Antiques & Funk, Oct 27 2011

Antiques & Funk (Antiques and Funk) have been selling cool vintage stuff in Winnipeg since 1986

and have been at 474 Main street since 1997.

This building used to have another storey, but it burned off a while ago.

Also I have heard this building was home to Winnipeg’s first photo studio. This needs to be confirmed.

Then Birt’s Saddlery occupied the place for many years.

And there is a small earthen cell in the basement that people say was the place where Louis Riel was kept during his trial.

Though the truth of this is up for debate.

_MG_3403 — Antiques and Funk, Winnipeg. Notice the Mural by Sarah Riel of Iceland above it.

_MG_3436 — Space lunch box!

_MG_3434 — 50's style lamp

_MG_3433 — Close up of the 1950's lampshade

_MG_3507 — Antiques and Funk, Winnipeg

_MG_3510 — Winnipeg's Exchange District

_MG_3511 — The Birt Saddlery used to be here. Winnipeg's downtown had a strong history of farming and horses

_MG_3425 — Awesome vintage stuff at Antiques and Funk

_MG_3419 — A coffee dog?

_MG_3417 — Washboards and Kitchenware

_MG_3415 — excellent windows at Antiques and Funk on Main street

_MG_3409 — The view from Main and Bannatyne

_MG_3408 — The view from Main and Bannatyne

_MG_3407 — 474 Main street Winnipeg

_MG_3396 — Antiques and Funk, Winnipeg

_MG_3394 — Antiques and Funk, Winnipeg

_MG_3391 — Someone told me that this was where Winnipeg's first Photographic studio was located. Later on it was Bert's Saddlery and then an Indigenous Art Gallery

_MG_3389 — A nice collection of vintage lamps

_MG_3387 — Antiques and Funk, Winnipeg

_MG_3378 — Antiques and Funk, Winnipeg

_MG_3376 — Children don't play with marbles anymore, do they?

_MG_3441 — Ermine Stoles (?)

_MG_3437 — Kim Campbell, Cream-A-Tory Soup (1993)

_MG_3369 — Hudson's Bay Company 1910 catalogue

_MG_3366 — stuffed squirrels!

_MG_3362 — a dove? a pigeon?

_MG_3350 — A Globe. Canada is not as colourful as the USA

_MG_3348 — a huge number of matchbooks

_MG_3341 — A souvenir from Pinawa Manitoba

_MG_3338 — Headquarters of the Monkees

_MG_3332 — Excellent marbled enamel

_MG_3329 — Picobac tobacco

_MG_3328 — Old General Electric radio

_MG_3323 — Peppermint extract

_MG_3314 — Drewry's Beer mug from Winnipeg

_MG_3311 — P. Frenzeny print from 1878 "at work at the wine presses"

_MG_3310 — close up of an old cash register

_MG_3309 — Some nice ceramics: Russel Wright; Steubenville

Steubenville — Russel Wright Ceramics mfg by Steubenville

_MG_3302 — Rocket needles

_MG_3300 — A Vulcan Fire Hydrant

_MG_3293 — A whole case of crucifixes

_MG_3287 — A Winnipeg Jets ticket from 1985

_MG_3280 — A box of old photographs

_MG_3264 — accordions!

_MG_8036 — the cell in the basement where Louis Riel was allegedly kept. There used to be bars on this door (?)

_MG_8042 — vintage Johnson outboard motor

_MG_8043 — the treasure filled basement of Antiques and Funk

_MG_8044 — long ago there was a fire. it burned off the second and third floors. in the basement you can still see the charred beams

_MG_8055 — the unused stairs to the second floor

_MG_8058 — the door on the right leads to the unused staircase to the second floor which does not exist

One thought on “Antiques & Funk, Oct 27 2011”

Protiti Khan says:

March 30, 2015 at 11:59 am

Love the pictures you took of Antiques and Funk! Mac and I just discovered this place yesterday.

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