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Parade on 8th Street

http://archives.brandonu.ca/en/permalink/descriptions13696
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1906
Accession Number
20-2009
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
20-2009.6
Accession Number
20-2009
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1906
Physical Description
8" x 6" (b/w)
Material Details
on matting
Physical Condition
Photographs have been glued to a backing board that has warped over time
Scope and Content
Photograph shows parade floats travelling on 100 block of 8th Street (Brandon). Horse-drawn floats appear to belong to the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Murdock/Murdoch Brothers (furniture dealers), and F.W. Durst (cement contractor). Businesses visible in the background include the Sylvester Brothers Manufacturing Company and McDiarmid and Clarke lumber and fuel yard. Spectators in the foreground are leaning on a wooden fence likely belonging to the Old City Hall.
Notes
Writing on the front of the photograph matting reads: 315 July 1906. Two photographs (20-2009.7, 20-2009.6) are glued on the reverse side. Page appears to be from a photo album.
Name Access
Sylvester Brothers Manufacturing Co.
8th Street
McDiarmid & Clarke
Murdoch Brothers
Murdock Brothers
F.W. Durst
Subject Access
parades
Transportation
parade floats
horses
downtown
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
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Wright & Wright, Brandon

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1882
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.21
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1882
Physical Description
5" x 4" (b/w)
Material Details
reproduction
Scope and Content
Photograph shows four men posing in front of a wood-framed shop on 8th Street and Rosser Avenue. The men are wearing three-piece suits or vests and long-sleeved shirts. A painted sign above the shop reads: Wright & Wright, Hamilton Stove & Tin Store. Hanging from the exterior walls are various tin items for sale: lantern, ladel, dust pan, pots and pans.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: Corner of 8th & Rosser. Photograph is stamped Public Archives Canada.
Name Access
8th Street
Rosser Avenue
Subject Access
Pioneers
store exteriors
Brandon business buildings & facilities before 1940
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Related Material
LAC, Mikan 3194057
Arrangement
See McG 4.1 File 51 William R. Morrison correspondence dated 14 January 1985
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