Letter to Council. Sender: Alex Brown. Subject: application for position of City Assessor. Referred to: Committee on Appointments. Action taken: appointed to position Feb. 23, 1874.
Letter to Council. Sender: Willoughby Clark. Subject: application for position of City Assessor. Referred to: Committee on Appointments. Action taken: appointed to position Feb. 23, 1874.
Letter to Council. Sender: James Collins. Subject: application for position of Scavenger. Referred to: Committee on Works (cover sheet states referred to Board of Works). Action taken: confirmed March 23, 1874.
Letter to Council. Sender: Wilson Hyman and others. Subject: transfer of saloon license (petition by several citizens against the transfer of a saloon license for the Red Saloon to the brick building known as the “Drug Store” as there are already 3 saloons licensed in that area.). Referred to: laid on table.
Letter to Council. Sender: Hyslop & Ronald (Engine and Machine Works - Chatham, Ontario). Subject: steam fire engine (promotional letter regarding the fire fighting products they have for sale). Referred to: Committee on Fire and Water.
Letter to Council. Sender: Caldwell & Cunningham. Subject: tender for printing of cheque books for the City Clerk. Referred to: Committee on Printing. Action taken: (offer rejected).
Photographs of work being done on various building and public works projects. This includes work at the Union Stock Yards, work on a City pipeline, work on a sewer in Tuxedo, work being done on a septic tank for the Ninette Sanatorium, and work being done on a sump pump in Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ontario. Also included are a small number of photographs of leisure activities in unknown rural locations. Photographs are all similar in style and may have been taken by a single, unidentified photographer.
A collection of promotional stereograms produced by the T. Eaton Company, showing various scenes and operations at its store and factories in Winnipeg. This includes images of Eaton’s main department store on Portage Avenue, both inside and outside, the company’s factories throughout the City and work being done in them, as well as street scenes of Winnipeg. The stereograms are numbered from one to fifty and have descriptive text on their reverse.
Two stereograms produced by the Keystone View Company, which had offices in New York State, Oregon, London, and Sydney. The stereograms are numbered, indicating they are part of a larger series of images and show Winnipeg street scenes, along with information about Winnipeg on their reverse.
Small photographs depicting street scenes in Winnipeg, including shops on Portage Avenue, Winnipeg’s 50th anniversary parade in 1924, and Assiniboine Park.
Photographs of various Winnipeg buildings, such as fire stations and the Land Titles building, and scenes of streets such as Broadway. The photographs appear to be reproductions, some marked as being from the Archives of Manitoba.
Photographs of the employees of the Warnock Hersey Company – consulting and inspecting engineers and industrial chemists – doing work in Transcona and Brandon.
Annual reports of the Department of Health for the years 1917-1921. Provides information and statistics on Department initiatives and public health within the City more generally, including diseases (including the “Spanish Influezna” or “Spanish Flu” outbreak), inoculations, education campaigns, food quality, scavenging and waste disposal, deaths, and general saniation. Also includes information about budgets and finances within the Department.
Winnipeg (Man.). Committee on Public Health and Welfare