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MPE B 10 Radio Broadcasts

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Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1930-1971
Part Of
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds
Description Level
Sub-series
Series Number
MPE B.10
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1930-1971
Physical Description
6 cm
History / Biographical
Manitoba Pool Elevators was quick to realize the usefulness of the radio medium as a educational and promotional tool. It was also often used to defend the Pool and the co-operative movement in general on programs such as Farm Radio Forum. See fonds level description of RG 4 for complete history/bio of MPE.
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.10 consists of textual radio broadcast transcriptions. The records include transcriptions from 1930 until 1971. Radio broadcasts are on a wide variety of topics, including argicultural science, the grain market and general economy of Canada and the world, government acts and legislation that affected the producer, co-operatives and the co-operative movement, rural life, young people, WWII, Manitoba, and the Manitoba Pool Elevators.
Notes
Description by Jillian Sutherland (2009)
Name Access
F.W. Ransom
C.H. Burnell
J.T. Hull
John Braken
W.J. Parker
D.W. Richmond
E.S. Russenholt
Manitoba Pool Elevators
Central Office
Subject Access
Co-operatives
Agriculture
Radio Broadcasts
Storage Location
RG 4 Manitoba Pool Elevator fonds Series B: Central Office records
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Red Indian Station (Gasoline) north side Princess Avenue between 9th Street and 10th Street, Brandon, Manitoba

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Part Of
Joseph H. Hughes collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1940
Accession Number
3-1997
Part Of
Joseph H. Hughes collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
3-1997.1
Item Number
3-1997.1.40
Accession Number
3-1997
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1940
Physical Description
10" x 8" (b/w)
Physical Condition
good
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the Red Indian (Gasoline) Station on the north side Princess Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets, Brandon. Attached to the west side of the gas station is another shop which contains Hutchings' Drug Store. The Alexandra Block on 10th Street is visible in the background.
Name Access
Hutchings Drugs
Red Indian Service Station
Princess Avenue
Subject Access
downtowns
street scenes
Brandon business buildings & facilities after 1940
building exteriors
garages
drug stores
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer
Images
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Western Motors Ltd., Brandon, Manitoba

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Part Of
Joseph H. Hughes collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1950
Accession Number
3-1997
Part Of
Joseph H. Hughes collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
3-1997.1
Item Number
3-1997.1.33
Accession Number
3-1997
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1950
Physical Description
10" x 8" (b/w)
Physical Condition
good
Scope and Content
Photograph shows Western Motors Ltd. on the southwest corner of 10th Street and Princess Avenue. Anglo gas station is part of the car shop, which sells GM, Chevrolet, and Oldsmobiles. Hutchings' Drugs is on the ground floor of the Hughes Building on the northwest corner of 10th Street and Princess. Manufacturers Life occupies the second storey.
Name Access
Western Motors Ltd.
Hutchings Drugs
Hughes Building
10th Street
Princess Avenue
Subject Access
downtowns
street scenes
Brandon business buildings & facilities after 1940
building exteriors
car lots
drug stores
garages
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer
Images
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