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.
Community Histories
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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 mimeographed yearbook published in honour of the Manitou Youth Training Centre class of 1937-38.
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This article tells the story of Manitou's CPR Log Cabin, built in 1884 to house the railway workers then building the line west to LaRiviere. Ths article also tells of some of the posple who lived in the Log Cabin aver the past century, and of the Cabin's transition to become the Pembina Manitou Log Cabin Tourism Centre.
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The story of the misinterpretation of a fake stone signature created by a young Manitou citizen.
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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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A revision of the 1981 pamphlet documenting the life and legacy of Nellie McClung prepared by the Historic Resources Branch in 1985.
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A pamphlet on the life and legacy of Nellie McClung prepared by the Historical Resources Branch in 1981.
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