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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

Fargey, Isabella - Memories of Other Days - LaRiviere Memoir (1880)

A short memoir of early 20th century LaRiviere with a collection of period photos.

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    Farming at Fairbrook (1880)

    This collection of Lea Family photographs indicates how farming practices, and especially machinery, has changed over the past hundred years.

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    Fond: Lea Family
      Floral School 1884-1966 - A History

      A history of the school and community.

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        From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare - Helen Buckley

        A history of the experience of prairie indigenous first nations in making the tansition from a buffalo based economy to a settler/colonial economy.

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          Geographical Study of 2-9W - McKenzie District (1880)

          A research study of the McKenzie District Southern Manitoba and district written by Dennis Windsor.

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            Gnadenthal 1880-1980 (1880)

            This community history, published by the Gnadenthal History Church Committee, J P Redekopp chair, celebrates the community of Gnadenthal Manitoba, one of the communities in the Manitoba Mennonite West Reserve.

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              Gosselin Generations - the Elders (1880)

              A historical memoir of the Gosselins, one of Manitoba's Métis families. The family lived in the Red River district, in the Rock Lake district before disbursing throughout Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

               

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                Government House - Winnipeg - English

                Booklet published by Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Recreation, Historic Resources Branch.

                Please recognize the attitudes expressed in these bulletins may not reflect current attitudes.

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                  Government House - Winnipeg - French

                  Booklet published by Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Recreation, Historic Resources Branch.

                  Please recognize the attitudes expressed in these bulletins may not reflect current attitudes.

                  PMA_2020_047090

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