VE Day in Winnipeg showing Portage Avenue and Eaton's building in background
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- 1945
Photograph shows Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) celebrations marking the end of World War 2 in Europe.
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VE Day in Winnipeg showing Portage Avenue and Eaton's building in background
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
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
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
Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - men on motorcycles
Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - G. Meech 1912 Hupmobile float
Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - marching band and street car
Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - crowned woman in car
Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - boy on horseback waving
Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - unmarked car
Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - horse drawn fire engine
Float advertises Douglas Chisholm Agencies Insurance
Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - Parade Marshal
Photograph shows old St. James Bridge approach, looking North up present Kintrye Street. Viscount Gort site centre right/Hydro sub-station - St. James Street and Portage Avenue far left. Date of photograph is uncertain [after 1932].
The Cove Restaurant, corner of Portage and Carlton
Photograph of "The Cove" Restaurant at 355 Portage Avenue, at Carlton Street. The photograph was taken from a building on Carlton Street looking southeast towards the Eaton's Building, Mitchell-Copp, Zeller's, and the Carlton Building.
Storefronts in the Power Building
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
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.
Polo Park Shopping Centre panorama
View of Polo Park Shopping Centre, 1485 Portage Avenue, 41 acres. South side of shopping centre. Left to right: Winnipeg Motor Products, Motor Club, Simpson Sears Service Station, Simpson Sears Department Store. 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 “13”, presumably as part of a compilation with other shopping centre panoramas.
Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Man.). Planning Division
Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - Swift's Red Wagon 1949 float
Winnipeg's 75th Anniversary parade - line of cars