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50th anniversary parade on Portage

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Item
1924

Part of Morris Block collection

Photograph of parade float on Portage Avenue celebrating Winnipeg’s 50th anniversary.

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Marching band in 50th anniversary parade on Main

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Item
1924

Part of Morris Block collection

Photograph of a marching band on Main street and McDermot Avenue, part of Winnipeg’s 50th anniversary parade.

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Arrival of Tenth Royal Grenadiers at Winnipeg

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Item
[between 1914 and 1918]

Part of Morris Block collection

Drawing of onlookers welcoming the Tenth Royal Grenadiers at the Canadian Pacific Railway station. The drawing is taken from the “Illustrated War News” and is mounted on cardboard.

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Upper Fort Garry

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Item
1878

Part of Morris Block collection

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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Houses on Edmonton Street

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Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Morris Block collection

Photograph of houses on Edmonton Street, likely south of Portage Avenue.

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Fire Department no. 2, Smith and York

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Item
[ca. 1912]

Part of Morris Block collection

Photograph of the number 2 fire station at Smith Street and York Avenue. Photograph is a reproduction of the original at the Archives of Manitoba.

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Paul Harland building thermocouple

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Item
Oct. 1955

Part of Morris Block collection

Photograph of Paul Harland, possibly an employee of the Warnock Hersey Company engineering firm, building a thermocouple for “C-6” (this is written on the photograph’s reverse, but is not defined).

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Eddie Wachal reading potentiometer at Transcona thermocouple

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Item
1955

Part of Morris Block collection

Photograph of Eddie Wachal, employee of the Warnock Hersey Company engineering firm, reading a potentiometer at a thermocouple being constructed in Transcona.

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Jack Johnston working on thermocouple in Brandon

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Item
Jan. 1956

Part of Morris Block collection

Photograph of Jack Johnston, possibly an employee of the Warnock Hersey Company engineering firm, doing work on a themocouple at Brandon.

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First recital at the Civic Auditorium

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Item
9 Nov. 1932

Part of Morris Block collection

Photograph mounted on cardboard of the first recital held at the newly built Civic Auditorium on November 9, 1932. Lawrence Tibbett was peforming with Stewart Wille on piano. The performance was part of the “Celebrity Concert Series” directed by Fred M. Gee. Photograph taken by P.M. Adam

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Group photo of City foremen and officials

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Item
1907

Part of Morris Block collection

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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Banfiend’s Furniture carts in front of Empire Hotel

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Item
1912

Part of Morris Block collection

Photograph mounted on cardboard of a cavalcade of horse-drawn wagons in front of the Empire Hotel on Main Street and York Avenue, advertising deals on 3-room furniture suites at Banfield’s Furniture, 492 Main Street.

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1939 Royal Procession at River and Osborne

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Item
24 May 1939

Part of Morris Block collection

Photograph printed on cardboard of the corner of River Avenue and Osborne Street during the Royal Procession of Queen (then Princess) Elizabeth and King George on May 24, 1939.

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Crane and David (Western Cake and Pie Co) storefront

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Item
[ca. 1910]

Part of Morris Block collection

Group photograph mounted on cardboard of the staff of Crane and David, Bakers and Confectioners (also knows as the Western Cake and Pie Company) in front of their store at 765 Dufferin Avenue.

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Various building and public works projects

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1913-1915

Part of Morris Block collection

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.

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