Photograph shows a CPR passenger trains at the old Brandon train station. Carts/trolleys appear to be loaded with wooden crates and metal milk containers. Photograph was likely taken from the 8th Street Bridge. The ramp to the 8th Street Bridge can be seen on the ride of the photograph, where residences line Assiniboine Avenue.
A study prepared with financial assistance from Canadian Co-operative Wheat Producers Limited, representing the Wheat Pools of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba, Faculty of Agriculture and Home Economics
Physical Description
65 leaves
Notes
"Seminar for co-operative personnel organized by Department of Agricultural Economics University of Manitoba with assistance from the co-operative organizations of Western Canada"
The CGS Acadia was a former hydrographic surveying and oceanographic research ship of the Canadian Hydrographic Service. The ship was used in the surveying work used to establish the port of Churchill.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows three steam ships docked in a port alongside railway tracks.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: Churchill 1931 Sept 16 No. 3. Dr. Marion? Party. C.G.S. Acadia, S.S. Warkworth, S.S. Farnworth.
"Report is the result of four years' consideration and debate by the Science Council's Committee on Canada's Scientific and Technological Contribution to World Food Supply."--Pref