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"The Royal Alexandra," Canadian Pacific Railway's Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba

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[after 1906]

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Item consists of postcard in printed format that shows the Royal Alexandra, the Canadian Pacific Railway's Hotel. Now demolished, the Hotel once stood at the northeast corner of Higgins Avenue and Main Street. - Published by Valentine Edy Company, Limited, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Printed in Great Britain. Date of postcard is unknown.

Street Scene, Winnipeg, Man., Canada

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Item consists of a postcard in printed format that shows an aerial view of downtown Winnipeg, looking north up Main Street from Portage Avenue. Date of postcard is unknown.

Vicinity of Elmwood Park [Aerial view]

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Inscription (on recto): WG M35: 3-16, 5 Mar '45, vicinity Elmwood Park Wpg, appr scale 1/12000.

Vicinity of Elmwood Park [Aerial view]

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Inscription (on recto): WG M35: 3-15, 5 Mar '45, vicinity Elmwood Park Wpg, appr. scale 1/12000.

Kildonan Park [Aerial view]

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Inscription (on recto): WG M35: 2-18, 5 Mar. '45, Kildonan Park, Wpg [Winnipeg], appr. scale 1/12000.

Logan Avenue and Main Street [Aerial view]

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Inscription (on recto): A160 3-9-43 Logan Ave and Main St Wpg [Winnipeg] about 4000' 5".

City Hall (exterior), No. C-508

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Photograph of Civic Complex, showing Council Building and Administration Building, taken from corner of Main Street and William Avenue. Description (on verso): Third City Hall - Officially Opened October 5th, 1964. Photograph taken by Henry Kalen.

Kalen, Henry

Aerial view of intersection at Portage Avenue and Main Street

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Photograph shows aerial view of intersection at Portage Avenue and Main Street (after barriers closing intersection to pedestrian concourse). Also shows Bank of Nova Scotia (Trizec Building) under construction. Photograph likely taken from the top of the Richardson Building.

Allan, Hugh

Looking west on Portage Avenue prior to the opening of the Portage and Main underground pedestrian concourse on February 23, 1979

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Allan, Hugh

Looking west on Portage Avenue prior to the opening of the Portage and Main underground pedestrian concourse on February 23, 1979

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Allan, Hugh

Looking west on Portage Avenue prior to the opening of the Portage and Main underground pedestrian concourse on February 23, 1979

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Caption (on file): "Residents of Winnipeg who for a hundred years have fought the wintry winds at the corner of Portage and Main will now cross in summertime comfort with the provision of an environmentally controlled pedestrian concourse beneath Canada's most famous corner."

Allan, Hugh

Looking east on Portage Avenue East prior to the opening of the Portage and Main underground pedestrian concourse on February 23, 1979

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Caption (on file): "Shivering on the corner of Portage and Main on a cold, windy day waiting for traffic lights to change will now be just a memory with the opening of a climate controlled underground pedestrian concourse linking the four corners of Winnipeg's famous intersection."

Allan, Hugh