Frontier Days Costumes (1938)

From Swift Current Museum

Accession Number A.2009.12.751

Date 1938

Description Photo, image from Frontier Days in 1938, theme of early Pioneers, a large group of men in suits, many wearing Stetsons or bandanas, in front of a sign that reads "Gold Dust Land Dive" and "Homesteads", taken in front of a building on the zero block of Central Avenue, 25 Central Avenue See also 1995.x.280 (the names given on the identical photo do not match). According to the accompanying information, individuals are as follows (back row): Ray Newsom; Oscar Irwin; Fred Herman; Ed. McKenzie; Duncan Cameron; Jim Donnelly, (second row): A.B. Elliott; Frank Dickson; Bob Moore; Cedric Whelan; (kneeling): Sid Stevens; Al Longmore, Edgar Burke; Bert Hare; (front row): Bert Cooney; Jack Lundholm; J.G. Laycock; Ridge Booker; M.H. Shaw. There are more individuals in the photo than there are names, so some of the men are unidentified, and it is not known exactly which name connects with which face.

Materials Photographic Paper; Laminate

Category Communication Artefacts, Documentary Artifact, Print, Photographic