Part Of

RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Creator

Martel

Description Level

Item

Series Number

3.1

Item Number

1-2002.3.1D1

Accession Number

1-2002

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[before 1904]

Physical Description

3 1/2" x 5"

Material Details

Negative

History / Biographical

Opened Feb. 15, 1892; Contained opera house on second floor; Area under canopy east side held butchers' stalls.

Custodial History

For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.

Scope and Content

Brandon City Hall, front and east side

Notes

This and several other pix by Martel c. 1904 from a book of photos by Wm. Martel & Sons, Photographers, Brandon, printed by Warner's Book Store, Brandon. Have seen this book inscribed Feb. 1905. As no publishers or copyright date printed in it we know pix taken 1904 or earlier. L.A.S.

Name Access

Brandon City Hall

Subject Access

public buildings

city halls

Brandon Public Buildings

Repro Restriction

The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.

Storage Location

Lawrence Stuckey collection

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Part Of

RG 11 Lawrence Stuckey fonds

Creator

Martel

Description Level

Item

Series Number

3.1

Item Number

1-2002.3.1D1a

Accession Number

1-2002

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[before 1904]

Physical Description

3 1/2" x 5"

Material Details

Negative

History / Biographical

Opened Feb. 15, 1892; Contained opera house on second floor; Area under canopy east side held butchers' stalls.

Custodial History

For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.

Scope and Content

Brandon City Hall, front and west side

Notes

This and several other pix by Martel c. 1904 from a book of photos by Wm. Martel & Sons, Photographers, Brandon, printed by Warner's Book Store, Brandon. Have seen this book inscribed Feb. 1905. As no publishers or copyright date printed in it we know pix taken 1904 or earlier. L.A.S.

Name Access

Brandon City Hall

Subject Access

public buildings

city halls

Brandon Public Buildings

Repro Restriction

The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.

Storage Location

Lawrence Stuckey collection

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Part Of

Brandon and Area Photograph Collection

Creator

Photographer: W.A. Martel & Son

Description Level

Item

Series Number

5

Item Number

BAPC 5.11

GMD

graphic

Date Range

c. 1900

Physical Description

4" x 5.5" (b/w)

Physical Condition

Very good

History / Biographical

William Currie was born on February 28, 1834 in Lanark County, ON. In 1860, he moved to St. Mary's, where he worked in mercantile and grain businesses until 1879, when he emigrated to Manitoba. The following year, he took up homesteading along the Assiniboine River, at a site known as Currie's Landing. He received and forwarded frieght from steamboats travelling the river. From 1893-1902, he served as baliff for the Brandon District, before resigning and moving to Brandon where he engaged in the real estate and fire insurance business. Currie married Ellen Creighton of Blanchard, ON in 1861. Together they had six chrildren: Robert Wilson Currie, Margaret Anne Currie, Harriet Ellen Currie, William James Currie, James Weldon Currie, and Lottie Louise Currie. William Currie died on March 30, 1931 in Brandon, MB.

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of William Currie.

Notes

History/Bio information taken from the Manitoba Historical Society website (http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/currie_w.shtml)

Name Access

William Currie

Currie's Landing

Subject Access

portraits

Pioneers

Storage Location

BAPC photograph drawer

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