Photograph is looking east down Lorne Avenue East from approximately the 13th Avenue East intersection. On the north side of the street are the Hillside Townhouses with the Lady Sylvia apartment block and Simplot Canada Ltd. in the background.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking east down Lorne Avenue East from approximately the 13th Avenue East intersection. On the north side of the street are the Hillside Townhouses with the Lady Sylvia apartment block and Simplot Canada Ltd. in the background.
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Location Copy
1-2002.3.9.110
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Arrangement
[Mr. Stuckey put 5 and 5 prints negatives in the same envelope. We have separated them and numbered the negatives CA15(1) to CA15(5), and the corresponding prints CA15(1a) to CA15(5a).]
Photograph shows a funeral procession travelling west on Lorne Avenue and turning south onto 18th Street in Brandon. The photograph was taken from Brandon College.
Photograph shows a western view of the residential area along Lorne Avenue from St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church. Roof-tops of Central School, First Baptist, Brandon College, Manitoba Power Plant, and Old City Hall are visible.
Notes
Writing on the front of the postcard reads: Lorne Avenue, looking West from St. Augustine's R.C. Church, Brandon, Man. Writing on the back of the postcard reads: The Valentine & Sons Publishing Ltd., Montreal and London, Printed in Great Britain. A cancelled George VI purple Canada 3 cent stamp has been postmarked: Brandon SP 11 52.
"Built in 1892 by Bell Brothers Construction, Lorne Terrace is a typical terrace house - a facility that combined several addresses in what would appear to be a very large house" (Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport). It is currently listed as Manitoba Municipal Heritage Site No. 197.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Herbert Lorne Carruthers was born on May 5, 1883 in Cannamore, ON. He came west on harvest excursions in 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1906, working for his uncle William Carruthers, who lived one mile west of Hargrave, MB. In 1907, his father bought him a farm south of Hargrave and Lorne made the move west permanantly. Lorne married Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Odell (1891-1977) on December 28, 1910. They lived on the farm south of Hargrave until moving to Hargrave in 1940 and then Virden in 1972. Together they had two children: Cecil and Inez. Lorne volunteered at the Hargrave skating rink when it opened in 1950. He also enjoyed playing the violin and the harmonica at concerts and dances. Lorne Carruthers died on July 1, 1985 in Virden, MB. He is buried at Virden Cemetery.
Custodial History
As part of the Westman Oral History Collection, this collection was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1998. The original tapes from the Westman Oral History project were deposited in the Brandon Public Library. Copies of these originals were made by Margaret Pollex of the Brandon University Language Lab at the request of Eileen McFadden, University Archivist in the early 1990s. These copies compose the collection held in the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Item is an audiocassette tape containing an interview with Lorne Carruthers about his trip to Hargrave, MB from Crysler, ON, as well as homesteading north of Swift Current in the early 1900s. Interviewer is Gladys Bray.
Notes
History/bio information from the Clan Carruthers family history and geneaology website, the local histories "Hometown Virden: Pioneers and Progress" and "Binding Our Districts." Description by Christy Henry.
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Herbert Lorne Carruthers was born on May 5, 1883 in Cannamore, ON. He came west on harvest excursions in 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1906, working for his uncle William Carruthers, who lived one mile west of Hargrave, MB. In 1907, his father bought him a farm south of Hargrave and Lorne made the move west permanantly. Lorne married Mary Elizabeth "Bessie" Odell (1891-1977) on December 28, 1910. They lived on the farm south of Hargrave until moving to Hargrave in 1940 and then Virden in 1972. Together they had two children: Cecil and Inez. Lorne volunteered at the Hargrave skating rink when it opened in 1950. He also enjoyed playing the violin and the harmonica at concerts and dances. Lorne Carruthers died on July 1, 1985 in Virden, MB. He is buried at Virden Cemetery.
Custodial History
As part of the Westman Oral History Collection, this collection was accessioned by the McKee Archives in 1998. The original tapes from the Westman Oral History project were deposited in the Brandon Public Library. Copies of these originals were made by Margaret Pollex of the Brandon University Language Lab at the request of Eileen McFadden, University Archivist in the early 1990s. These copies compose the collection held in the McKee Archives.
Scope and Content
Item is an audiocassette tape containing an interview with Lorne Carruthers about Hargrave, MB in the early 1900s. Interviewer is Gladys Bray.
Notes
History/bio information from the Clan Carruthers family history and geneaology website, the local histories "Hometown Virden: Pioneers and Progress" and "Binding Our Districts." Description by Christy Henry.
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