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Maw's Garage
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Maw and Company Garage was constructed in 1906 for the
interests of Joseph Maw. Maw was a Winnipeg businessman
whose career illustrates how the settlement of Western
Canada presented boundless opportunities to many an ambitious
man.
A travelling salesman by the age of 17 for the Massey
Manufacturing Company, he entered into a partnership in
a carriage firm with J.M. Ross. After this partnership
dissolved in 1886, Maw became interested in the new motor
vehicles, as a logical extension of the carriage business.
