
Subject Access
winter
horses
Transportation
class portraits
Storage Location
McGuinness oversize storage drawer (1-2015)
Related Material
Ruby Miles collection 14-2003
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Spellmeier family in living room

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1955-1965
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.111
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1955-1965
Physical Description
2.5" x 2" (b/w)
Material Details
negative
Scope and Content
Negative shows a residential living room with a woman (Hazel Spellmeier) seated in a chair holding a Siamese cat. Standing on her left is her daughter (Bobbie). A man (Sgt. Wilf Spellmeier) is seated on the arm of a couch while he attempts to photograph the women. The interior of the residence is consistent with 1960s furnishings.
Notes
Negative was stored in a Medicine Hat News envelope with the following typed on the front: Sgt. Wilf Spellmeier, wife Hazel and daughter, Bobbie.
Subject Access
dentists
building interiors
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
Originally stored in McG 20-2009 #1 File 13 "sunbeams"; now refer to McG 2.2 File 2.
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Baker family fonds

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Part Of
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection
Description Level
Collection
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1884-1889; 1997; 2007
Accession Number
21-2008
Part Of
RG 5 Western Manitoba Manuscript Collection
Description Level
Collection
Accession Number
21-2008
GMD
multiple media
Date Range
1884-1889; 1997; 2007
Physical Description
200 letters
2 booklets
Material Details
A number of the letters are samples of "cross writing"
Physical Condition
Some of the letters are fragile, but generally the fonds is in good condition.
Custodial History
Ann Murdoch donated a copy of "My Dear Will" to the McKee Archives in February 2008. The formal donation of the Baker family letters occurred on September 27, 2008 at a reception in the Gathering Space at the John E. Robbins Library.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a collection of about 200 letters primarily written by William Baker (although letters written by other family members are also included), who left Liverpool and settled in Oak Lake, to his son William who remained in England. The letters offer insights on a wide range of subjects including the conditions of immigrants and the Riel "situation". The fonds also contains a supplement to "My Dear Will: Reflections of Prairie Pioneer Life." This latter publication consists of transcribed copies of the letters in the Baker family fonds. The letters were originally transcribed by Ronald James Parsons and his wife Rita Olive Parsons (nee Blake) and published, along with some letters, photographs and other documents for family c. 1997. The booklet was updated in 2007 by Ronald and Rita's daughter, Ann Murdoch. The Supplement was prepared by Ann Murdock and her sister Dawn Powell.
Notes
Description by Christy Henry.
Finding Aid
My Dear Will booklet
Storage Location
2008 accessions. Booklets and family tree stored in Rare Books: RC 3399.B73Z495 2007 v.1 and v.2.
Storage Range
2008 accessions
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Threshing at Blight's Farm

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1925
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.152
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1925
Physical Description
5" x 7" (b/w)
Material Details
reproduction
Custodial History
Donated to Fred McGuinness by G. Baldock in 1971
Scope and Content
Photograph shows two women at a tractor. One is cranking the engine, the other is seated at the wheel.
Notes
Writing on back of photograph reads: "Threshing. Blights Farm Willow Creek at Chater. My mother at crank. Now over 90 living at 403-12th Street. G. Baldock 1971. 1925."
Name Access
Blight's Farm
Subject Access
farming
women
threshing crews
Tractors
vehicles
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 2009 loose photos, from File 13
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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[19--]
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.172
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
[19--]
Physical Description
5" x 7" (b/w)
Material Details
reproduction
History / Biographical
Mrs. Flora Cowan (1902-1986) was born on July 15, 1902 in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the daughter of Adam and Helen Cruickshank and immigrated to Brandon with her parents in 1927. She married E.C. Cowan, and they had two children, Franklin and Ruth. From 1953 until Brandon College became Brandon University, she served as the Dean of Women. In 1966 she received the Good Citizenship Award of the Golden Boys of Manitoba. She was a member of the I.O.D.E. and a life-member of the International Peace Garden, and the Provincial Council of Women. From 1954 to 1970 Mrs. Cowan served as a member of the Brandon City Council and was the first woman to be appointed acting mayor. She was also the Chairman of the Board for Fairview Home, Inc. In 1967, Mrs. Cowan received the Trillium Business and Professional Club Woman of the Year Award. She was also a member of several other community committees. The women's residence at Brandon University, Flora Cowan, is named in her honour. In December 1980, Mrs. Cowan finally retired from her many positions. She died in Brandon on September 25, 1986 at the age of 84.
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Flora Cowan
Name Access
Flora Cowan
Subject Access
portraits
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Related Material
Trillium Business and Professional Women’s Club records
Arrangement
From 2009 loose photos, from File 13
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Fred McGuinness childhood triptych

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1930s
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.196
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1930s
Physical Description
8" x 5" (colour)
Material Details
mixed media
Scope and Content
Triptych shows three separate photographs of Fred McGuinness as a young boy. One photograph shows Fred standing in the snow wearing miniature buckskins and feather headdress another shows Fred in the same costume on the family's front porch. The third picture shows Fred in a quarter-length peacoat and winter cap with flaps standing on the front porch of the family home.
Notes
Photographs are colourized b/w photographs.
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Subject Access
winter
portraits
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #1
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Fred McGuinness with Neighborly News

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1990s
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Photographer: Sandy Black
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.198
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1990s
Physical Description
4" x 6" (b/w)
Material Details
Printed from colour negative
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Fred McGuinness sitting at a table in the John E. Robbins Library. Spread before him are a variety of weeklies containing his Neighborly News column.
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Subject Access
portraits
newspapers
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #1
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Fred McGuinness 1970s headshot

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1970s
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.199
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1970s
Physical Description
4.5" x 7.25" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is a Fred McGuinness headshot
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Subject Access
portraits
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #1
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Fred McGuinness and the Canadian Centennial Commission

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1965
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.200
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
7" x 5" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Fred McGuinness standing with Newfoundland Premier Joey Smallwood (centre) and the Centennial Commissioner John Fisher (right). The men are standing before an architectural model.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: On tour of Newfoundland as member, board of directors Canadian Centennial Commission, McG, Premier Smallwood, & John Fisher, Centennial Commissioner, 1965
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Canadian Centennial Commission
Joey Smallwood
John Fisher
Subject Access
portraits
anniversaries
centennials
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #1
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Fred McGuinness headshot

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1980s
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Photographer: Sandy Black
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.204
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1980s
Physical Description
5" x 3.5" (b/w)
Physical Condition
Photograph is stamped stamped on back
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Fred McGuinness standing in the stacks at Brandon University's John E. Robbins Library
Notes
Writing on back of photograph reads: Photography by Sandy Black
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Subject Access
portraits
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #1
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Fred McGuinness headshot

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.204
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
2.25" x 3.25" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is a headshot of Fred McGuinness. Image was taken for the Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee Committee.
Notes
Writing on back of photograph reads: Reporting for Duty, Executive Director, Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee Committee, 1952
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee
Subject Access
portraits
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #1
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Fred McGuinness with Queen Elizabeth II

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1984
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Photographer: Towne Studios
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.210
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1984
Physical Description
3" x 4" (colour)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a group of individuals posing with Queen Elizabeth II. Fred McGuinness is standing behind the Queen.
Notes
Behind the photograph is a letter dated 15 November 1984 to Fred McGuinness, Brandon, Manitoba, from Michael B. Decter, Clerk of the Executive Council, Cabinet Secretary, re: Her Majesty's Visit to Manitoba
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Queen Elizabeth II
Subject Access
portraits
Storage Location
McGuinness oversize storage drawer (1-2015)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #1
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Pencil sketch of Fred McGuinness

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1990s
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Creator
Artist: Dacquiso
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.211
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1990s
Physical Description
8.5" x 9.5" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Scan is a pencil sketch of Fred McGuinness
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Subject Access
portraits
Storage Location
McGuinness oversize storage drawer (1-2015)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #1
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Fred McGuinness headshot for MFBA

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1990s
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.212
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1990s
Physical Description
3" x 4" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Fred McGuinness. Fred's left arm is resting on a table on which a notepad and pen rest.
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Subject Access
portraits
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #1
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Fred McGuinness radio headshot

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1978
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.201
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1978
Physical Description
5" x 7" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a portrait of Fred McGuinness in a radio booth. Before him is a microphone on which there is a CBC logo.
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Subject Access
portraits
Radio
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #1
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Fred McGuinness in navy uniform with mother

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1940s
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.213
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1940s
Physical Description
2.5" x 3.5" (b/w)
Scope and Content
Photograph is a portrait of Fred McGuinness in his Canadian navy uniform posing in front of his family home with his mother, Isabella.
Name Access
Fred McGuinness
Isabella Louisa Pope
Isabella Louisa McGuinness
Royal Canadian Navy
Subject Access
portraits
uniforms
World War II
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #2
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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c.1900
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.216
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c.1900
Physical Description
5" x 7" (b/w)
Material Details
on matting
Custodial History
Photograph sent to Fred McGuinness from Mrs. D. Lee Irvine of Estevan, Saskatchewan.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows James Darroch seated in a wicker chair, posing for a formal studio portrait.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: Mr. Darroch. 190?
Name Access
James Darroch
Subject Access
portraits
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #2
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