Part Of

Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

McG 9

Item Number

20-2009.70

Accession Number

20-2009

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[19--]

Physical Description

3.25" x 5.5" (b/w)

Material Details

postcard

History / Biographical

Harry Spafford (b. 22 Oct 1888, d. 10 May 1978) was born in Holmfield, Manitoba. He married Isabella Hawking of Ninga in 1914 and the couple moved to Brandon in 1915 where they continued to reside until 1973. Harry worked as a locomotive fireman and then as an engineer with the Canadian Northern Railway (CN). While with CN, he was an active member of the Brotherhood of Local Engineers and Firemen No. 788 of Brandon. He served as an alderman in Brandon from 1928 to 1945. In 1932, Harry ran in the Manitoba by-election for Brandon as an Independent Labour candidate and lost to the Conservative member George Dinsdale. In 1952, Harry ran as a Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member in the provincial election and lost to Conservative party representative Reg Lissaman. Harry Spafford passed away in Burnaby, BC, and is interred in the Ocean View Cemetery. (Source: see obituary in McG 4.1 File 66) Alva/Alvery/"Alvie" Reddell/Riddell/Ridall Spafford (b. 15 Mar 1891, d. 23 Aug 1985) was born in Enterprise, Manitoba, in the R.M. of Turtle Mountain. In 1911, he married Francis Ethel Harrison (d. 1979) in Killarney and had three children. Alvie farmed in Bannerman from 1902 to 1936, after which he moved to Boissevain to work as a Rawleigh salesman. In 1942, the family moved to Brandon where Alvie worked as a conductor with the CNR until his retirement. Alva Spafford passed away at the age of 94 at the Brandon General Hospital. His funeral was held in Killarney, Manitoba. (Source: Obituary, Brandon Sun, 23 Aug 1985)

Scope and Content

Postcard is a studio portrait of the Spafford brothers dressed as cowboys in chaps, bandanas, and hats. Harry is standing on the left and is reaching for a bottle resting on a stool. Alvie is standing on the right and is pointing a pistol at his brother. Behind the brothers is the back of train car that reads "leaving Winnipeg."

Notes

Writing on the front of the postcard reads: Early railroad day in wpg, Harry on left, Alvie on right.

Name Access

Harry Spafford

Alvie Spafford

Alva Spafford

Subject Access

portraits

cowboys

costumes

Storage Location

RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

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Part Of

Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

McG 9

Item Number

1-2015.101

Accession Number

1-2015

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1922-1923

Physical Description

2.5" x 3.5 (b/w)

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a young Fred McGuinness standing on the running board of an automobile. He is wearing a sailor costume with a hat that reads H.M.S. Natal?

Name Access

Frederick George McGuinness

Fred McGuinness

Subject Access

children

costumes

automobiles

Storage Location

RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Arrangement

BR #3 Family pictures

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Part Of

Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

McG 9

Item Number

1-2015.102

Accession Number

1-2015

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1920s]

Physical Description

2" x 4.25 (b/w)

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a young Fred McGuinness wearing a buckskin outfit with fringe and a feathered headdress.

Name Access

Frederick George McGuinness

Fred McGuinness

Subject Access

children

costumes

Storage Location

RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Arrangement

BR #3 Family pictures

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.2

Item Number

5.1.2

Date Range

c. 1911

Physical Description

b/w, 3.25" x 5.5"

Scope and Content

Entrance to Clark Hall (outside) Students

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.3

Item Number

5.1.3

Date Range

1911/12

Physical Description

b/w, 3.5" x 5.5"

Scope and Content

Clark Hall Reception Room (?) Student Activities - supposed to be the ministerial students of 1911-12, but other students crept in. Top Row L-R: J. Sieight, F.W. McKinnon, E.H. Clarke, W.L. Wright, R. Edwards, R. Harvey; Front Row L-R: H.E. Green, J.L. Jordon, D.A. McGibbon, S.H. Potter, A.J. Radley

Notes

Postcard

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.4A

Item Number

5.1.4A

Date Range

c. 1911/12

Physical Description

b/w, 5.5" x 3.5"

Scope and Content

Clark Hall Door (Outside) Student Activity: Student Photo. Backrow at door jam: H.L. MacNeill, next left, J.L. Jordan; 54-57mm from left, 55mm from bottom, Robert Harvey, just above Harvey to left, A.J. Radley, to right, S.H. potter; 25mm from bottom, 62mm from right, A. Rutherford; A.E. Wright

Notes

Postcard Halpin's Drug Store

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.4B

Item Number

5.1.4B

Date Range

c. 1911/12

Physical Description

b/w, 5.5" x 3.25"

Scope and Content

Student Activity?

Notes

Postcard

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.7

Item Number

5.1.7

Date Range

c. 1915

Physical Description

b/w, 3.35" x 5.5"

Scope and Content

Student Activities: Swedish Students Evangelistic Band. L-R: A. Johnson, H. Johnson, A. Carlson, A. Nordlund

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.15

Item Number

5.1.15

Date Range

pre-1945

Physical Description

b/w, 3.25" x 5.5"

Scope and Content

Student activities? laying in the grass. Mrs. Wright ? ? ?

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.37

Item Number

5.1.37

Date Range

1938

Physical Description

b/w, 2.5" x 4.5"

Scope and Content

Brandon College students working in the library

Notes

Courtesy of Ms. Marion Stone ’40, Vancouver, BC

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.42

Item Number

5.1.42

Date Range

c. 1900-1912

Physical Description

b/w, 6" x 10"

Scope and Content

Brandon College male students enjoy their leisure time

Notes

McDiarmid Era

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.43

Item Number

5.1.43

Date Range

c. 1900-1912

Physical Description

b/w, 4" x 6"

Scope and Content

Brandon College students and professors pose for a picture on the steps

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.44

Item Number

5.1.44

Date Range

1908

Physical Description

b/w, 4" x 6"

Scope and Content

Brandon College resident students seen walking away from Clark Hall. The student body was going to the CPR station to meet Dr. McDiarmid on his return from Winnipeg, where he sought unsuccessfully to obtain a charter for Brandon College

Notes

McDiarmid Era, Negative Enclosed

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.45

Item Number

5.1.45

Date Range

1908

Physical Description

b/w, 4" x 6"

Scope and Content

Brandon College resident students walking down the streets of Brandon on their way to meet Dr. McDiarmid at the CPR station after his return to Winnipeg, where he sought unsuccessfully to obtain a charter for Brandon Charter

Notes

McDiarmid Era, Negative Enclosed

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.47

Item Number

5.1.47

Date Range

c. 1900-1912

Physical Description

b/w, 4" x 6"

Scope and Content

Messrs. Calhoun and Philpotts in a student’s room

Notes

McDiarmid Era. Negative enclosed

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.55

Item Number

5.1.55

Date Range

c. 1900-1912

Physical Description

b/w, 4" x 6"

Scope and Content

Female resident students seated on the steps of Clark Hall

Notes

McDiarmid Era. Negative enclosed

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.56

Item Number

5.1.56

Date Range

c. 1908

Physical Description

b/w, 4" x 6"

Scope and Content

Female resident students of 1908 seated on the steps of Clark Hall

Notes

McDiarmid Era. Negative enclosed

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.67

Item Number

5.1.67

Date Range

c. 1900-1912

Physical Description

b/w, 4" x 6"

Scope and Content

Brandon College Students. Miss Trotter, Miss McAmmiss, J. Robinson and ? balance on a dock at a picnic

Notes

McDiarmid Era. Negative enclosed

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.74

Item Number

5.1.74

Date Range

c. 1900-1912

Physical Description

b/w, 4" x 6"

Scope and Content

A group of students in front of Clark Hall

Notes

McDiarmid Era. Negative enclosed

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Part Of

Brandon University Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

File Number

5.1.75

Item Number

5.1.75

Date Range

c. 1900-1912

Physical Description

b/w, 4" x 6"

Scope and Content

A group of students pose in front of Clark Hall

Notes

McDiarmid Era. Negative enclosed

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