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Brandon College Platoon

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Part Of: Joseph H. Hughes collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1916

Accession Number: 3-1997

1 image

Part Of: Joseph H. Hughes collection

Creator: Photographer: Davidson Studio

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3-1997.1

Item Number: 3-1997.1.66

Accession Number: 3-1997

Other Numbers: Hughes #81

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1916

Physical Description: 13.5" x 10.5" (b/w)

Material Details: on matting

Physical Condition: Photograph beginning to separate from matting

History / Biographical: Brandon College established a Canadian Officer Training Corps (COTC) program in 1916 and had enough students for a platoon that would join the 196th Western Universities Battalion's B Company. COTC logs for in the SJ McKee Archives show that at least 40 men regularly attended classes on campus during the 1916 winter term. The Brandon Daily Sun published the names of 60 potential platoon recruits before they headed to Camp Hughes to train in the summer of 1916. Although Lt. J.R.C. Evans spearheaded the training of the COTC enlistees at Brandon College, he was found medically unfit for overseas service. In his stead, the son of the college's founder, Lt. William Carey McKee, lead the platoon to Camp Hughes where they joined the 196th Battalion. Of the 60 recruits identified in the local paper, 20 would not survive the war, including Lt. McKee. [ST/2016]

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a group of 40 men wearing WWI uniforms. The men have the Canada general service cap badge on their headdress. The officer in the centre of the group (i.e., the man with the cane) is J.R.C. Evans. The group of men are likely members of the first Brandon College Platoon, which joined the 196th Western Universities Battalion.

Name Access: J.R.C. Evans

Subject Access: portraits; First World War; Great War

Storage Location: Hughes oversize drawer

Related Material: Daly House Museum; The Clark Hall Scrapbook

Images

Wheat City Business College Hockey Club

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Part Of: Joseph H. Hughes collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1912

Accession Number: 3-1997

1 image

Part Of: Joseph H. Hughes collection

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3-1997.1

Item Number: 3-1997.1.69

Accession Number: 3-1997

Other Numbers: Hughes #67

GMD: graphic

Date Range: 1912

Physical Description: 9.25" x 7.25" (b/w)

Material Details: on matting

Physical Condition: Photograph is water stained

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a group of 10 men, eight whom are wearing sweaters with the letters WCBC appliqued across the chest. The goalie is seated in a wodden chair and wears his goalie pads and skates. The four other players in the front row are also wearing skates and have their hockey sticks.

Notes: Writing on the front of the photograph mat reads: Wheat City Business College Hockey Club, 1912

Name Access: Wheat City Business College

Subject Access: portraits; Hockey; sports people & activities; team sports; team photos

Storage Location: Hughes oversize drawer

Images

Aerial view of 10th Street facing south from Princess Avenue

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Part Of: Joseph H. Hughes collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic

Date Range: c.1940

Accession Number: 3-1997

1 image

Part Of: Joseph H. Hughes collection

Creator: Photographer: Jerrett Photo

Description Level: Item

Series Number: 3-1997.1

Item Number: 3-1997.1.42

Accession Number: 3-1997

GMD: graphic

Date Range: c.1940

Physical Description: 5.5" x 3.5" (b/w)

Material Details: postcard

Physical Condition: Red ink stain is on the front right corner of postcard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows 10th Street facing south from Princess Avenue. Visible landmarks and businesses include: Manitoba Power Commission (MPC)'s power sub-station, First Baptist Church, Wheat City Arena, and the grand stand at the Exhibition Grounds. The partial sign visible at the bottom of the photograph on the east side of 10th Street reads Yates and Neale, which refers to a plumbing and heating company that dissolved in 1943 to be replaced by Neale, Stothard and Chapman. Businesses on the west side of 10th Street include: Dominion Tire & Radio Co., Bolts Barber Shop, Elviss T.E. Co. Stables.

Notes: Information concerning Yates and Neale courtesy Jack Stothard. Writing on the front of the postcard reads: Brandon, Looking S.W., Jerrett Photo. This photograph shows a rare view of the 200-block of 10th Street.