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16867 A0529 Winnipeg Fire Department Collection     #1 Aerial Ladder Reo Truck At No. 1 Station, Bannatyne Avenue. (“Reo” Is For Ransom E. Olds, Inventor Of The Carburetor, Founder Of The Oldmobile And First User Of Both The Electric Starter And The Assembly Line.)  Equipment ▪ Fire Departments ▪ Inventions ▪ Trucks ▪ Winnipeg Buildings ▪ Winnipeg Streets 1914
55805 A1702 Miscellaneous Collection     (L- R): Julie Stephenson, Sir William S. Stephenson, And Another Foster Sister. The Photo Was Taken During A Trip To Europe. William S. Stephenson Was An Inventor Of The Wire Photo, A Wealthy Businessman And Master Spy During World War Ii. Photo Courtesy Of Mrs. Margret Johanneson Ross, Formerly A Resident Of Goulding Street, Winnipeg  Costumes ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Politics ▪ Women ▪ World War II 1920c
15435 A0481 Manitoba Telephone System Collection     Alexander Graham Bell From A Photograph Taken In 1876, The Year In Which The Telephone Was Patented.,  Inventions ▪ Personalities 1876
80086 0 International Portrait Gallery     Alexander Graham Bell, American Scientist And Inventor. (March 3, 1847 - August 2, 1922)  Americans ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Science  
24425 A0817 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     An Inuit making fire with a primitive fire drill used before White Traders brought them matches.  Eskimos ▪ Fires ▪ Inuit ▪ Inventions ▪ Tools c. 1934
31487 A1050 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Angela Marley, Rehabilitation Worker At Cnib Demonstrating How A Brailler Works  Communications ▪ Inventions ▪ Labour ▪ Personalities ▪ Women 1977, May 25
66272 A2143 H.A. Lewis Collection     Art Docking Of Weyburn, Sk, With His Homemade Snowmobile  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Snowmobiles ▪ Transportation 1948c
25583 A0856 Winnipeg Tribune Collection     B. Charles Jenkins, Chairman, University of Manitoba Agronomy Division. Developer of Triticale, a hybrid of wheat and rye, the first successful man-made grain.  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Universities 1955
11351 A0352 Killarney, the J.A. Victor David Museum Collection     Ben Atkin, Killarney, Mb, An Inventor Seen With One Of His Inventions  Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Towns  
2484 A0079 Archives of Manitoba     Birth Of Standard Time. Sandford Fleming Proposed A Simplified Time Reckoning System. Sandford Fleming , A Scottish Canadian Engineer, Vexed By A Timetable Mix-Up In Ireland, Devised A Simplified Time Reckoning System. On February 8th, 1879, He Addressed The Candian Institute In Toronto On " The Selection Of A Prime Meridian". His Proposal To Divide The Globe Into 24 Equal Time Zones Was Widely Circulated. In Washington, 22 Of 25 Nations Agreed To Implement It, Beginning On January 1st, 1885. Fleming Had Designed Canada'S First Postage Stamp, The 1851 Three Penny Beaver. He Also Was Famous For His Railway Survey Of The Yellowhead Pass In The Rockies, And He Proposed The Pacific Cable Which In 1902 Linked Canada To Australia. He Received A Knighthood In 1897. Image From A Painting By Rex Woods  Events ▪ Inventions ▪ Maps ▪ Personalities 1879, February 8
35764 A1194 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Bob Winograd Of The Winnipeg Monarchs, Reputed Possessor Of The Team'S Hardest Shot, Inspecting The Aluminum Hockey Stick Given To Him By Winnipeg Inventor Irvine Moss  Businesses ▪ Equipment ▪ Hockey ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Sports 1969, January 9
80141 0 International Portrait Gallery     Bust Of Louis Braille, French Educator Of The Blind And A Sample Of Braille Writing. (1809c - 1852)  Education ▪ French ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Statues  
66763 A2161 Nebraska Agriculture Collection     Carpet Cleaner, Kearney, Nebraska, Run By A Gas Engine. Photo Shows Carpets Being Whirled Around  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery 1905c
80600 0 International Portrait Gallery     Charles F. Kettering, American Engineer And Inventor. (August 29, 1876 - November 25,1958)  Americans ▪ Engineering ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
56233 A1717 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Cn Supervisor Wally Titanich Direct Robotic Arm Into Interior Of Hopper Car. The Arm Is The Largest Mobile Robotic Painting System Built By A Winnipeg Company, Vadeko International Inc  Inventions ▪ Machinery ▪ Personalities 1988, February 22
55910 A1706 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Colin Knight Developed The Commodore 2-3, A Hovercraft Which Would Work Well For Police Or Fire Department River Rescues. The Craft Can Reach Speeds Of 80 Km/Hr, Will Run At -35c Weather, And Has An Approximate Cost Of $22,000  Inventions ▪ Personalities 1987, July 16
35140 A1173 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Demonstrating An Electric Vest Designed At The University Of Manitoba  Costumes ▪ Environment ▪ Inventions ▪ Universities 1971, January 19
56068 A1711 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Don And Paulette Dalman Expect Their "Bale Mover-Wrapper" Unit Will Become A Major Seller Now That The Device Has Attracted The Attention Of A Major Ohio Based Farm Equipment Distributor, Unverferth Manufacturing. In 1982, The Couple Quit Their Winnipeg Jobs, And Moved To Miami, Manitoba To Launch A Small Manufacturing Company. Five Years Later, Their Gamble Has Paid Off  Agriculture ▪ Businesses ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Women 1987, December 5
22365 A0740 Donald H. Bain Collection     Donald H. Bain'S Locomobile At Side Of 69 Eastgate. Note: The Locomobile Was Built By A Locomotive Works In Eastern Canada.  Automobiles ▪ Inventions ▪ Winnipeg Streets 1908c
31637 A1055 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Dr. Sung Kim, Cardiologist At St. Boniface General Hospital Demonstrating Pacemaker Implantation Kit. Photo By Gerry Cairns  Inventions ▪ Medicine ▪ Personalities 1978, February 16
51780 A1568 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Earl Swayze Demonstrates His Invention Used To Fight Dutch Elm Disease In Winnipeg  Disease ▪ Equipment ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Trees 1986, April 12
81075 0 International Portrait Gallery     From A Painting George Stephenson, English Inventor. (June 9, 1781 - August 12, 1848)  English ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
80331 0 International Portrait Gallery     George Eastman, American Inventor. (July 12, 1854 - March 14, 1932)  Americans ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
44065 A1455 Canadian National Railway Collection     George Sheperd, Curator, Western Development Museum, Saskatoon, Kneeling Beside An Ericsson Pumping Engine.It Was Known Locally As The Politcal Machine Because It Ran On Hot Air  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Museums ▪ Personalities ▪ Towns 1960c
81226 0 International Portrait Gallery     George Westinghouse, American Inventor. (October 6, 1846 - March 12, 1914)  Americans ▪ Costumes ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
31474 A1050 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Gerrard Grace, Supervisor Of Adjustment, Training Equipment, Cnib Introducing New Optican Print Magnifier Usedto Read A Written Page  Communications ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities 1977, June 20
80706 0 International Portrait Gallery     Guglielmo Marconi, Italian Inventor. (April 25, 1874 - July 20, 1937)  Inventions ▪ Italians ▪ Personalities  
38377 A1282 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Henry Peters With A Machine Making Artificial Logs Out Of Sunflower Husks In Altona, Mb  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Sunflowers ▪ Towns 1956, October 27
33222 A1109 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Hoken Kristiansen, Engineer And Designer, Inventor Of K-Cycle Engine, Awarded U.S. Government Contract  Engineering ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities 1979, March 14
81051 0 International Portrait Gallery     Isaac Merrit Singer, American Inventor. (October 27, 1811 - July 23,1875)  Americans ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
62607 A2004 Agriculture Canada Research Station, Winnipeg     J. Atkinson, Inventor With Dominion Rust Research Laboratory, Winnipeg, With Four Row Cone Seeder With 1/60 Acre Attachment  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery ▪ Personalities ▪ Research ▪ Seeding  
64087 A2060 H.A. Lewis Collection     J.J. Lynch Of Miles City, Montana, Inspecting The Mccormick-Deering Farmall Tractor He Adapted To Allow It To Be Controlled By Radio Signal From An Accompanying Vehicle. The Photograph Was Taken At A Demonstration Of The Tractor'S Plowing Capabilities On The Farm Of C.N. Barker, An International Harvester Dealer At Noblesville, Indiana  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery ▪ Personalities ▪ Tractors 1932
64088 A2060 H.A. Lewis Collection     J.J. Lynch Of Miles City, Montana, Inventor Of A Device Which Allowed A Mccormick-Deering Farmall Tractor To Be Controlled By Radio Signal, Shown Operating The Tractor From An Accompanying International Harvester Truck. The , Graph Was Taken At A Demonstration Of The Tractor'S Plowing Capabilities On The Farm Of C.N. Barker, An International Harvester Dealer At Noblesville, Indiana  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery ▪ Personalities ▪ Tractors 1932
872 A0030 Archives of Manitoba     Joseph Whitehead, Railway Contractor. He Fired The Engine Invented By George Stephenson, And Was Responsible For The Purchase Of First Locomotive In Manitoba, The “Countess Of Dufferin”  Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Railways 1877
80295 0 International Portrait Gallery     Lee De Forest, American Inventor Working On An Invention At His Work Bench. (August 26,1873 - June 30, 1961)  Americans ▪ Inventions ▪ Laboratories ▪ Personalities ▪ Science  
35826 A1196 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Marcel Simard, Dan Romaniuk, And Romeo Desorcy With A Model Of The Kitty Track Crawler Tractor, Which They Designed. The Tractor Was Manufactured By The Lorette Mechanical Manufacturing Ltd, Of Lorette, Mb  Businesses ▪ Inventions ▪ Manufacturers ▪ Personalities ▪ Towns ▪ Tractors 1970, April 9
7272 A0227 Manitoba Cooperater Collection     Mrs. Ed Schreyer (Lily, Wife Of Premier) Testing Electric Car  Automobiles ▪ Electricity ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Politics ▪ Women 1975, July
66043 A2134 Farm Light and Power Collection     Orly Friesen Pointing To His Invention, The Automatic Forward Speed Control Attachment For Self-Propelled Combines, Which Was Designed To Regulate Forward Speed In Relation To Cylinder Pressure  Agriculture ▪ Harvesting ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery ▪ Personalities ▪ Research 1964, August 20
81253 0 International Portrait Gallery     Orville Wrightand Wilbur Wright, American Inventors. (1871 -1912)  Aircraft ▪ Americans ▪ Aviation ▪ Costumes ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
33644 A1123 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Pierre Trudeau, Examining Propane Engine In Vehicle Owned By The Manitoba Telephone System  Automobiles ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Politics ▪ Telephones 1980, June 3
64086 A2060 H.A. Lewis Collection     Plowing Demonstration On The Farm Of C.N. Barker, International Harvester Dealer At Noblesville, Indiana, Using A Radio Controlled Mccormick-Deering Farmall Tractor. A Device, Invented Byj.J. Lynch Of Miles City, Montana, Allowed The Tractor To Be Controlled From An Accompaning Truck By The Touch Of A Telegraph Key  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery ▪ Plowing ▪ Tractors 1932
7271 A0227 Manitoba Cooperater Collection     Premier Ed Schreyer & Public Works Minister Russell Doern With Electric Delivery Van  Automobiles ▪ Electricity ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Politics 1975, July
66764 A2161 Nebraska Agriculture Collection     Rankin'S Haying Machine In A Field In Rural Nebraska  Agriculture ▪ Haying ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery 1905c
17008 A0534 Miscellaneous Collection     Reo Truck. “Reo” Is For Ransom E. Olds. The Name Of The Inventor Of The Carburetor, Founder Of The Oldsmobile And The First User Of Both The Electric Starter And The Assembly Line  Inventions ▪ Trucks 1921c
51271 A1550 Egerton R. Young Collection     Reverend James Evans (1801 -1846), Inventor Of The Syllabic System For The Cree Indians And Other Tribes In Canada. He Was Born In Kingston-Upon-Hull, England In 1801; Emigrated To Canada In 1823; Died In1846. Photo From A Painting By Forster 1906 From Vanguards Of Canada By Rev John Mclean  Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Religion 1846
54407 A1653 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Richard Burchill, Graphed On Wolsely St. In A Rocket Shaped Human-Powered Vehicle Known Asa Landspeeder. This Futuristic Vehicle Is Owned By The Wolsely Bicycle Co  Houses ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Transportation ▪ Winnipeg Streets 1985, March 27
31483 A1050 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Sidney Ledson, Inventor, Displaying New Phonetic Reading System For Pre-Schoolers  Displays ▪ Education ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities 1977, June 20
80442 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Charles Goodyear, American Inventor. (December 29,1800 - July 1, 1860)  Americans ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
81073 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Charles Steinmetz, American Inventor. (April 9,1865 - October 26, 1923)  Americans ▪ Inventions  
80740 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Cyrus H. Mccormick, American Inventor. (February 15, 1809 - May 13, 1884)  Americans ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
81232 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Eli Whitney, American Inventor. (December 8, 1765 - January 8, 1825)  Americans ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
80529 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Elias Howe, American Inventor. (July 9, 1819 - October 3, 1867)  Americans ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
81208 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of James Watt, Scottish Inventor. (January 19, 1736 - August 25, 1819)  Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Scots  
80466 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Johann Gutenberg, German Printer. (1400c - February 23, 1468)  Costumes ▪ Germans ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Printing  
80281 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Louis Jacques Daguerre, French Inventor. (November18, 1789 - July10,1851)  Costumes ▪ French ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
80399 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Robert Fulton, American Inventor. (November 14, 1765 - February 24, 1815)  Americans ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
80793 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Samuel F.B. Morse, American Inventor. (April 27, 1791 - April 2, 1872)  Americans ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
80037 0 International Portrait Gallery     Sketch Of Sir Richard Arkwright, English Inventor. (December1732 - August 3, 1792)  English ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
19757 A0640 Boissevain and Morton District Library Collection     Snow Plane Made From An Anson Airplane By Harold & Jack Henderson. It Was Used For Travel In Winter When Roads Were Poor  Aircraft ▪ Inventions ▪ Snowmobiles 1948
22660 A0752 Walter Williams Collection     St. Boniface Fire Department Pumper. Reo (Named After The Inventor Of The Carburetor, Founder Of The Oldsmobile And First User Of The Electic Starter And The Assembly Line, Mr. Ransom E. Olds) Fire Apparatus #2  Fire Engines ▪ Fire Equipment ▪ Inventions 1920c
12898 A0398 Ernest Symons, Rocanville Collection     Statue Of World'S Largest Oil Can Stands At The Gateway To Rocanville, Sk, As A Tribute To Ernest Symons, Inventor Of Symons Oiler. Erected By Citizens Of Rocanville July 1, 1973. Like The Symon'S Oilers, It Was Built Entirely In Rocanville By Goodman Steel And Iron Works. Can Is 9 And1/2 Feet In Diameter And End Of Spout Is 28 Feet Above Ground Level  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery ▪ Monuments ▪ Oil  
66775 A2161 Nebraska Agriculture Collection     Steam Carriage Invented By Ogle And Summers. (Drawing)  Agriculture ▪ Carriages ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery 1880c
66347 A2146 Provincial Archives of Alberta     Stooking Machines (Invented By Owen Gilbert) In A Wheat Field Near Rosebud, Ab  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery ▪ Wheat 1930c
66348 A2146 Provincial Archives of Alberta     Stooking Machines (Invented By Owen Gilbert) In Wheat Field Near Rosebud, Ab  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery ▪ Wheat 1930c
13571 A0419 Svein Sigfusson Collection     Svein Sigfusson Cm, Owner And Operator Of Sigfusson Transportation Co. He Was A Photographer And Fished In Northern Lakes Of Manitoba And Saskatchewan. He Invented A Method Of Building Roads Over The Muskeg In Northern Terrain Which Was A Great Boon To The Northern Fishermen  Construction ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities ▪ Roads ▪ Transportation 1974
12704 A0393 Ernest Symons, Rocanville Collection     T.B. Mitchell'S Machine Shop In Virden, Mb. The Shop Was Purchased From C.W. Wainright In 1903. He Gave Out These Pictures Instead Of Calendars. Note "Machine Works Office, T.B. Mitchell" On Window Alongside. The First Car, A 1904 Oldsmobile, With T.B. At Wheel. Shop Staff At Left. Auto Behind Is A 1904 Reo Runabout ("Reo" Is For Ransom E. Olds, Inventor Of The Carburetor, Founder Of The Oldsmobile And First User Of Both The Electric Starter And The Assembly Line). The Oldsmobile Was Second Car Owned In Virden, Mb. Both Right Handed Steering, No Doors  Automobiles ▪ Buildings ▪ Inventions ▪ Stores 1910c
66773 A2161 Nebraska Agriculture Collection     The Tractor Steam Wagon Invented By Major Joseph R. Brown Arriving In Nebraska City, Nebraska. Charles B. Sloat Is At The Steering Wheel With David Osborne At Back Of Him. The Man Standing Near The Drive Wheel Is The Negro Nurse Who Accompanied Major Brown From New York"  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery ▪ Personalities ▪ Tractors ▪ Wagons 1862, July 17
80334 0 International Portrait Gallery     Thomas A.Edison, American Inventor With His Invention. (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931)  Americans ▪ Equipment ▪ Inventions ▪ Personalities  
17056 A0535 Royal Winnipeg Rifles Museum Henry Kalen   Two photos commemorating the North West Rebellion, Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Photo on left shows Lt. Arthur (Gat) Howard, a U.S. Guard, with a gatling gun he invented and used during the North West Rebellion. Photo on right shows the Volunteers Monument at the Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba, dedicated to the men (SLL volunteers) of the 90th Rifles who fought at Fish Creek and Batouche in the North West Rebellion.  Military ▪ North West Rebellion ▪ Cannons ▪ Inventions ▪ Monuments ▪ Guns 1885
37138 A1240 Winnipeg Free Press Collection     Winners Of Western Canada News Awards, (L- R): Bill Rose And Gene Telpner, Winnipeg Free Press And Dan Warden, Saskatoon Radio Station, Ckom, Chat With Sir Robert Watson-Watt, Inventor Of Radar  Awards ▪ Inventions ▪ Journalism ▪ Personalities 1960, May 13
12023 A0373 Ernest Symons, Rocanville Collection     Woman Sitting On One Of E. Symons Inventions, A 1918 Engine, Deering Binder, Rebuilt. He Thought He Could Drive Waterloo Boy From Binder Seat. It Wasn'T Bad On Straight Away But Not On Corners. The 1918 Engine, Homemade Extension Rims, Chain And Roller Steering, Like The Old Steam Engines. Old Discarded Deering Binder, Rebuilt. It Never Tied A Decent Sheaf. Steering Wheel Extension, Pipe Extension For Clutch Lever  Agriculture ▪ Inventions ▪ Machinery 1920c