File contains photographs collected and/or commissioned by the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg for the publication "The Metropolitan". The photos' content includes parks, transit, roads and bridges, and Metro events. Most of the photos have marks and text that have to do with their size and layout in the publication, as well as cutline captions. Photographer is unknown.
Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Man.). Information Officer
Photographs of Kildonan Park and the Kildonan Golf Course in use. Photos include aerials of the golf course, summer and winter activities in the park, and interiors of the the Peguis Pavilion.
Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Man.). Information Officer
Photographs of various parks and park goers around the Greater Winnipeg area, as well as a small amount of textual records created by the Metro government describing the photos, their collection, and their use. Photographs were collected and used by Allan Bready, Metro's Information Officer, as part of a publication project of park featurettes.
Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Man.). Information Officer
A series of photographs that were returned to the Metro Government by the Federal Publications Services in Montreal. The photos were presumably sent to be used in a publication. The photos were returned on January 16, 1975.
Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Man.). Information Officer
Photographs of streets and traffic from various places around the Greater Winnipeg Area. Photographs are primarily aerial shots, but the file also contains photos of people and buildings.
Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Man.). Information Officer
Photographs of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. Photos include boating and canoeing on the rivers, landscape shots of the city that include the rivers, and aerial shots of the rivers. Photographs originally assembled for use in an unknown publication.
Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Man.). Information Officer
Colour and black and white slides depicting musicians and entertainment landmarks around Manitoba, many of which were featured in Owen Clark’s book “Musical Ghosts”.
Photographs of seven of seven Winnipeg Mayors made by various photo companies. Mayors included are Thomas William Taylor, Thomas Gilroy, Alexander Macdonald, Alexander Logan, Thomas Ryan, Alfred Pearson, and Henry Shaver Wesbrook.
Photographs of events at the Civic Auditorium on Vaughan Street, the Metropolitan Theatre on Donald Street, and the demolition of the Orpheum Theatre on Fort Street.
Photographs of buildings on Portage Avenue including the Bank of Montreal, Zeller's, the Power Building, Winnipeg Electric Co. and the Royal Bank Building.