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Public Works Photograph collection

  • c00019
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1900]-2014

Consists of analogue and digital records donated by the City of Winnipeg’s Public Works Department with ca. 2000 photographs including slides, negatives, and polaroids. Many photos capture public parks, boulevards, streets, and playgrounds created for the daily functions of the department including presentations, research, and documentation. Photo albums created by municipal parks boards such as the St. James Parks Board before Winnipeg amalgamation were collected by Public Works and depict the parks created and maintained by the St. James Parks Board. Other historical photos and prints of public parks, and recreational activities were collected for research and display purposes.

Winnipeg (Man.). Public Works Department

L.B. Foote photos of tourists at Shoal Lake

Glass lantern slides taken by L.B. [Lewis Benjamin] Foote of the tourists taking the Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway to and enjoying leisure time at Shoal Lake. The Greater Winnipeg Water District hired Foote to take these photos.

Greater Winnipeg Water District

Kildonan Park and Kildonan Golf Course

Photographs of Kildonan Park and the Kildonan Golf Course in use. Photos include aerials of the golf course, summer and winter activities in the park, and interiors of the the Peguis Pavilion.

Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Man.). Information Officer

Parks Featurettes

Photographs of various parks and park goers around the Greater Winnipeg area, as well as a small amount of textual records created by the Metro government describing the photos, their collection, and their use. Photographs were collected and used by Allan Bready, Metro's Information Officer, as part of a publication project of park featurettes.

Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Man.). Information Officer

Slides of musicians and venues

Colour and black and white slides depicting musicians and entertainment landmarks around Manitoba, many of which were featured in Owen Clark’s book “Musical Ghosts”.

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