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.
Antiques and Funk, Winnipeg. Notice the Mural by Sarah Riel of Iceland above it.
Space lunch box!
50's style lamp
Close up of the 1950's lampshade
Antiques and Funk, Winnipeg
Winnipeg's Exchange District
The Birt Saddlery used to be here. Winnipeg's downtown had a strong history of farming and horses
Awesome vintage stuff at Antiques and Funk
A coffee dog?
Washboards and Kitchenware
excellent windows at Antiques and Funk on Main street
The view from Main and Bannatyne
The view from Main and Bannatyne
474 Main street Winnipeg
Antiques and Funk, Winnipeg
Antiques and Funk, Winnipeg
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
A nice collection of vintage lamps
Antiques and Funk, Winnipeg
Antiques and Funk, Winnipeg
Children don't play with marbles anymore, do they?
Ermine Stoles (?)
Kim Campbell, Cream-A-Tory Soup (1993)
Hudson's Bay Company 1910 catalogue
stuffed squirrels!
a dove? a pigeon?
A Globe. Canada is not as colourful as the USA
a huge number of matchbooks
A souvenir from Pinawa Manitoba
Headquarters of the Monkees
Excellent marbled enamel
Picobac tobacco
Old General Electric radio
Peppermint extract
Drewry's Beer mug from Winnipeg
P. Frenzeny print from 1878 "at work at the wine presses"
close up of an old cash register
Some nice ceramics: Russel Wright; SteubenvilleRussel Wright Ceramics mfg by SteubenvilleRocket needles
A Vulcan Fire Hydrant
A whole case of crucifixes
A Winnipeg Jets ticket from 1985
A box of old photographs
accordions!
the cell in the basement where Louis Riel was allegedly kept. There used to be bars on this door (?)
vintage Johnson outboard motor
the treasure filled basement of Antiques and Funk
long ago there was a fire. it burned off the second and third floors. in the basement you can still see the charred beams
the unused stairs to the second floor
the door on the right leads to the unused staircase to the second floor which does not exist
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Love the pictures you took of Antiques and Funk! Mac and I just discovered this place yesterday.
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Love the pictures you took of Antiques and Funk! Mac and I just discovered this place yesterday.