BRANDON COLOUR PHOTO ARCHIVE XVIII
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CONTENTS
Early Brandon |
Great Northern RR Depot |
Asylum |
West End Park |
Rosser Avenue 1909 |
Race Track at Exhibition Grounds |
Merchants Bank of Canada |
Canadian Bank of Commerce |
Steam Locomotive |
CN Station and Prince Edward Hotel |
The Canadian Northern Railway invested $500,000 in the building of this luxury hotel, proving that they regarded Brandon the "wonder city of the northwest." The Prince Eddy, which opened on June 19, 1912, was built largely of local brick, faced with brick imported from Belgium. The original furnishings ordered for the hotel went down with the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912. It took two years to build the Prince Eddy but only two minutes to level it on February 24, 1980.
Prince Edward Hotel Key |
Brandon Souvenir Bell |
North West Mounted Police Camp |
Midway |
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Logs on the Assiniboine |
Letter to CKX radio listener in US |
Early '40s ~ Heading north of Brandon to Number 12
Service Flying Training School
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British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Base at Brandon
City Hall Gardens |
Assiniboine River |
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