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Winnipeg Water Works, 1871

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Item
1871

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Ox drawn cart shown in photograph.

St. Boniface, 1872

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Item
1872

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Grace Church, Winnipeg, 1872

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Item
1872

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Members and Officials of the Council of the City of Winnipeg, 1875

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1875

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Photograph shows William Nassau Kennedy, Mayor, Alderman John Cameron, Alderman Willoughby Clark, Alderman Matthew Davis, Alderman William Gomez Fonseca, Alderman John Hacket, Alderman Alexander Logan, Alderman Thomas Lusted, Alderman James McLenaghan, Alderman Alexander McMicken, Alderman Dugald Sinclair, Alderman Archibald Wright. D.B. Murray, Chief of Police, Capt. Thomas Scott, Chief Engineer, Fire Brigade, D.M. Walker, City Solicitor, A. MacArthur, Auditor, Col. John Kennedy, Assessor, Thomas Inglis, Architect of Market, A.M. Brown, City Clerk, James S. Ramsay, City Chamberlain, T.H. Parr, City Engineer, G.D. McVicar, Assessor, Colin F. Strang, Auditor, Henry Kirk, Messenger.

Point Douglas looking north with City Hall foundation in foreground, August 1875

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Item
1875

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Photograph taken from top of Courthouse.

Point Douglas from Courthouse, 1874

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Item
1874

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Winnipeg, Main Street looking south, Summer 1875

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1875

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Photograph taken from top of Courthouse.

Cornerstone Casket, 1884

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1875-1884

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Forms part of Fonds 1, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971): Series 83 consists of items contained in a casket prepared by City Council for placement in the cornerstone of the City's second city hall.

Shortly after Winnipeg's first city hall was demolished in 1883, City Council called for plans and specifications to construct a second city hall. The cornerstone for this new building was laid on July 20, 1884 by Mayor Logan, with speeches from Captain Scott, Aldermen Mulvey, Wilson and Drewry and American Consul James Wickes Taylor, among others. The casket from Winnipeg's first city hall was placed into the cornerstone for the new city hall, along with a second smaller casket which contained a number of civic publications, coins and photographs.

Affectionately known as the "Gingerbread" building, the second city hall served Winnipeg until it was demolished in 1962 to make way for construction of the new civic centre. Upon demolition, the caskets were removed and opened and the contents moved to a bank safety deposit box and then to the Archives.

Winnipeg (Man.). City Council

Robert Dewar, Contractor

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Item
1884

Part of City of Winnipeg (1874-1971)

Photograph of Robert Dewar, the contractor for the construction of Winnipeg's second City Hall, completed in 1886. Photograph was taken by Israel Bennetto and placed in the building's cornerstone.

Bennetto, Israel