Photograph of Henry Dunbar's threshing outfit in the Brandon Hills. The man at the centre is identified as Henry Dunbar. Also pictured is a J.I. Case steam engine (c.1883-1888) and a hand-fed separator with straw carrier.
The collection mainly records Ruby Dickie’s wartime service as a nursing sister during the First World War but also documents her graduation from the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing, and her affiliation with the Manitoba Association of Graduate Nurses and the Canadian Association of Nurses. The collection is arranged into six series and consists of certificates, programmes, service records, photographs, guidebook, and objects, including a medicine chest which is believed to have been used during the North-West Rebellion of 1885.
Photograph of the Cockshutt Plow Company store in Winnipeg. In front of the three-storey building is a wagon and an unidentified man standing on the steps.
Image of threshing gang and equipment; 17 people, machines, horses, wire fence, and a huge stack of hay. Handwritten note on the back indicates that the man at the back of the buggy might be Mr. Lau.
Photograph the Holt Header Harvester pulled by 32-horse team pulling a header harvester. Ernie Platt is the driver of the horse team. Written on back in pencil: "32 horses - early 'combine' - a 'header' - provided all power. Hold Header Harvester, made in California - in operation in California before 1900. Donated by Bessie Stuart."
Photograph of an agricultural scene on the Leitch Farm (32-10-21; 19-1-21) near Alexander, Manitoba c. 1903. Pictured are: Thomas Curtis driving harrow team (white horse); Peter Leitch (grandfather) in buggy; Archie Leitch driving tandem team on plow; Peter Leitch driving seed drill; and Jack Leitch with 3 horses.
