Parade Postcard
Archival item
1995.14.27
1906
Top image of two men and two oxen, below of a street parade - Postcard, two images, the top image is of two men and two oxen, from 1906 according to writing on the back, with the word "Then" along to top, bottom image of a busy street parade outside T.W. Hutcheson Drugs and Stationary store, from 1917, north east corner of Central and Cheadle, later Longmore's, existed c. 1907 to at least 1934, elephants and a trailer bearing a sign "Largest Living Hippopotamus", circus, streets lined with people, entire postcard is an advertisement for T.W. Hutcheson Drugs and Stationary store, message is about how much progress SC has made in 11 years.
Card Stock
Written on back "property of Swift Current Sun / 75th Anniversary Committee" and "an interesting comparison - way back when"
Communication Artefacts, Documentary Artifact, Postcard