Militia at Winnipeg Station, North-West Rebellion, 1885
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Description
Image of troops at the train station in Winnipeg; troops in line in foreground, train cars and station in background.
Historical note:
"In 1911 Edward E. Ayer, a Chicago businessman, presented to The Newberry Library his collection of historical source material relating chiefly to the discovery, exploration and colonization of North America and to the native races of North America, the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippine Islands. It contains at present about 49,000 volumes, bound pamphlets, manuscripts, documents and other accessioned pieces."