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Winnipeg in Focus is a database for archival descriptions and digital collections at the City of Winnipeg Archives.

Winnipeg in Focus

City Hall, facing Market Ave, 1961; photo by Henry Kalen. Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg fonds (A2205 File 23 Item 29).

Winnipeg in Focus is a database for archival descriptions and digital collections at the City of Winnipeg Archives. It allows users to search and browse holdings at the City of Winnipeg Archives and view digital reproductions of archival records. This website includes only a fraction of our holdings. Content will be added as resources allow. A summary of our holdings can be found here. For further assistance, see the help and contact page.

Inaugural meeting of City Council, 1972. Overlaid text says Collections. Ballet dancer Lillian Lewis, 1947. Overlaid text says People and Organizations. Special police during the 1919 General Strike. Overlaid text says Subjects.
Proposed district map, Metropolitan Planning Committee, 1947. Overlaid text says Places. Louis Armstrong and his band at Rancho Don Carlos, circa 1942. Overlaid text says Images. Louis Riel and the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia, 1869-1870. Overlaid text says Exhibits.
Film screening at Winnipeg Auditorium in the 1940s. Overlaid text says Into the Archives. Vehicles stuck in snow, likely on William Avenue, circa 1966. Overlaid text says Get Help. Aerial of stadium during the 1991 Grey Cup game. Overlaid text says Donate.

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