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Boarding House in Brandon

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Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1882
Accession Number
1-2015
Part Of
Fred McGuinness collection
Description Level
Item
Series Number
McG 9
Item Number
1-2015.16
Accession Number
1-2015
GMD
graphic
Date Range
1882
Physical Description
5" x 4" (b/w)
Material Details
reproduction
Scope and Content
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.
Name Access
Pacific Avenue
Subject Access
Pioneers
boarding houses
Storage Location
RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)
Arrangement
See McG 4.1 File 51 William R. Morrison correspondence dated 14 January 1985
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