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The Winnipeg Time Machine: THE WINNIPEG FOUNDATION

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The Winnipeg Time Machine. This site features stories about Winnipeg and Manitoba history. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. BUILDING THE CITY'S SOCIAL HEART. In 1922 the first recipients were the Margaret Scott Nursing home set up by Miss Scott who was interested in providing the poor, the Knowles School for Boys, the VON, the Children's Hospital and the Children's Aid Society. They shared $6,000. Since then they have helped with Lion's Manor senior's housing, Fort Whyte Nature centre, and the Manitoba Childrens...

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The Winnipeg Time Machine: THE WADDEL FOUNTAIN

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The Winnipeg Time Machine. This site features stories about Winnipeg and Manitoba history. Monday, April 20, 2009. You will find the Waddell Fountain in the north east corner of Central Park. It is a Gothic style fountain that has drawn Winnipeg visitors for 82 hot Winnipeg summers. MRS WADDELL'S DEATH RESULTS IN THIS FOUNTAIN. It does not look like Mr WAddell complied right away. Maybe he was just a procrastinator. Her will did not come to light till 1911. The will compelled the city to foll...Parks see...

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The Winnipeg Time Machine: THE SALVATION ARMY'S WORK IN WINNIPEG

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The Winnipeg Time Machine. This site features stories about Winnipeg and Manitoba history. Sunday, April 19, 2009. THE SALVATION ARMY'S WORK IN WINNIPEG. The Salvation Army was started in London England in 1865 by William Booth who wanted to do something to improve the lives of poor people. "General" Booth as he is described in the literature literally created an army to attack poverty and to bring religion to the needy. The Salvation Army still remains very much a religious organization. The Salvation A...

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The Winnipeg Time Machine: Historic Floods

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The Winnipeg Time Machine. This site features stories about Winnipeg and Manitoba history. Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Floods are nothing new to Manitoba. Posted by George Siamandas. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Visit the Following Links. Aerial Photos of Winnipeg. Photos of Winnipeg Buildings. Manitoba Stock Photo Galleries. Pictures of Lake Winnipeg, Gimli, Victoria Beach, WInnipeg Beach and Grand Beach. Photographic Fine Art Prints. View 1500 Archival Images of Winnipeg. Pow Wow Dancing Galleries.

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The Winnipeg Time Machine: TUXEDO The Suburb Beautiful

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The Winnipeg Time Machine. This site features stories about Winnipeg and Manitoba history. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. TUXEDO The Suburb Beautiful. DEVELOPER FREDERICK WILLIAM HEUBACH. In 1923, Frederick Heubach's son Claude, built a home at the south corner. Designed and built buy Northwood and Carey. Later Claude Heubach moved to Hosmer to one of the first homes south of Corydon Ave. In the 1920s a series of homes sprung up along the east side of Park Boulevard facing Assiniboine Park. See my works here -...

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The Winnipeg Time Machine: Old Aerials and Overviews of Winnipeg

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The Winnipeg Time Machine. This site features stories about Winnipeg and Manitoba history. Thursday, November 4, 2010. Old Aerials and Overviews of Winnipeg. I marvel at how the city looked a hundred years ago or even 50 years. Here is a sampling of old aerial and overview images of Winnipeg going back as early as 1875. To see a collection of 1000 contemporary aerial photos of Winnipeg click here: Winnipeg Aerial photos. Winnipeg Central Buisness District c1968. CN East Yards Now The Forks. Aerial Photos...

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The Winnipeg Time Machine

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The Winnipeg Time Machine. This site features stories about Winnipeg and Manitoba history. Monday, April 13, 2009. 1919 Winnipeg Police Strike. The tale of two Winnipeg Police Chiefs. 169; George Siamandas. FIRING OF CHIEF MACPHERSON. Chief Newton helped build morale within the dept. He helped organize the Winnipeg City Police Athletic Assoc and later the Police Pipe Band. Twenty five years later, at age 63 after a distinguished 33 year career, Newton would face his own crisis of confidence. Photos of Wi...

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The Winnipeg Time Machine: ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AND WINNIPEG'S OTHER OLDEST CHURCHES

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The Winnipeg Time Machine. This site features stories about Winnipeg and Manitoba history. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AND WINNIPEG'S OTHER OLDEST CHURCHES. ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AND. WINNIPEG'S OTHER OLDEST CHURCHES. In 1862 it was replaced by a third church. But once again structural problems plagued the church. By the 1880s they desperately needed a new church. But it was a very long wait for the congregation. It was not until 1926 that the church was replaced by the pre...The first chu...

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The Winnipeg Time Machine: MANITOBA BANS THE BOTTLE

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The Winnipeg Time Machine. This site features stories about Winnipeg and Manitoba history. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. MANITOBA BANS THE BOTTLE. MANITOBA BANS THE BOTTLE. For a Short Time Only. THE IMPACT OF PROHIBITION. THE 1924 LIQUOR ACT. RELIANCE ON LIQUOR REVENUE. In 1954 a commission to study the Liquor Control Act was lead by ex Premier John Bracken. It conducted an exhaustive 750 page study that has the depth of social research you would expect if done today. In 1954 Manitobans had spent $43...Russi...