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Where do I look to get old pictures of Brandon or the Westman area?

One place to start if you haven’t already are the McKee archives...  
https://www.brandonu.ca/archives/

Their library has great pictures

As Adam mentioned previously, the S. J. McKee archives website link posted above is an excellent place to start. There are so many interesting photos in the McKee Archives.  
 
https://bartok.brandonu.ca/mainarchives.aspx  
 
Additional resources for historical Brandon Photos include the local Hillman website. It takes a bit of time navigating the website if you are looking for something specific, but is an interesting collection of many old photos of Brandon; Brandon photos, BMHC (Brandon Mental Health Centre) photos, CPR Pics, Mayors of Brandon, Clear Lake memories, Strathclair also has a section. Rivers Air Base memories and SO much more. Be sure to scroll through the entire home page to see what's there, as it is a very large website and fun to look at. It's worth a visit for anyone interested in Brandon and area history. The Brandon section has many galleries to view. Bill Hillman, the webmaster, is also very receptive as well in adding vintage photos, postcards, collections, mementos, etc. that anyone may want to share on the website.  
 
http://home.westman.wave.ca/~hillmans/brandon.html  
 
Another good resource for specific searches would be the Manitoba Historical Society. There is a search bar top right which can narrow down 'Brandon' or specific information required on any particular historical events, people, buildings, etc. The webmaster there - Gordon Goldsborough is also very receptive and enthusiastic in receiving information on Manitoba history  
 
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/searchresults.shtml?cx=010615179535509863828%3A7zow4hyr79w&cof=FORID%3A11&q=Brandon&sa=Search  
 
Another resource if you have any questions is a very active public Facebook Page entitled 'Brandon Manitoba - Remembered'. All kinds of local history buffs chiming in with old memories, photos and questions. It is a public site and might be accessible to view for those not on Facebook. If not on FB, Google: Brandon Manitoba - Remembered Facebook and you can go from there.  
 
For non-photos and anyone interested in looking up neighborhoods or address of certain areas of Brandon from 1906 - 1955, this website includes the Henderson Directories of Brandon. For anyone unfamiliar, the annual Henderson Directory was a basic resource (pre-internet) to find out where people and businesses were located and what residents did for a living. It's a great genealogy/history buff reference and a good snapshot of the City in any given year. It's another website that takes a bit of navigation, but is interesting.  
 
http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/3176.html  
 
 
I hope this helps.

I will check them all out!!!

You're most welcome, Spades!!  
 
I hope you enjoy looking at the old photos of Brandon and area.  
 
The Henderson Directories are an amazing source of information for anyone wishing to look up previous owners of your address if you live in a Brandon home dated 1955 and earlier. I am not sure when the Henderson Directories ceased to publish ~ I'm thinking late 1970's - early 1980's, but the Brandon Public Library would have any post 1955 copies to be perused only within the Library for research. It's handy for anyone doing genealogy research that wants to look up where their families may have lived in the early years in Brandon.  
 
I was remiss in not including another Heritage website. There is also some interesting information on homes, businesses, churches, parks, people, etc. at this website.  
 
http://heritagebrandon.ca/photos

I sent you a pm  
My aunt deals with this stuff in Brandon as a historian. I sent you her contact.