Portage Avenue and Main Street looking north
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- 1941
Portage Avenue and Main Street looking north
Photograph album of Winnipeg during WW1: Page 1
Item consists of a scrapbook page showing group of unidentified people in boat on river, possibly at Lockpart (Items 1 and 2), duck pond and pavilion at Assiniboine Park (Item 3), unidentified people in boat on river (Items 4 and 5), and pavilion at Assiniboine Park (Item 6). Dates of photographs are approximate, [ca. 1913].
Photograph album of Winnipeg during WW1: Page 2
Item consists of a scrapbook page showing unidentified building (Item 7), Industrial Bureau Exhibition Building (Item 8), Canadian National Railway station (C.N.R. station) from Broadway looking east (Item 9), unidentified woman standing in front of residential building (Item 10), City Hall and Volunteer Monument (second City Hall) (Item 11), unidentified woman posing in front of what is likely the Assiniboine Park Pavilion (Item 12). Dates of photographs are approximate, [ca. 1913].
Police Chief Christopher Newton - left
1932 Relief Works and Committee Winnipeg
Photograph collage of the 1932 Winnipeg Relief Works and Committee. Portraits of committee members are surrounding photographs of projects the committee had worked on. The committee members are, clockwise from top left: Alderman John Blumberg, Alderman H. Andrews, City Clerk Magnus Peterson, Alderman J.A. Barry, Alderman A.A. Ryley, Alderman W.B. Simpson, City Engineer W.P. Brereton, G.W. Northwood, Alderman E.D. Honeyman, Mayor Ralph Webb, Alderman J.A. McKerschar, A. MacNamara, Resident Engineer A.J. Taunton, Alderman L.F. Borrowman, and Alderman C.E. Simonite. The works projects showcased in the center are, clockwise from top left: the Main Street Bridge, the Norwood Bridge, the Assiniboine Park Bridge, the Winnipeg Auditorium, the Sargent Park Swimming Pool, and the Salter Street Bridge. Created by Robson Photo.
Grand Stands, Exhibition Grounds
People gathered in and around grand stands at the Winnipeg Exhibition Grounds. This photograph is on page 15 of a promotional booklet published by City Council in 1903.
Delivery Truck, Lake of the Woods Milling Company
A delivery truck belonging to the Lake of the Woods Milling Company (later known as Five Roses Flour and merged with the Ogilvie Milling Company in 1954), which was based in Keewatin, Ontario.
Bugle Band - 90th Overseas Battalion
Group photograph of the 90th Overseas Battalion Bugle Band in uniform, with drums in front. Photo taken by Royal Studio, 325 Portage Avenue.
Number 33 - Compressor at high pressure plant
Photograph of Mayor Alexander Macdonald.
Photograph of Mayor Thomas Ryan
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.
Workers at Little Mountain Quarry
Photograph of workers at Little Mountain Quarry in front of their work area.
Two photographs of a police offer wearing 1890's police coat. Same picture, different sizes.
A photograph of the Police Station on James Avenue, ca. 1900.
A photograph of mounted policeman on the 1880's.
A photograph of the Winnipeg Polic Force with caption, taken in 1884.
78th Overseas Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers)
Panorama of the 78th Oversees Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) lined up in formation at Fort Osborne Barracks. Photograph taken by Royal Studio.
Dakota Village Shopping Centre panorama
View of Dakota Village Shopping Centre, 1077-1095 St. Mary's Road, 3.5 acres. From left to right: unknown stores, Ladies and Children's Wear, Lance Pharmacy, [Dakota?] Bowling, Shoe Fair, Bank of Nova Scotia, Safeway, apartment block, Bank of Montreal. 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 “6”, presumably as part of a compilation with other shopping centre panoramas.
Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg (Man.). Planning Division