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Corner Portage Avenue and Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Print is a photographic image of the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street. Date of print is uncertain, [193-].

Storefronts in the Power Building

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

A view of cars and shoppers outside the Power Building at the corner of Portage Avenue and Vaughan Street. Street level storefronts include the Winnipeg Electric Company showroom and Rexall / Liggett's drug store. Above are the offices of Western Empire L

Power Building and Hudson's Bay Company Building

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

View of the North side of the corner of Portage Avenue and Vaughan Street, featuring the Power Building and Hudson's Bay Company Building. I front are parked cars and a street car passing by.

Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – page 2

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Part
Apr. 1940

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Page 2 of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Photos consist of Portage Avenue looking west from around Vaughn Street, a rail line at Portage Avenue and St. James Street, troops in formation, and Mrs. and Shirley Gardiner. See general notes section for more details.

Wallace, John

Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – page 7

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Part
Apr. 1940

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Page 7 of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Photographs depict Fort Osborne Barracks and its Parade Square, soldiers marching, the Civic Auditorium, and the Mall Hotel on Portage Avenue between Colony and Balmoral Streets.

Wallace, John

Bridge over Omands Creek on Portage Avenue, looking west to Polo Park

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Item
[ca. 1938]

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Portage Ave. looking east, Winnipeg

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Photograph show Portage Avenue looking east from Main Street. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.

Hudson Bay Co., Store, Winnipeg, Man.

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Photograph shows Hudson Bay Company Store at Portage Avenue and Memorial Boulevard. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.

T. Eaton Co. Store, Winnipeg, Man.

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Photograph shows Eaton's Department Store at Portage Avenue and Donald Street.

Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Photograph shows view of Paris and Avenue buildings and Bank of Nova Scotia building. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.

Portage Avenue and Main Street looking north

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Hudson's Bay Company Store from Portage Avenue at Memorial Boulevard

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1942.

Central Winnipeg between Portage and Notre Dame Avenues [Aerial view]

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Inscription (on recto): WG A158 8/6/1942 Central Wpg between Portage and Notre Dame Ave's.

VE Day in Winnipeg showing Portage Avenue and Eaton's building in background

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Photograph shows Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) celebrations marking the end of World War 2 in Europe.

VE Day - Hurtig Furs store decorated with victory sign

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Photograph shows Hurtig Furs store on Portage Avenue, storefront decorated with victory sign for Victory in Europe (VE Day) celebrations that marked the end of World War 2 in Europe.

Legislative Building and Central Winnipeg [Aerial view]

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Inscription (on recto): WG M35: 4-5, 5 Mar '45, Legislative Bldg and Central Wpg, appr. scale 1/12000.

VE Day in Winnipeg showing Eaton's Building on Portage Avenue adorned with flags

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Photograph shows Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) celebrations marking the end of World War 2 in Europe.

Assiniboine to Airport, St. James [Aerial view]

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Inscription (on recto): WG M35: 7-16, 5 Mar '45, Assiniboine to Airport, St. James, app scale 1/12000.

Central Business District: Aerial view - Central Winnipeg

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1947.

Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade

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File
6 Jun. 1949

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Photographs of a parade celebrating Winnipeg's 75th anniversary. The photos are taken on Portage Avenue between Colony/Memorial and Balmoral Streets. The parade features marching bands, baton twirlers, clowns, celebrities, floats of various businesses, organizations, and ethnic communities, as well as members of the Blackfoot Nation. There is no apparent order to the photos, as photos of the same float can be found several photos away from each other.

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