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Smith & Burton, grocers

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Part Of
Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1906
Part Of
Brandon and Area Photograph Collection
Creator
Photographer: Wilson & Larkin (Toronto)
Description Level
Item
Series Number
2
Item Number
BAPC 2.41
GMD
graphic
Date Range
c. 1906
Physical Description
6.5" x 4.25" (b/w)
Material Details
On backing board (7.25" x 5.5")
Physical Condition
Very poor. Item has been broken in half on a diagonal from top to botton. Upper right corner is missing. Various tape stains and some tape residue on the bottom left.
History / Biographical
Lottie Louisa Currie was born on September 9, 1876 in St. Mary's, Perth, ON, to William and Eleanor Currie. She came to the Brandon area with her family in the 1880s. Currie worked as a bookkeeper and stenographer for Smith & Burton, from at least 1906 until the business ceased operations in 1917. Currie continued working in bookkeeping and accounts, first for Brandon Gas & Power Co., then for the Manitoba Power Commission. She appears to have retired around 1942. She is not listed as living in Brandon between 1943-1945, but was once again a resident by 1947. Currie was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, a charter member of the Brandon Business and Professional Women's Club and in 1916, she passed her examinations for the St. John's Ambulance Association. Lottie Louisa Currie died on November 25, 1972 in Brandon, MB. Smith & Burton, a grocery store that also had mail order and china departments, was founded by E.B. Smith and John Burton in the 1886. It was housed at a few locations in downtown Brandon; their location at 829 Rosser Avenue is the one that mostly likely appears in the photograph.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of office employees at Smith & Burton, grocers. Lottie Currie, daughter of William Currie, is shown standing on the left.
Name Access
Smith & Burton
Lottie Currie
Subject Access
commerical buildings
grocers
downtown
office workers
Pioneers
Storage Location
BAPC photograph drawer
Related Material
BAPC 5.11 William Currie
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