VE Day Parade
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [between 1939 and 1945]
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20011020361
- Physical Description
- black and white negative
- Scope and Content
- View of people lining up on both sides of 5 Street South to watch the VE Parade as it proceeds north from 4 Avenue South on Tuesday May 8, 1945 A portion of the Roxy Theare sign is seen on the right. The building on the left in the IOOF [Independent Order of Oddfellows] In the parade were the Veter…
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [between 1939 and 1945]
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Fruet, William
- Physical Description
- black and white negative
- Physical Condition
- Very Good
- History Biographical
- Mr. Fruet took the photograph from the window of his studio at No. 9, 324 5 Street South.
- Scope and Content
- View of people lining up on both sides of 5 Street South to watch the VE Parade as it proceeds north from 4 Avenue South on Tuesday May 8, 1945 A portion of the Roxy Theare sign is seen on the right. The building on the left in the IOOF [Independent Order of Oddfellows] In the parade were the Vetertan Gurds of Canada, the 20th Reserve unit veterans from both World War 1 &2, RCAF members, Sea, Army and Air Cadets, RCMP, Boy Scouts and the I.O.D.E.[Independent Order of the Daughters of the Empire] Also participating were Hollywood movie stars Claire Trevor and George Murphy who were in OLethbridge in suport of the Alberta Victory Loan Campaign.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 20011020361
- Collection
- Archive
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