Photographs - Manitoba, Non-Winnipeg

PHOTOGRAPH 11 x 7 cm Date: 1888 (From caption) Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: This is one of seven photographs that I acquired from a very old album. The caption reads "Buffalo Stoney Mountain 1888 part of Col Bedson's herd." This herd was actually am important part of Manitoba's history as it played a significant role in saving the North American Buffalo (plains bison) from extinction. In 1879, Col. Samuel Lawrence Bedson, Warden of the Stoney Mountain Penitentiary, purchased a small herd of 13 animals. The protected herd thrived and by 1988, numbered 100 animals. In the same year Col Bedford sold the herd. to several different buyers. Descendants of this herd now form parts of the herds in Banff, Riding Mountain, Wainwright, and Elk Island Park. For more information on the historical significance of this herd, please see: www.manitobabison.ca/about-the-bison/history-of-bison

PHOTOGRAPH 7 x 7 cm Date: 1888 (from caption) Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: This is one of seven photographs that I acquired from a very old album. The caption reads; "Penitentiary, Stoney Mountain Man 1888 Top floor, in roof, used as Insane Hospital."

PHOTOGRAPH 10 x 6 cm Date: Not evident. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified Notation: This is one of seven photographs that I acquired from a very old album. The caption reads; "First motor boat on Red River at Wpeg. Bought by GHS from MacNamara at Ry River (Rainy River) who had used it as a ferry between the Canadian & U.S. sides of River."

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: L-M (Lawrence and Meeres) #1

POSTCARD Date: Not evident. Not Posted. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified

PHOTOGRAPH 14 X 9 cm Date: Not evident. Publisher / Photographer: Unidentified