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Shaunavon Trading Co. building being moved onto town site lot, fall 1913. Image of the building being moved by several horses and wagons that are attached on two sides of the building. "Moving Day" was on September 17th, 1913, when buildings that were built on Government Road were moved down to their respective Shaunavon town site lots

Handwriting on reverse:
Shaunavon in Oct 1913
C.P.R. Contractor ___
Photo of the first store at Shaunavon Sask built in October 1913 just before the C.P.R. Engineers pulled away from Shaunavon

A letter from donor accompanied the photo. In it he states that 'he snapped it on my #2 Brownie Camera when the owners of the Shaunavon Trading Co. were about to have their building dragged down to its permanent position following the township auction sale'

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Shaunavon Trading Co.

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