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54307 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     An Assiniboine Park Zoo Employee, Standing Inside The Tropical House At The Assiniboine Park Zoo In Winnipeg, Mb. This Building Houses A Variety Of Tropical Plants And Animals. Photo By Jim Haggarty  Animals ▪ Birds ▪ Flora ▪ Greenhouses ▪ Parks ▪ Winnipeg Buildings ▪ Zoos 1985, November 8
41627 A1398 Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Collection     Ben Hatskin, Born To Russian Immigrants In The North End Of Winnipeg. Attended University Of Oklahoma And In 1936, Signed With The Blue Bombers Playing For Six Years. Was With The Team When They Won The Grey Cup Championships In 1939 And 1941. In 1972, He Was Listed As Presient Of 8 Companies From Investment Firms To A Juke Box Distributor, And A Real Estate Corportation. In 1966 He Formed The Jets Organization. In 1973 He Owned The Jets And Was Chairman Of The World Hockey Association. He Was Inducted Into The Manitoba Sports Hall Of Fame November 16,1985  Football ▪ Hockey ▪ Personalities ▪ Russians ▪ Sports 1985, November
61827 A1974 Manitoba Cooperater Collection     Bill Strath, President Of Manitoba Pool Elevators  Agriculture ▪ Businesses ▪ Marketing ▪ Personalities 1985, November 28
54296 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Bob Burns, A Veteran Winnipeg Television Host And Radio Announcer  Communications ▪ Personalities ▪ Radio ▪ Television 1985, November 5
54298 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Bruce Wood, A Jazz And Modern Dance Teacher With The Contemporary Dancers Canada, Rehearsing At The Old Winnipeg Ballet Studio At 289 Portage Avenue  Costumes ▪ Dance ▪ Personalities 1985, November 5
41631 A1398 Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Collection     Bryan Hextall Played Minor Hockey In Poplar Point, Manitoba And Was On Their Team When They Won The Provincial Championship In 1931. Was With The Portage La Prairie Terriers In 1933. Turned Professional With The Vancouver Lions In 1934. Joined The New York Rangers In 1936,Where He Spent 12 Years In The National Hockey League, Scoring More Than 20 Goals For Six Years In A Row. He Died In The Summer Of 1984. Inducted Intothe Manitoba Sports Hall Of Fame Posthumouslly November 16, 1985. Photo From A Charcoal Drawing By Carla Feeney  Hockey ▪ Personalities ▪ Sports 1985, November
41624 A1398 Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Collection     Catherine Kerr Began Her Swimming Career In The Early 1930s In Winnipeg. In 1935, Won Her First Canadian Championship, In 1937 Set Her First Canadian Record, In 1939 Set Two Canadian Records, Added Five Manitoba Records And Won Four Canadian Championships. In 1940 Set Three Canadian Records And Won Five National Titles, Nominated As Female Athlete Of The Year For Canada. Continued To Dominate Manitoba And Canadian Swimming Scene Until 1959 When She Turned To Synchronized Swimming, A Sport In Which She Won Her First 17 Provincial Titles In 1948. Helped Organize The Canadian Aquatic Hall Of Fame At Pan Am Pool. At This Date She Holds 16 Provincial Age Group Masters Records, And In 1984, Won A Gold, 4 Silver And 2 Broze Medals In The World Masters Swimming Championships In New Zealand. Inducted Into The Manitoba Sports Hall Of Fame November 16, 1985  Personalities ▪ Sports ▪ Swimming ▪ Women 1985, November
60478 A1920 Manitoba Cooperater Collection     Cattle In Auction Ring, Brandon, Mb  Agriculture ▪ Auctions ▪ Cattle ▪ Marketing ▪ Towns 1985, November 14
54301 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Clara Piko, Winnipeg Fashion Designer, Standing Outside Of Her Home And Store At 428 Academy Road  Businesses ▪ Costumes ▪ Personalities ▪ Stores ▪ Winnipeg Buildings ▪ Winnipeg Streets ▪ Women 1985, November 6
54302 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Darien Russell, Head Of Emergency Medical Services For The Manitoba Health Services Commission,Showing Manitoba'S Air Ambulance To Health Minister Larry Desjardins (Right) And Transport Minister John Plohman. This $3.5 Million U.S. Cessna Citation Ii Aircraft, Custom Built For The Province In Wichita , Kansas, Will Be Based In Winnipeg And Operated By The Provincial Government. It Will Service Over Twenty Different Communities  Aircraft ▪ Ambulances ▪ Personalities ▪ Politics ▪ Women 1985, November 6
54289 A1649 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Dr. George Lammers, Curator Of The Geology Department At The Manitoba Museum Of Man And Nature, Examining A Fossil Estimated To Be 32 Million Years Old  Archaeology ▪ Museums ▪ Personalities ▪ Winnipeg Buildings 1985, November 26
54295 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Dr. Marvin Bartell, A Professor Of Administrative Studies At The University Of Manitoba, Standingin Front Of The Faculty Of Administrative Studies Building On The University Campus.Photo By Wayne Glowacki.  Administration ▪ Education ▪ Personalities ▪ Universities ▪ Winnipeg Buildings 1985, November 4
54300 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Dr. Robert Lecker, President Of The Manitoba Optometric Society, Seated In His Examination Room At His Office At 264 Portage Avenue  Associations ▪ Medicine ▪ Offices ▪ Personalities ▪ Winnipeg Buildings 1985, November 6
41626 A1398 Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Collection     Erick M. Oland Won Canadian Cycling Championship Three Times. Competed In British Empire Games At Aukland, New Zealand Where He Finished 6th. In 1950, He Set The Canadian 100 Km Record And Manitoba 5 Mile Record. Won Manitoba Overall Senior Championship Five Times. Retired At Age 27, And Moved To The Builder Category Of Cycling Serving As President Of The Manitoba Cycling Association From 1969 To 1970, 1979 To 1981. Inducted Into The Manitoba Sports Hall Of Fame November 16, 1985.  Cycling ▪ Personalities ▪ Sports 1985, November
54294 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Farley Mowat, A Popular Canadian Author, In Winnipeg To Promote His Latest Book  Authors ▪ Personalities 1985, November 4
54310 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Female Employees At Granny'S Poultry Co-Operative, Cutting Up Turkeys. The Plant Is Located In Blumenort, Manitoba  Agriculture ▪ Equipment ▪ Industry ▪ Poultry ▪ Towns ▪ Uniforms ▪ Women 1985, November 13
54287 A1649 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Gianna Rolandi, An Opera Singer, Starring In The Manitoba Opera Association'S Production Of Lucia Di Lammermoor. Photo By Phil Hossack  Costumes ▪ Music ▪ Personalities ▪ Women 1985, November 21
41625 A1398 Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Collection     Gordon Hudson Began His Curling Career In Kenora, On. Moved To Winnipeg And Joined The Strathcona Club In 1919. He Started Manitoba'S Curling Success In 1928 And 1929 By Winning The Macdonald Brier Two Years In A Row. Was Elected To The Canadian Curling Hall Of Fame In 1974. Died At Age Of 65 In 1959. Inducted Into The Manitoba Sports Hall Of Fame Posthumously November 16,1985  Curling ▪ Personalities ▪ Sports 1985, November
41628 A1398 Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Collection     Gordon Konantz Competed In National Alpine Ski Championships In 1956-58 And 1962; In National Cross-Country Ski Championships In 1979; In The Norwegian Birkebeiner Ski Marathon In 1977 And 1979, And In The U.S. Birkebeiner From 1975 To 1985. In Sailing,"  Personalities ▪ Sailing ▪ Skiing ▪ Sports 1985, November
54299 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Grace Jamison, Displaying Some Of The Handiwork Sold At The Crafts Guild Of Manitoba Inc., Located At 183 Kennedy Street  Crafts ▪ Personalities ▪ Stores ▪ Winnipeg Buildings ▪ Women 1985, November 5
54290 A1649 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Jane Coop, Vancouver Concert Pianist, At A Rehearsal With The Manitoba Chamber Orchestra  Music ▪ Musical Instruments ▪ Orchestras ▪ Personalities ▪ Women 1985, November 26
54292 A1649 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Jean Bruce, A Canadian Author, In Winnipeg To Promote Her Latest Book, Back The Attack! This Book Deals With Canadian Women During World War Ii At Home And Overseas  Authors ▪ Personalities ▪ Women ▪ World War II 1985, November 27
54297 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Ken Reid, A Six Time Winner Of The World Cup For Downhill Racing Between 1975-1980, And Five Time Canadian Downhill Champion, Holding A Set Of Olympic Coins. Reid Was In Winnipeg To Promote The Canadian Olympic Program. Photo By Glenn Olsen  Personalities ▪ Programs ▪ Skiing ▪ Sports 1985, November 5
54288 A1649 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Manitoba Minister Of Natural Resources, Sam Uskiw, Presenting Two Manitoba Beavers To James Richardson, Honourary President Of The Commonwealth Games Association Of Canada. These Beavers Were Subsequently Presented To The Queen During The 1986 Commonwealth Games In Edinburgh, On Behalf Of The Province Of Mb. Photo By Glenn Olsen.  Animals ▪ Beavers ▪ Personalities ▪ Politics ▪ Women 1985, November 22
54306 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Milan Bodiroga Seated At A Table At The Restaurant Dubrovnik. Mr. Bodiroga Is The Owner Of Dubrovnik, One Of Winnipeg'S Most Noted Restaurants  Dining ▪ Personalities ▪ Restaurants ▪ Winnipeg Buildings 1985, November 8
54286 A1649 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Neil Hovmand, Winnipeg Art Collector And Gallery Owner, Seated With Items From One Of North America'S Finest Oriental Art Collections. This Collection, Worth Over $400,000, Contained Pieces From The Ming Dynasty, Dating To The 15th Century.  Art ▪ Chinese ▪ Personalities ▪ Winnipeg Buildings 1985, November 1
41632 A1398 Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Collection     Olive Little (Nee Bend) Lived Most Of Her Life In Poplar Point, Mb. Won Provincial Ball Title In Manitoba And Saskatchewan In The Same Year. Started Her Career In 1937 During World War Ii. Moving To Winnipeg Cuac Club, She Continued Setting Records In The League During 1940. Pitched Four No-Hitters While With Rockfield, Ill. "Peachers" During World War Ii, And Was Selected To The All-Star Team That Played At Wrigley Field, Chicago. Married George Little In 1943 And Ended Her Professional Baseball Career In 1945 When George Was Discharged From The Canadian Army. She Was Inducted Into The Manitoba Sports Hall Of Fame November 16, 1985  Baseball ▪ Personalities ▪ Sports ▪ Women 1985, November
54304 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Robert Ballantyne, Director Of The Manitoba Planetarium, Standing With A Huge Celestron Telescope, On Display In The Foyer At The Manitoba Museum Of Man And Nature  Displays ▪ Equipment ▪ Museums ▪ Personalities ▪ Planetariums ▪ Winnipeg Buildings 1985, November 7
54284 A1649 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Rose Nienhius, A Red Cross Labratory Technician, Testing Red Cross Blood Samples For The Aids Virus In The Laboratory At The Red Cross Building At 266 Osborne Street  Equipment ▪ Laboratories ▪ Personalities ▪ Red Cross ▪ Winnipeg Buildings ▪ Winnipeg Streets ▪ Women 1985, November 1
54308 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Sharon Stearns, Vancouver Playwright Whose Play “Enemy Graces” Was Performed At The Prairie Theatre Exchange In Winnipeg. Her Play Focuses On The Internment Of Japanese-Canadians In Detention Camps During World War Ii  Personalities ▪ Theatre ▪ Women 1985, November 12
41630 A1398 Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Collection     Terry Hind Managed Juvenile Winnipeg Monarchs, Was The Executive Of Manitoba Junior Hockey League, Helped Build The Winnipeg Maroons Into The Best Senior Amateur Hockey Team In Manitoba, Who Won The Allen Cup In 1964 And Represented Canada In International Competitions. From 1972 To 1975, Helped Launch The Winnipeg Jets Hockey Team In The World Hockey Association. In 1965, He Was Business Manager, General Manager In 1966 And Promotions Manager In 1968-69 Of The Blue Bomber Football Team.Was The General Manager Of The Winnipeg Goldeyes Baseball Team In 1954. Was General Manager Of The Triple A Winnipeg Whips Baseball Team In 1971-72. Inducted Into The Mainitoba Sports Hall Of Fame November 16,1985. Photo From A Charcoal Drawing. , Carla Feeny"  Baseball ▪ Hockey ▪ Personalities ▪ Sports 1985, November
54303 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     The Interior Of Manitoba'S Air Ambulance, A U.S. Cessna Citation Ii Aircraft  Aircraft ▪ Ambulances ▪ Equipment ▪ Personalities ▪ Women 1985, November 6
41629 A1398 Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Collection     Tommy Town, Born In London, England, August 7, 1893, Immigrated To Brandon, Manitoba In 1910, Was A National Junior Champion In England. Won Eight Canadian Championships In Track And Field Between 1919 And 1924. He Qualified For Two Olympic Games, 1920 In Antwerp And 1924 In Paris, But Was Unable To Attend Due To Injuries And Finances. He Died In White Rock, Bc, March 29, 1957. He Was Inducted Into The Manitoba Sports Hall Of Fame Postumously November 16, 1985  Personalities ▪ Sports ▪ Track & Field 1985, November
54305 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Vic Romaniuk (Right) And , Ralph Berk Who Is Cutting A Customer'S Hair, Standing In Their Barber Shop Called Ralph And Vic'S Originally Located At 43 1/2 Academy Road  Barber Shops ▪ Personalities ▪ Winnipeg Buildings ▪ Winnipeg Streets 1985, November 7
54309 A1650 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Wanda Koop, Winnipeg Artist, Standing Beside One Of Her Paintings, At Her Solo Exhibition Entitled, Airplanes And The Wall, At The Winnipeg Art Gallery  Art ▪ Exhibitions ▪ Personalities ▪ Winnipeg Buildings ▪ Women 1985, November 12