Business card of R. J. Whitla & Co., included in a casket that was placed into the cornerstone of Winnipeg's second City Hall in 1884.

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Item consists of an audio recording of the laying of the cornerstone ceremony held on November 30, 1965 at the Public Safety Building. It records the voices of Mayor Stephen Juba, Chief Constable George Blow, Fire Chief Cecil Leckie, City Signals Engineer Jack Clarke, Deputy Mayor and Ald. Edith Tennant, Ald. Leonard Claydon, Ald. J. Cropo, Ald. Joseph Zuken, Ald. Slaw Rebchuk, and Contractor Cecil Rilkoff. It was recorded by the City Signals Engineer, Jack Clarke.

Business card of Redwood Brewery, included in a casket that was placed into the cornerstone of Winnipeg's second City Hall in 1884.

A photograph of the Redwood Bridge during the 1950 flood in Winnipeg.

A letter from M. Peterson, Secretary for the Committee on Finance, to the Committee on Fire, Water, Light, and Power regarding volunteers who worked in the Engineering and Electrical departments during the General Strike.

Annual report of the Department of Health for the year 1918. Provides information and statistics on Department initiatives and public health within the City more generally, including diseases (including the “Spanish Influenza” or “Spanish Flu” outbreak), inoculations, education campaigns, food quality, scavenging and waste disposal, deaths, and general saniation. Also includes information about budgets and finances within the Department.

Annual report of the Department of Health for the year 1919. Provides information and statistics on Department initiatives and public health within the City more generally, including diseases (including the “Spanish Influenza” or “Spanish Flu” outbreak), inoculations, education campaigns, food quality, scavenging and waste disposal, deaths, and general saniation. Also includes information about budgets and finances within the Department.

Annual report of the Department of Health for the year 1920. Provides information and statistics on Department initiatives and public health within the City more generally, including diseases (including the “Spanish Influenza” or “Spanish Flu” outbreak), inoculations, education campaigns, food quality, scavenging and waste disposal, deaths, and general saniation. Also includes information about budgets and finances within the Department.

A report by the Health Department, Communicable Diseases Division for June, 1919, submitted to A.J. Douglas, Medical Health Officer. Statistics are listed for various diseases and the operational difficulties caused by the General Strike are addressed.

A report by the Citizens' Committee of One Hundred, submitted by its Chairman, A.L. Crossin, to City Council, in which it makes several proposals to settle the civic strike.

A report submitted to A.J. Douglas, Chief Health officer, regarding dairy inspection for the month of June, 1919. It is noted that, due to the General Strike, special inspections and deliveries were made in cooperation with the Food Committee.

Survey of housing in select areas of Winnipeg, prepared by Ernest W.J. Hague, Assistant Chief Health Inspector in the City of Winnipeg Health Department. Survey contains demographic, economic, geographic, and other information about housing and its effect on overall health.

The file was listed as containing maps and photographs, but no such records were found with this survey.

A report sent by the Health Department regarding milk and cream distribution, based on daily reports form individual distribution stations. Submitted to E.W.J. Hague, Assistant Chief Health Inspector.

A report submitted for Major R.H. Bingham, Officer in Charge of the Special Police that were active during the General Strike. The report lists numbers of Special Constables, the companies they were divided into, where said companies were placed, and who led them.

File consists of report by Edwin O. Jordan on typhoid fever in Winnipeg. Read at City Council on February 20, 1905. The recommendations outlined in this report guided City decisions on matters related to public health, sanitation, sewers, and water supply.