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Effie and Alex McPhail Collection
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Weir's Stopping House

Photograph of Weir's Stopping House (also known as Weir's Halfway House). A group of people and two house-drawn wagons are pictured in front and at the side of the house. There is a windmill to the right and a barn in the background.

McCallum Children

Photographed portrait of the children of Duncan and Ellen McCallum of Forrest, Manitoba. Pictured from left to right are Edwin, Eleanor, and Margaret McCallum.

Weir's Livery Stable

Photograph of Weir's Livery on 9th Street in Brandon, Manitoba. There is a man driving a horse-drawn carriage in front. Another man is standing behind the carriage.

Series 1: Photographs and Prints

The series contains photographs, newspaper prints, art prints, and negatives collected by Effie and Alex McPhail. The majority of the photographs were taken in Western Manitoba. These include pictures of farms, businesses, city streets, houses, the Brandon Council of Women, as well as graduating classes from Brandon College and Normal School. Photographs include family and friends of the McPhail and Weir families. There are also multiple portraits of unidentified children and adults. Additionally, there are pictures from Ontario of bridge construction, mining, and the Algoma shipwreck. There are photographs printed in newspapers of log cabins and farming. The collection contains five negatives. There are five artistic prints of paintings or drawings in the collection.

Series 3: Miscellaneous Items

The series is comprised of miscellaneous items in the Effie and Alex McPhail collection that do not fit with the other two series. These items include metal plaques inscribed with the dates of death for Archibald and Margaret Weir, a ribbon commemorating the 25th anniversary of Brandon’s incorporation as a city, and a souvenir napkin commemorating Brandon’s 75th Anniversary.

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