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Morris Block collection

  • c00004
  • Collection
  • 1876-1970

The collection consists of material relating to Winnipeg and includes vintage photographs of local businesses, buildings and civic government employees, works and operations; stereoscopic views published by the T. Eaton Co. Limited, the Keystone View Company and Underwood & Underwood, Publishers; postcards of Winnipeg published by Henry Kalen Ltd., and Alex Wilson Publications Limited; line drawings and sketches extracted from various publications; maps and plans of the City of Winnipeg; publications including telephone directories for the City of Winnipeg and Report on a Future Water Supply for the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1897; ephemera including letterhead of local businesses, stock certificates, invoices, property tax receipts and statements, philatelic items (souvenir stamps created for civic events); miscellaneous artifacts including a souvenir ashtray, pin, sterling silver spoon, and coins.

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Upper Fort Garry

Photograph of Upper Fort Garry mounted on cardboard. The photo was taken in 1878, but it is unclear when this actual record was cretated.

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Main Street, looking north from Lombard

Photograph mounted on cardboard of Main Street looking north from Lombard Avenue. The front of the record is dated as 1882, but the reverse side gives the dates as 1879-1880. It is unclear whether either of these dates refer specifically to the photograph of the entierty of the record.

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Public buildings and street scenes

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.

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Broadway looking west from Fort Garry Court

Photograph taken from Fort Garry Court, located at Broadway and Main Street, looking west down Broadway. St. Mary’s Academy, the Parliament Building (Legislature), and Law Courts are labeled off in the distance.

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Western Cake and Pie Co carriage

Photograph mounted on cardboard of the horse-drawn delivery wagon of the Western Cake and Pie Comapany, owned by Crane and David, who owned a bakery at 765 Dufferin Avenue.

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Group photo of City foremen and officials

Group photograph mounted on cardboard of City foremen – likely from the City Engineer’s Department - and officials in 1907. Each man is numbered and named below the photograph. Top-row, left to right: A.G. Cowley, George Grant, Dick Jones, Harry Webb, J.S. Nicholas, Mr. Crosby, unknown, Byde Hallock, Jack Cassop, Sam St. Lawrence, and Dick Buckingham; bottom row, left to right: George McCarthy, future City Engineer William Hurst, Alderman Thomas Wilson, E.C. Stacey, Jim Ballilie, E.J. Pope, Lex. Neilson, John Swanson, Bill Orr, Joe Millar, Alderman James Gerald Latimer, and Billie Woods. Photograph by Meyers Studios, Limited.

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Group photo of S.C. Hill and City foremen

Group photograph mounted on cardboard of General Foreman S.C. Hill and his City foremen – likely from the City Engineer’s Department - 1898-1909. Each man is numbered and named below the photograph. seated, left to right: Bob Wilson, Dick Jones, S.C. Hill, J.S. Nicholas, L.O. Bailey; standing, left to right: Mr. Garfield, Jack Cassop, Tom McMunn, unknown, Sandy Cathcart, William Reid, G. Spence, John Burns, William Burke, and unknown. Photograph by Meyers Studios, Limited.

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Main Street, looking north from Portage

A promotional stereogram showing traffic and streetcars on Main Street, looking north from Portage Avenue, made by the Keystone View Company. The reverse side of the image contains information about Winnipeg.

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Promotional stereograms of Winnipeg made by the Keystone View Company

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.

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