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Assiniboine Historical Society Collection
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Photographs and Other Textual Records

This series is comprised of records collected by the Assiniboine Historical Society. The series contains 78 photographs of early Brandon and the surrounding area. The majority of the photographs were taken between 1885 and 1920. Photographs include local businesses, farms, homes, schools, and construction of roads and buildings. There are also photographs of families, threshing gangs, and groups at town events. Textual records in the series consist of medical certificates and licences; property, mortgage and insurance documents; education booklets; and teachers' contracts. There are also family histories, books about areas and place names, and a souvenir book of photographs. Additionally the series contains a map of the Nipissing area in Ontario and a print of a painting of Western Canada's first shipment of wheat.

6th Street, Brandon, Manitoba

Reprint of the west side of 6th Street, Brandon, Manitoba looking north. Businesses in the image, from left to right, are: Winter & O'Neail (general store), James A. Smart (hardware), Grand Central Hotel (built 1882, razed 1890 to make space for new development), American House (hotel), and Brandon House (hotel). In front of the buildings are people with horse-drawn wagons.

Clark J. Smith Studio

Assiniboine Ferry

Photograph of a ferry boat crossing the Assiniboine River near land where Brandon's First Street Bridge now stands. Three individuals on boat. Buildings on the banks of the river include one marked "Brandon [?] General Supplies."

Clark J. Smith Studio

Old Fire Hall

Photograph of the original Brandon Fire Hall at 637 Princess Avenue, showing a three-horse ladder wagon with the ladder raised up to the station's tower.

Clark J. Smith Studio

Rosser Avenue, Brandon

Photograph of the 800 block of Rosser Avenue in Brandon, Manitoba. Businesses in the photograph include Reesor's Jeweller with its street clock, Murdoch's, and Christie's. Numerous individuals on sidewalk. Horse-and-buggy on mud road. Posters on a telegraph pole advertise "Wall Paper / Go-Carts / Wagons / Dolls / Toys / Note Paper / n Pads and P'k's"

Clark J. Smith Studio

Barclay & O'Hara

Photograph of the office and yard of Barclay & O'Hara: Dealers in Lumber and Coal at 704 Pacific Avenue in Brandon, Manitoba. In front are people with horses and wagons. To the left is the Western Canada Loan & Savings Co. (appraiser, E. J. Barclay). To the far right is possibly the Farmers' Home Hotel.

Clark J. Smith Studio

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