Photograph of the construction of an iron bridge over the Assiniboine River east of Brandon, Manitoba, by the D.D. McLean crew in 1912. Handwritten annotation on back of photo describes scene. Pictured are 15 men lined up on a bridge, three men standing just off of the bridge, and two men standing rocks/rubble below. One man has a check mark (in blue pen) above his head. He is likely to be crew leader D.D. "Dan" McLean, Don Simpson's maternal grandfather.
Photograph of a Canadian Pacific Railway crew laying cement for a building in Bredenbury, Saskatchewan. Pictured are 17 men, planks of wood, machinery, grain elevator, buildings, two-horse team, train tracks, pail, shovels, rocks, and sacks. In the background is a building with the word "Bredenbuy" on the side. This was most likely the train station. Handwriting on back describes scene, also noting "Grampa Dan McLean at Breadenberry [sic], Sask 1910."
The collection contains photographs of Canadian Pacific Railway construction crews in southwestern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan between 1908 and 1914.
Photograph of the railway bridge in the Qu'Appelle Valley at Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, c. 1914. Handwritten annotation on back describhttps://main.lib.umanitoba.ca/railway-bridge-at-bredenbury-saskatchewan/edit#es scene and identifies man on handcar as Duncan Livingstone. Underneath his name are the words ["ou? or? ori? Giger or Geiger"].