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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.

Storefronts on Portage Avenue between Carlton and Hargrave Streets

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Cars and shoppers in front of stores on the north side of Portage Avenue, between Carlton and Hargrave Streets. Featured are The Berryhill Shoe Store in the Enderton / Mitchell-Copp Building, the Bank of Montreal, Zeller's (Zellers), and Rannards Shoes in

Portage Avenue looking west from Colony Street

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

A view of Portage Avenue looking west from Colony Street. The Hudson's Bay Company Building is featured prominantly and the Power Building and the Boyd Building are visible farther west.

Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - riders on horseback

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6 Jun. 1949

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - men on motorcycles

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6 Jun. 1949

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - G. Meech 1912 Hupmobile float

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6 Jun. 1949

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - marching band and street car

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6 Jun. 1949

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - crowned woman in car

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6 Jun. 1949

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - car with skull and crossbones labelled "Dunc Johnny"

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6 Jun. 1949

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - boy on horseback waving

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6 Jun. 1949

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - unmarked car

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6 Jun. 1949

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - horse drawn fire engine

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6 Jun. 1949

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Float advertises Douglas Chisholm Agencies Insurance

Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - Parade Marshal

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6 Jun. 1949

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Winnipeg Street Railway on Portage Avenue in front of Merchants Hotel

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[ca. 1886]

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Cars and drivers, Clarendon Hotel

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Photograph shows cars and drivers at Clarendon Hotel, northwest corner of Donald Street and Portage Avenue. - Inscription (on verso): 1st car, R. M. McLeod and R. Newman 2nd car, W. C. Power at wheel. 3rd car, Kelly Bros. 4th car, Douglas M. McLaughlin and Bert Wells (standing between cars is Ace Emmett). 5th car, Jack McCullock and Jimmy Boswell. - Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1904.

Portage Avenue storefronts

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1939, [ca. 1966]

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

Photographs of buildings on Portage Avenue including the Bank of Montreal, Zeller's, the Power Building, Winnipeg Electric Co. and the Royal Bank Building.

Westwood Shopping Centre panorama

Part of City of Winnipeg Archives Photograph collection

View of Westwood Shopping Centre, 3276-3332 Portage Avenue, 10.2 acres. From left to right: various shops, motel, various shops and Assiniboia Public Library, Safeway Store, Marshall Wells, Perths, Westwood Pharmacy, various Shops, Zeller's County Fair, Auto Centre. Consists of 3 separate photographs pasted together on cardboard to create a panorama. The cardboard is a scrap made from an old sign of the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (visible on the reverse). The cardboard is numbered “10”, presumably as part of a compilation with other shopping centre panoramas.

Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Man.). Planning Division