Photograph of Birtles Butcher Shop at 608 Rosser Avenue with a group of steers out front. The men pictured are Joseph Birtles Jr. (right), Mr. Hammell, Hiram Chesley, and Lew Wickett; includes the Red Cross Drug store with proprietor Mr. McCullagh in front (left).
Photograph of the construction of the Salvation Army building at 7th Street and Pacific Avenue. Workers are pictured with horses and wagons preparing to begin excavation.
The collection contains photographs of Canadian Pacific Railway construction crews in southwestern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan between 1908 and 1914.
Hand-coloured photographic postcard of the Brandon Asylum buildings. There is a note on the back addressed to Mr. Earnie Arscott in Killarney, Manitoba.
The Aleta Elizabeth (Paisley) Clement fonds consists of speeches and documents related to the community and political activities of Aleta Elizabeth (Paisley) Clement and her husband, Stephen Emmett Clement. The fonds is divided into five series: Miscellaneous Speeches, The Brandon Art Club; Stephen Emmett Clement Political Activities, Aleta E. Clement Political Activities, and Personal Documents. The documents date from 1908 to 1937.
Photograph of the CPR crew members installing a new turntable at the roundhouse in Brandon, Manitoba in 1908. Pictured are 27 men sitting/standing by the turntable some distance from a four-storey building. Handwritten annotation on the back of the photo reads, "Some of Dads [sic] Crew at Brandon Putting in New Turn Table. 1908/Dan McLean/DD."
Hand-coloured photographic postcard of the First Street Bridge over the Assiniboine River in Brandon, Manitoba. A man and woman are pictured fishing to the left. There is a note of correspondence written on the back of the postcard.
Composite photograph of five individual portraits of the Wheat City Carnival organizers in 1908. Pictured: (top) Mrs. Alex Trotter, Treasurer; Mrs. A.U. De Pencier, Vice-President ; (centre) Mrs. S.E. Clement, President of the Carnival; (bottom) Mrs. G.S. Sutton, Secretary; and Mr. Wm. Crouch, Business Manager.