Brandon Residential School

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Group of children standing outside for a candid photo outside of Brandon Residential School wearing school uniforms.

[Children gathered for a casual photo outside the building at the Brandon Residential School, Manitoba]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1910s

Informal shot of girls outside Brandon Industrial institue "in the great lone land."

UCCA, 1993.049P/1365

Group of children in school uniform standing outside, some leaning on a wooden structure, possibly for farming or using the well.

[Informal image of children outside the Brandon Residential School]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1910s

Informal shot of students outside Brandon Industrial Institute..

UCCA, 1993.049P/1366

Group of youth wearing school uniforms standing for a candid photo, large dog in the foreground.

[Informal image of youth outside with a dog at Brandon Residential School]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1910s

UCCA, 1993.049P/1367

Group of four children standing at a workbench using carpentry tools, indoors, some looking at the camera.

[Children attending carpentry class, Brandon Industrial Institute (Brandon Residential School)]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1910s

UCCA, 1993.049P/1368

Large field with rows of small plants, tree line and Brandon Residential School in the background.

[The Brandon Institute (Brandon Residential School) farm , with school building in the background]

Brandon, Manitoba, 1915

UCCA, 1993.049P/1369

Group of cows standing in a field, most with their heads down eating, tree line in the background.

[Cows in the garden, Brandon Institute (Brandon Residential School).)

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1915

UCCA, 1993.049P/1370

General v[General view of the barns and livestock, Brandon Institute (Brandon Residential School). Image of the barns and livestock seen from a distance.]iew of the barns and livestock, Brandon Institute

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1915

UCCA, 1993.049P/1371

[Cows outside the dairy barn, Brandon Institute (Brandon Residential School)]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1915

UCCA, 1993.049P/1372

Large herd of cows outside of a large barn, in winter.

[Cows outside the dairy barn in winter, Brandon Institute (Brandon Residential School)]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1915

UCCA, 1993.049P/1373

Large herd of horses beside a barn, Brandon Residential School in the background.

[Horses outside the barn in early spring, Brandon Institute (Brandon Residential School)]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1915

UCCA, 1993.049P/1374

Large herd of horses beside a barn, Brandon Residential School in the background.

[Horses outside the barn in winter, Brandon Institute (Brandon Residential School)]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1915

UCCA, 1993.049P/1375

Interior of the dairy barn, looking down the centre with stalls on either side, light coming in through small windows.

[Interior of the dairy barn, Brandon Institute (Brandon Residential School). Interior of dairy barn is seen from the center of one end straight down to the other end. There are no cows or people.]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1915

UCCA, 1993.049P/1376

Interior of the dairy barn, taken looking down the length of the building, with stalls on the left, light coming in through the small windows.

[Interior of the dairy barn, Brandon Institute (Brandon Residential School). View of the barn focuses on the stalls on one side of the barn. No cows or people in image]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1915

UCCA, 1993.049P/1377

Row of cows in stalls in the dairy barn, light coming in through small windows.

[Cows in stalls in the dairy barn, Brandon Institute (Brandon Residential School)]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1915

UCCA, 1993.049P/1378

Formal portrait of Tommy Keefer, seated holdin ga book, wearing a suit, backdrop and curtains in the background.

[Tommy Keefer, who attended Brandon Industrial Institute (Brandon Residential School), posing for a formal portrait.]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1900

UCCA, 1993.049P/1379

[Formal group portrait of staff of the Brandon Institute (Brandon Residential School)]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1915

UCCA, 1993.049P/1380

Formal portrait of the staff of Brandon Residential School, standing on some steps.

[Formal portrait of the staff of Brandon Institute (Brandon Residential School), in winter]

Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1910s

UCCA, 1993.049P/1381

Landscape shot with farm buildings in the centre, surrounded by field.

[The farm buildings and some of the fields ready for seeding at Brandon Residential School]

Brandon, Manitoba, 1910

UCCA, 1993.049P/1382