Old Central School, Brandon, Manitoba
- CA DHM 1978.14-8
- Item
- 1883-1889
Photograph of Brandon's Old Central School, taken by Canadian Pacific Railway.
Old Central School, Brandon, Manitoba
Photograph of Brandon's Old Central School, taken by Canadian Pacific Railway.
Ground-Breaking Ceremony, St. Joseph’s Convent, Brandon, Manitoba – ca. 1883
Photograph shows the ground-breaking ceremony for St. Joseph’s Convent in Brandon, Manitoba. Five men and two nuns standing in a field with shovels.
Henry Dunbar's Threshing Outfit
Part of Albert Pettitt Collection
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.
J.A. Brock & Co.
Portrait of an Unidentified Baby
Part of Daly House Museum Collection
Photographed portrait of an unidentified baby wearing a white dress and hat.
J.A. Brock & Co. (Brandon, Manitoba and Los Angeles, California)
Part of Birtles Family Collection
Photographed portrait of Joseph Birtles, Sr.
William H. Irwin
Part of Martin Kavanagh Collection
Photograph of the cast of a play titled "My Prince." Identified from left to right are: George Matheson, Annie Matheson, (?) Douglas, Margaret Laweson (?), (?) Douglas, Zina Johnson, and J.W. Robinson.
J.A. Brock & Co.
Rosser Avenue, Brandon (Man.), Looking West
Part of Kathy Thornborough Collection
Photograph of Rosser Avenue, Brandon, looking west. People, horse-drawn buggies, and what appears to be construction debris on muddy street. Visible businesses include, on one side: Cheapside block with Atkinson & Nation, Herbert Field (Sales in Stoves), and Jno A. Brown Groceries; on the other side: Bakery, Golden Lion, D.A. Reesor, and a Johnson Hardware Store. Bottom caption reads, "238 - Rosser Avenue, Brandon, Looking West."
The collection reflects Ada Janet Ross’ nursing career and wartime experience from her nursing training, through to her death and posthumous honours. The records document her time at the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing, the Women’s Hospital in New York, the Selkirk Hospital, as well as her affiliations with the Manitoba Association of Registered Nurses, the Nursing Sisters, and the Canadian Army Medical Corps. The collection consists of certificates, programmes, forms, correspondence, photographs, postcards and artefacts which have been arranged into seven series.
Ross, Ada Janet
Brandon Volunteer Fire Brigade, 1884
Part of City of Brandon Collection
Photograph of the members of the 1882 Brandon Volunteer Fire Brigade. Pictured are uniformed fire fighters: J. Richards, T. Taylor, B. Trotter, N. Field, J. Maywood, E. Wiswell (standing); J. Reid, J. Burchill, T. Speers, W. Taylor, A. McLean, J. Canning, W. Campbell, E. Stanley (kneeling). There is a hook and ladder truck in the background.
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