Photograph shows a canvas tent boarding house and wooden shack advertising soup, meat, and bread for 25 cents and hot tea and coffee. A man wearing a vest is standing in the doorway of the shack. Another man wearing a three-piece suit and hat is seated on a seat at the corner of the structure while another man wearing an apron leans against the shack. Clothes can be seen drying on the surface of the large canvas tent.
Notes
Writing on the back of the photograph reads: Between 5th and 6th Street, Pacific Avenue opposite old CPR Station, April 1882. Photograph is stamped Public Archives Canada.
Student Activities - YMCA Executive. top row L-R: E.H.J. Vincent, Henry Knox, J.R. Evans, G. Herbert front row L-R: Philip Duncan, Robb Harvey, J.L. Jordan
Student Activities: Main Executive. Douglas (B.C., S.C.M.), J. Reekie (C.H., S.C.M.), Gainer (B.C. A. A.), Balmer (C.H.A. A), Carter (treasurer), Kerr (Debating), B. Clark (Literary), J. Hitchings (secretary), D. Cochrane (Lady stick), Dr, Evans (Hon. Pres), Thompson (Senior Stick) H. Mann
Board of Governors Recognition Dinner – Stanley Knowles speaks. L to R: L.D. Whitehead, Mrs. Ernie Whitehead, Stanley Knowles, Bernice & Lloyd Dulmage, Joan & William Burgess
Board of Governors Recognition Dinner “Hippi Skippi led by D. R. MacKay for old times sake ”Head Table-L to R: Mrs. E.C. Whitehead, Chancellor Knowles, Mrs. A.L. Dulmage, President A. L. Dulmage, Mrs. W. C. Burgess, Mr. W. C. Burgess (Chairman of Board of Governors)
Photograph was taken by Christy Henry on August 10, 2002 following the grand opening of the Labyrinth of Peace. The Labyrinth is situated in the Assiniboine River Corridor near the Discovery Centre in Brandon, Manitoba.
Custodial History
See series level of the Christy Henry fonds for Custodial History.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the information board for the Labyrinth of Peace.
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer
32-2007
Related Material
Additional information on the history of the Labyrinth of Peace project can be found in RG 6 (Brandon University fonds) 7.1.6 (Department of Religion) File 1.
In celebration of Brandon's 125th Birthday, the McKee Archives organized the photo exhibit "Wonder City of the Northwest," on display from June 28 until the end of August 2007 in the Curve Gallery, located on the second level of BU's John E. Robbins Library. The photographs in the exhibit marked various passages in the history of Brandon from 1882 to the beginning of the Great War in 1914. A special opening for "Wonder City of the Northwest," sponsored by the President's Office, was held on Thursday, June 28 at 2:00 p.m. in the Curve Gallery.
Custodial History
These images were selected from the collections of Lawrence Stuckey and Alfred Fowler held in the S. J. McKee Archives. The exhibit was curated by Tom Mitchell and Christy Henry.
Scope and Content
Consists of the 8 information display boards used by the Archives for the Wonder City of the Northwest exhibit.
Notes
The actual photographic prints used in the exhibit were sold via silent auction at the close of the exhibit in August 2007.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 8: Library Services
8.2 S.J. McKee Archives
File consists of Interim Board materials (proposal, programme, constitution and by-laws, meetings) leading to the establishment of the Manitoba Multicultural Resources Centre (MMRC).
Storage Location
MG 3 Brandon University Teaching and Administration
MG 3 1.19 May Yoh
