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Main_Street_Winnipeg_Man.jpg
A very crowded Main Street on Labour Day, looking north from Portage Avenue. Pedestrians fill the sidewalks and street while a few horse drawn carriages and a streetcar (labelled "Happy Land") stay to the middle. Several buildings on the left…

Winnipeg_Man_View_from_Top_of_Merchants_Bank.jpg
A bird's-eye view of Main Street, looking northwest from the Merchants Bank Building (at Lombard Avenue). The Union Bank Tower stands at the curve of Main Street and the old Central Fire Hall is near centre. Many buildings of the Exchange District…

Main_Street_Winnipeg_Man (1).jpg
A very crowded Main Street, possibly on Labour Day, looking north from Portage Avenue. Pedestrians fill the sidewalks and and part of the street while a row of streetcars and a few automobiles and horse drawn carts stay near centre. Several…

Hudsons_Bay_Cos_Stores_Winnipeg_Man_Canada.jpg
A three-storey building on the southeast corner of Main Street and York Avenue that served as the Hudson's Bay Company's first retail location in Winnipeg, as well as storage and office space, from 1881 until a larger store opened on Partage Avenue…

Pick_The_Man_That_Threw_The_Brick_Winnipeg_Mar291906.jpg
A scene on March 26 during the Streetcar Strike of 1906. A crowd swarms in front of the Royal Alexandra Hotel at Main Street and Higgins Avenue. More men are aligned on top of the underpass. The Reeves & Co Building, with the Internation Harvester…

Part_of_Main_Street_Looking_North_from_Union_Bank_Building_Winnipeg_Manitoba.jpg
North facing view of Main Street from with buildings, streetcars, people, and carriages.

St_Johns_Avenue_east_Winnipeg.jpg
A residential street with gravel sidewalks, fenced front yards, and large two and one half story houses, some with porches and verandas. Newly planted trees line the boulevards.

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