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image no.: 71520
contact sheet: A2402
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: A Crowd Of Men And Women On The Sidewalks During The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike In Winnipeg, Mb. In The Middle Of The Photo Is A Line Of Specials On Horseback With Clubs (Or Sticks), One Man Is In The Lead. They Are On Main Street Just Past The C.V. Cafe At 353 Main Street And Victoria Billiards At 355 1/2 Main Street And The Central Barber Shop. There Are Billboards Advertising "Velvet Tobacco", And "Sweet Clover Bacon And Pork Sausage". One Sign Reads "Alberta Coal From Mine To Consumers. Photo Courtesy Of The Mackie Family
subject(s): AdvertisingAutomobilesCostumesRiotsSignsWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg General StrikeWinnipeg StreetsWomen
date: 1919, June 10
 
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image no.: 71519
contact sheet: A2402
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: A Large Crowd Of Men And Women Watching The Action At The Corner Of Portage Avenue And Main Street During The Winnipeg General Strike. In The Background The Bank Of Hamilton Is Visible With Automobiles In Front. The Building On The Left Side Is The Canadian National Railways Building With The Cnw (Canadian National Wireless) Sign Hanging Outside. A Lamp Standard Is In The Middle Of The Photo. Streetcar Tracks Are Along The Street. Photo Courtesy Of The Mackie Family
subject(s): AutomobilesBanksCostumesRiotsSignsWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg General StrikeWinnipeg StreetsWomen
date: 1919, June 10
 
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image no.: 71522
contact sheet: A2403
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: A Large Group Of Men And Women On The Sidewalk And Street Outside, Facing The Mcarthur Building (207 To 215 Portage Avenue) With Dingwall'S Limited, Jewellers And Opticians, At 215 Portage Avenue, During The Winnipeg General Strike. Note The Men Sitting On The Roof Of The Building On The Left.
subject(s): RiotsWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg General StrikeWinnipeg Streets
date: 1919, June 10
 
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image no.: 37278
contact sheet: A1245
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Army Trucks Rumble Up To Stony Mountain Penitentiary At The Height Of A Prison Riot
subject(s): JailsMilitaryRiots
date: 1960, August 14
 
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image no.: 530
contact sheet: A0018
collection: Archives of Manitoba
description: Between 4 & 5 P.M. Some 200 Specials Armed With Wagon Spokes And Baseball Bats, Are Seen Marching West Along Portage Avenue After Clearing Portage And Main Streets, Past The Oldfield Kirby And Gardiner Building. As The Specials Marched On Crowds, Bats, Fists, Stones, Bricks And Broken Bottles Began To Fly. Mayor Gray Had Told The Leader Of The Mounted Specials That He Would Shortly Read The Riot Act And That Would Enable The Royal Northwest Mounted Police To Be Brought In And Firearms To Be Used If Necessary. Thus He Almost Precipitated The Bloodbath That Would Finally Occur Eleven Days Later
subject(s): RiotsWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg General StrikeWinnipeg Streets
date: 1919, June 10
 
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image no.: 71521
contact sheet: A2403
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: Crowd Of Men, Women And Children At The Corner Of Portage Avenue And Main Street Outside The Cnw (Canadian National Wireless Building During The Winnipeg General Strike. On The Right Outside The Molson Bank Are Cars And More People. In The Background Is A Line Of Specials On Horseback. (See Also A2402-71519)
subject(s): AutomobilesBicyclesHorsesRiotsWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg General StrikeWinnipeg Streets
date: 1919, June 10
 
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image no.: 2765
contact sheet: A0089
collection: Archives of Manitoba
description: Crowd Scene On Main Street, Winnipeg
subject(s): EventsRiotsWinnipeg General Strike
date: 1919
 
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image no.: 9131
contact sheet: A0284
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: Drawing Of Newspaper Riots In Winnipeg. Paper Unknown. Papers Wrecked Were Nor' Wester, Le Metis, And The Manitoban. The Liberal Survived. The Free Press Began Publishing This Year During The Hiatus And Got Off To A Fine Start
subject(s): JournalismMetisNewspapersRiots
date: 1872
 
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image no.: 9130
contact sheet: A0284
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: Drawing Of Newspaper Riots In Winnipeg. Papers Wrecked Were Nor' Wester, Le Metis, And The Manitoban. The Liberal Survived. The Free Press Began Publishing This Year During The Hiatus And Got Off To A Fine Start
subject(s): JournalismMetisNewspapersRiots
date: 1872
 
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image no.: 40685
contact sheet: A1360
collection: Herman Holla Collection
description: Exterior View Of The Manitoban Building. See A1360-40683
subject(s): NewspapersRiotsWinnipeg Buildings
date: 1872
 
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image no.: 31301
contact sheet: A1044
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Front Page, Manitoba Free Press: One Killed, Scores Hurt In Riot Following Attempt To Parade.”"
subject(s): DocumentsJournalismNewspapersRiotsWinnipeg General Strike
date: 1919, June 23
 
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image no.: 71506
contact sheet: A2402
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: Large Crowd Of Men And Women In Front Of Dingwall'S Limited, Jewellers And Opticians On 215 Portage Avenue, On Their Way To Portage Avenue And Main Street. The Dingwall'S Clock Outside The Store Reads 19 Minutes To Three. Specials On Horseback Are Trying To Exercise Crowd Control Due To The Winnipeg General Strike. A Sign With A Beaver, A Wreath And The Word "Mons" Hangs From A Lamppost. The Molson'S Bank Building Is Seen On The East Side Of Main Street. (Mons Was A Battlefield Site In France Where Canadians Fought In Wwi)
subject(s): BicyclesCostumesHorsesRiotsSignsTimepiecesWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg General StrikeWomen
date: 1919, June 10
 
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image no.: 71518
contact sheet: A2402
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: Long Line Of Mounted Specials On Horseback Carrying Clubs Coming Down Main Street, With A Large Crowd Of Men And Women Watching The Action At The Corner Of Portage Avenue And Main Street. Buildings On The East Side Of Main Street From The Molson'S Bank Building To The Confederation Life Building Are Visible With Automobiles In Front. The Building On The Left Side Is The Canadian National Railways Building With The Cnw (Canadian National Wireless) Sign Hanging Outside. The Lamp Standards Are In The Foreground. Photo Courtesy Of The Mackie Family
subject(s): AutomobilesCostumesHorsesRiotsSignsWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg General StrikeWinnipeg StreetsWomen
date: 1919, June 10
 
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image no.: 38333
contact sheet: A1280
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Mounted Police Patrolling Streets To Control Riots During Winnipeg General Strike
subject(s): PoliceRiotsWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg General StrikeWinnipeg Streets
date: 1919, June 10
 
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image no.: 565
contact sheet: A0019
collection: Archives of Manitoba
description: Newspaper Accounts Of The Winnipeg General Strike. One Article Mentions Sergeant Coppins, Vc
subject(s): JournalismNewspapersPersonalitiesRiotsStrikesWinnipeg General Strike
date: 1919, June
 
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image no.: 568
contact sheet: A0019
collection: Archives of Manitoba
description: Newspaper Article. During The Winnipeg General Strike A Newspaper Headline Reads “ Canadian Cloth Manufacturers Have Made Excess Profits During The Last Of The War”
subject(s): JournalismNewspapersRiotsStrikesWinnipeg General Strike
date: 1919, June
 
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image no.: 2659
contact sheet: A0086
collection: Archives of Manitoba
description: Regina, Saskatchewan Riot
subject(s): RiotsStrikes
date: 1935, July 1
 
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image no.: 2657
contact sheet: A0086
collection: Archives of Manitoba
description: Regina, Saskatchewan Riot
subject(s): RiotsStrikes
date: 1935, July 1
 
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image no.: 2656
contact sheet: A0086
collection: Archives of Manitoba
description: Regina, Saskatchewan Riot.
subject(s): RiotsStrikes
date: 1935, July 1
 
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image no.: 57697
contact sheet: A1764
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: Rioters Charging St. Charles Streetcar During Street Railway Strike In Winnipeg, Mb
subject(s): RiotsStreetcarsStrikesWinnipeg Buildings
date: 1906, March 30
 
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image no.: 40684
contact sheet: A1360
collection: Herman Holla Collection
description: Same As A1360-40683
subject(s): NewspapersRiotsWinnipeg Buildings
date: 1872
 
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image no.: 550
contact sheet: A0018
collection: Archives of Manitoba
creator: A.K. Gee
title: Special Police entering the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, towards a General Strike riot.
description: The riot, during the Winnipeg General Strike, caused by Mounted Specials around Dingwall's Store, brought reinforcements of Specials on foot armed with clubs.
subject(s): RiotsStoresWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg General StrikeWinnipeg Streets
date: 1919, June 10
 
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image no.: 545
contact sheet: A0018
collection: Archives of Manitoba
creator: A.K. Gee
title: Special Police entering the intersection of Portage Avenue from Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, towards a General Strike riot.
description: The riot caused by mounted Specials around Dingwall's Store brought reinforcements of Specials on foot, armed with clubs.
subject(s): RiotsStoresWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg General StrikeWinnipeg Streets
date: 1919, June
 
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image no.: 37277
contact sheet: A1245
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: The Blackened Shell Of The Recreation Building, Stony Mountain Penitentiary, The Result Of A Fire Set During Prisoner'S Riot
subject(s): JailsRiots
date: 1960, August 15
 
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image no.: 40683
contact sheet: A1360
collection: Herman Holla Collection
description: The Composing Room Of "The Manitoban" Newpaper. A Mob Of Angry Voters Wrecked The Offices Of Three Newspapers In Winnipeg Allowing The Free Press To Take Advantage Of The Lull In Competition To Get Off To A Good Start. Drawing From Canadian Illustrated News. Photo Courtesy Of Herman Holla
subject(s): NewspapersOfficesRiotsWinnipeg BuildingsWrecks
date: 1872
 
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image no.: 71512
contact sheet: A2402
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: Very Large Crowd Of Men And Women In The Streets And On The Sidewalks During The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. In The Middle Of The Photo Is A Line Of Men With Clubs (Or Sticks), One Man Is In The Lead Carrying A Club; They Are On Main Street Outside The C.V. Cafe At 353 Main Street And Victoria Billiards At 355 1/2 Main Street. The Winnipeg Buildings Seen From (L- R): The Merchants Bank, The Bank Of Ottawa, Victoria Billiards And C.V. Cafe, And The Central Barber Shop. In The Foreground Are People In Automobiles With The Tops Down. On A Lamppost Is A Banner With A Beaver, Wreath And The Word "Arras". There Are Billboards Advertising "Velvet Tobacco", And "Sweet Clover Bacon And Pork Sausage". Photo Courtesy Of The Mackie Family
subject(s): AutomobilesBicyclesCostumesRiotsSignsWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg General StrikeWinnipeg StreetsWomen
date: 1919, June 10
 
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image no.: 53181
contact sheet: A1607
collection: Winnipeg Police Department Collection
description: Winnipeg Police, Controlling Riots During The Winnipeg General Strike, On Horseback Were Known As Specials
subject(s): EventsPoliceRiotsWinnipeg BuildingsWinnipeg General Strike
date: 1919