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Information object browse - City of Winnipeg Archives Winnipeg in Focus is a database for archival descriptions and digital collections at the City of Winnipeg Archives.

New at #WpgArchives for #TBT:

#Winnipeg City Council minutes from 1874-1896 have been digitized and are available online.

These minute books are the official records of decisions made by the Council.

See more:
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Cornerstone Casket, 1875 - City of Winnipeg Archives Forms part of Fonds 1, City of Winnipeg (1874-1971): Series 82 consists of items contained in a casket prepared by City Council for placement in th...

#DYK that #WpgArchives’ (#Winnipeg) collection includes a jar containing the remains of an extinct species of grasshopper?

The jar was part of a time capsule placed in the cornerstone of #Winnipeg’s first City Hall in 1875.

See more from the time capsule:
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Winnipeg 50th anniversary scrapbook - City of Winnipeg Archives A scrapbook created documenting the parade for Winnipeg's 50th anniversary, which took place on June 18, 1924. The scrapbook includes photos of the...

#TBT photos from a scrapbook documenting #Winnipeg’s 50th Jubilee parade, which took place #OnThisDay 100 years ago (1924).

See the full scrapbook at #WpgArchives.

winnipeginfocus.winnipeg.ca/i04870 #Wpg150