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John Birtles

Photograph of John Birtles standing in front of his new car at Second Avenue and Iona Street, Alexander, Manitoba. The house in the background, built in 1887, includes the family butcher shop.

Bonanza/Sandison Farm

Page from the Illustrated Souvenir of Brandon with six inlaid pictures of a farm titled, "Bonanza Farm, North of Brandon." Pictured are fields, a row of tress, cattle, a barn, and a stone house. On the back, the farm is identified as Sandison Farm.

Martel's Limited

New Pacific Hotel

Photograph of the New Pacific Hotel at 7th Street and Pacific Avenue in Brandon, Manitoba. People are pictured on the balcony, the front sidewalk, and on the street riding an ox-drawn cart. Identified at the centre are Howard Main (owner of the hotel) and Harry Powers.

CPR Crew Laying Cement

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."

Construction of Iron Bridge over Assiniboine River, 1912

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.

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