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Posted: 30 Jan 2016

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PMB069 WINNIPEG - GOVERNMENT HOUSE

PMB069 WINNIPEG - GOVERNMENT HOUSE
PHOTOGRAPH
Approx. 20 x 25 cm

Date: 1899 (from handwritten caption)

Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified, but was in a collection of photos by Mitchell, Winnipeg (most likely J. F. Mitchell).

Notation: Due to the large size of the original image, I haven't been able to make my own scan yet. This image has the watermark of the Seller that I purchased it from.

Located at 10 Kennedy Street, construction was begun in 1882 and completed in 1883. It is one of three Government Houses in Canada that remain in continual use since they were originally built. (the other two are in P.E.I. and Newfoundland.)
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 wintorbos
wintorbos club
Ontario's was sold and demolished years ago -- people talk about it as though "Government Houses" are something out of the past. Great photo - as I might have mentioned my great grandparents lived in there when they first came to Canada - he was an undersecretary to the LG or something.
9 years ago.
 Canafornian
Canafornian club
This is a large print a pretty animated scene. I plan to frame this one. One corner was damaged when shipped to me from England & I'm having it repaired. Still not sure how to get it scanned.
9 years ago.

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