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192 A0007 Archives of Manitoba   Aboriginal camp near Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Aboriginal camp seen with teepees and a Red River Cart between Main Street and the Red River, Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Red River CartsTeepees 1866
17809 A0564 Carling O'Keefe Collection     Diligence Concord Carriage. Photo From Carlsberg Collection Of Horse-Drawn Carriages  Carriages 1866c
20836 A0681 Miscellaneous Collection     Emmerling'S Hotel, Winnipeg.,  HotelsWinnipeg Buildings 1866
2201 A0071 Archives of Manitoba     Hbc Ship The “Prince Rupert”. From A Drawing  BoatsShips 1866
2499 A0080 Archives of Manitoba     On July 27, 1866 Heart'S Content, A Remote Newfoundland Fishing Village Was Linked With New York & Europe To Become A World Communication Centre. Seen In This Image Is The Last Of The 1,852 Nautical Miles Of Submarine Cable Stretching From Valencia, Ireland Being Linked By Sailors To Heart'S Content, Newfoundland. The Minimum Message Was $100, Or More Than 50 Times Today'S Rate. Montreal Engineer F.N. Gisborne Conceived The Project In 1851 And Interested Capitalists On Both Sides Of The Ocean, Including Cyrus W. Field. Field Courageously Crossed The Atlantic 64 Times Even Though He Was Always Seasick. Reaching For The Looped Cable End Is Samuel Canning, Chief Engineer. Next, With Binoculars Is Cyrus W. Field. To Its Record As The Pioneer In Transatlantic Communications, Newfoundland Added Marconi'S First Wireless Signal On December 12, 1901, And The First Telephone Cable At Clarenville On July 1, 1956. Image From A Painting By Rex Woods  BoatsCommunicationsDogsFishingTelephonesWomen 1866, July 27
10431 A0325 York Factory Collection     Promissory Note For Five Shillings Sterling Issued At York Factory  DocumentsForts 1866
2489 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     The Fathers Of Confederation At London Conference. Following The Charlottetown And Quebec Conferences Of 1864, The Fathers Of Confederation Went To London, England In 1866. Sixteen Delegates From Canada East, Canada West, Nova Scotia, And New Brunswick, Gathered In The Westminster Palace Hotel. There They Deliberated The 72 Resolutions Forming The Bases Of The British North America Act Between December 4th And Christmas Eve. Present Was: Lord Monck, Governor-General Of British North America 1861 -1867 And Of Canada 1867 -1868. Lord Carnarvon, Colonial Secretary, Piloted The Bill Through The House Of Lords. Canada Entered True Nationhood On July 1, 1867. Image From A Painting By J.D. Kelly  ConferencesCostumesEventsFurnitureHotelsPersonalitiesPolitics 1866
66537 A2153 Nebraska Agriculture Collection     View Of Roland Reed Road Ranch, 2 Mi. East Of Beaver Crossing On The Nebraska City - Denver Trail  AgricultureBuildingsHorsesRanching 1866