Part Of

Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Creator

Photographer: W.A. Martel & Son

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

Item Number

BAPC 5.11

GMD

graphic

Date Range

c. 1900

Physical Description

4" x 5.5" (b/w)

Physical Condition

Very good

History / Biographical

William Currie was born on February 28, 1834 in Lanark County, ON. In 1860, he moved to St. Mary's, where he worked in mercantile and grain businesses until 1879, when he emigrated to Manitoba. The following year, he took up homesteading along the Assiniboine River, at a site known as Currie's Landing. He received and forwarded frieght from steamboats travelling the river. From 1893-1902, he served as baliff for the Brandon District, before resigning and moving to Brandon where he engaged in the real estate and fire insurance business. Currie married Ellen Creighton of Blanchard, ON in 1861. Together they had six chrildren: Robert Wilson Currie, Margaret Anne Currie, Harriet Ellen Currie, William James Currie, James Weldon Currie, and Lottie Louise Currie. William Currie died on March 30, 1931 in Brandon, MB.

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of William Currie.

Notes

History/Bio information taken from the Manitoba Historical Society website (http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/currie_w.shtml)

Name Access

William Currie

Currie's Landing

Subject Access

portraits

Pioneers

Storage Location

BAPC photograph drawer

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Part Of

Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Creator

Photographer: Davidson Studio

Description Level

Item

Series Number

4

Item Number

BAPC 4.35

Accession Number

3-2015

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1917

Physical Description

12.5" x 9.5" (b/w)

Material Details

On matting

Physical Condition

Some staining in upper right quadrant.

Scope and Content

Composite portrait of the Brandon Normal School Fall Term 1917 class. B.J. Hales, Principal, W. Beer, Vice-Principal, M. Reid, Asst. Teacher, M. Yeomans, Drill Instructor.

Notes

Part of the Chapman Museum collection.

Name Access

Brandon Normal School

M. DeWitt

A. McCormack

L. Morden

S. Field

W. Maguire

S. Billinski

T. Bilous

E. Stoddart

E. Riddell

V. Carrick

M. Kelly

M. Hill

E. Rowley

E. Abey

F. Blair

B. Maxfield

C. Crawford

S. Kozak

J. Thomson

R. Wallace

M. Abey

V. Glover

S. Strath

D. Hill

A. Tycki

R. McCallum

E. Charters

B.J. Hales

W. Beer

D. Aldis

H. Henwood

L. Brad

M. Gillis

B. Sanford

E. Fowler

E. Krog

I. Lindsay

E. Dick

E. Hall

E. McIntyre

G. Tilley

M. Reid

M. Yeomans

A. Jones

D. Flewitt

E. Rutherford

B. Rose

M. Berlet

M. Scharff

H. Hall

F. Morden

D. McGillivray

N. Parsnage

B. Robins

V. Sandercock

D. Horton

A. Hrudka

J. Chriptyk

H. Tanner

K. Averill

E. Radomski

M. Saranchuk

M. Babcok

Subject Access

Education

class portraits

secondary education

Storage Location

BAPC oversize storage drawer 2

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Part Of

Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Creator

Photographer: Clark J. Smith

Description Level

Item

Series Number

4

Item Number

BAPC 4.36

Accession Number

3-2015

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1920

Physical Description

12.5" x 9.5" (b/w)

Physical Condition

Some warping.

Scope and Content

Composite portrait of the Wheat City Business College class, 1920. F.A. Wood, Principal, Instructors: Mr. D.S. Forsyth; Miss. J. H. Snider; Miss. M.D. Cowan; Miss. I.E. McKewer.

Notes

Part of the Chapman Museum collection.

Name Access

Wheat City Business College

C.C. Stewart

C. Young

N. Tompkins

M. Mansfield

L. Bray

M. Atchison

E. Braybrook

M. Forsythe

W. Dunbar

E. Plaice

R.B. Dunsire

E. Sararas

W. Barr

E. Doughty

A.W. Meadows

L.S. Ling

H. Hallatt

E. Robinson

A. Dalglish

B. Cane

H. Scott

J. Machen

C.A. Stewart

A. Rogerson

W.A. Dodd

E. McMunn

N. McDonald

J. Dubbin

M. Bennett

F.W. Woodley

H. Wren

A. Chesley

A. boyd

E.A. Howell

G. Murgatroyd

E. Wallace

J. Paterson

E.E. Sararas

V. Sharp

J.S. Wood

R. Cristall

M. McAuley

J. Day

J. Scott

K.W. Beck

J. Aberdeen

M. McConnell

M. Winteringhaus

H.A. O'Neil

D.S. Forsyth

J. H. Snider

F.A. Wood

M.D. Cowan

I.E. McKewer

W. Harrison

M. Coates

H.E. Hotham

G. Gooden

R.E. Grames

K. Calladon

F.P. Burton

H. Foote

D. Wilson

N. Morris

T.A. Quigley

S. Gerry

E. Speers

E. Beatty

R. Murkle

D.H. Hunn

H. Griffith

L. Gulthorpe

E. Pugh

S. Chester

A.B. Dobbyn

L. Vaccari

Z. Bosman

P.C. Gilsthorpe

N. Goodwin

C.S. Hanford

R. Harris

C. Freedman

E. Graham

B. Campbell

R.W. Cowie

G. Roddick

E. Stone

N. Barager

P. Maxfield

M. Denise

A.B. Olive

L.G. Minions

I. Lawrence

R.H. Deans

L. Crawford

H. Hossack

R. Schwartz

B. Pottinger

M. Mains

T.C. Cunningham

M. Mattron

J.P. Connolly

D. Dixon

C. Smith

M. Buchanan

R. Hoey

E. Potter

E. Minions

D.G. Cooke

C. Timmons

A.E. Williams

E. Johns

S.C. McLeod

L. Kennedy

W.T. Lee

M. Roddick

E. Connell

B. Philip

E.E. Simmons

F. Anderson

L. Turner

B.K. Stratford

E. Hawkins

L. Simpson

A. Beatty

H.C. Edanthy

Subject Access

Education

class portraits

secondary education

Storage Location

BAPC oversize storage drawer 2

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Part Of

Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

4

Item Number

BAPC 4.37

Accession Number

6-2017

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1920

Physical Description

10" x 13.5" (b/w)

Physical Condition

Some warping. Small hole in background on middle left

Custodial History

Photo was donated to the McKee Archives by Bernice La Buick in 2012. She bought it that summer at a yard sale as part of a box of miscellaneous items.

Scope and Content

Composite portrait of the Brandon Collegiate 3B class of 1920. Top Row (L to R): M. Harris; Daisy Patmore; H. Warren, Secretary Treasurer; R. McDorman; M. Abey; K. Cantelon Second Row (L to R): R. Baldwin; D. McDougall, Principal; J. Gibson Third Row (L to R): C. Anderson; M. Muller; G. Coristine, Class President; E. Grentham; M. Dorrett; A. Hepinstall Fourth Row (L to R): M. Skene; M. Davidson; F. Merrell; V. Fielding Fifth Row (L to R): E. Dorrett; L. Mummery; F. Adolph; M. Maxwell; H. White; E. Kennedy Sixth Row (L to R): I. Powell; M. Price; F. Green; E. Chalmers Bottom Row (L to R): J. Mazer; H. Waluk; L. Harper; Miss MacMorine, Class Teacher; Marjorie McKenzie; J. Campell; J. Bolton

Name Access

Brandon Collegiate

Brandon Collegiate Institute

BCI

Subject Access

Education

class portraits

secondary education

Storage Location

BAPC oversize storage drawer 2

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