The Dirty Thirties
1930 - 1939
This was a time of poverty, of making do with what you had. Farms were less than productive and motorized vehicles were reconstructed to be pulled by horses - Bennett buggies.
Business & Public Affairs
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The Manitou Normal School provided teacher training from 1892 to 1933, teaching prospective teachers the norms expected of their students. This photo shows the 1930 class of graduates.
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The Manitou Normal School provided teacher training from 1892 to 1933, teaching prospective teachers the norms expected of their students. This photo shows the 1931 class of graduates.
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This short history of the Manitou Normal Schools was taken from the community history 'Come Into Our Heritage' published in 1997.
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The year book featuring the graduates of the Manitou Normal School, 1932.
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A yearbook celebrating the graduates of the Manitou Normal School, 1933.
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The program for the 1931 Closing Entertainment in recognition of the graduating class of the Normal School.
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Contains a collection of news articles and posters concerning a hundred years of performances at Manitou's Opera Houses.
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The Manitou Opera House was designed by G F Magee and built by Blackburn Construction of Pilot Mound Manitoba in 1930.
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These blueprints were prepared by a former Manitou carpenter, Gordon Mcgee in preparation for the construction of the Manitou Opera House after the January 1930 fire destroyed the original boilding.
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A survey collection of short biographies of some of the many people who have influenced the lives of the people of the Manitou community, researched and compiled by Bette Mueller.
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