- 81.448.19
- Item
- ca.1936
Parte deBiggar Photograph Collection
Constable Chesty Brown on a horse on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
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Parte deBiggar Photograph Collection
Constable Chesty Brown on a horse on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
Parte deBiggar Photograph Collection
Constable Chesty Brown on a horse on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
Parte deBiggar Photograph Collection
Constable Chesty Brown on a horse on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
Elks Winter Carnival in Biggar, Sask.
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A large number of children parading in a line down Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
A Parade on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
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A view of a parade on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
The Silver Jubilee Parade on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
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Large crowds of people on the sidewalks of Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan watching people with banners walking in a parade
Some of the people are girls in Girl Guide uniforms
The Silver Jubilee Parade On Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
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Women and girls in Girl Guide Uniforms, holding flags and walking down Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
The Silver Jubilee Parade on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
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Large crowds of people on the sidewalks of Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan watching people with banners walking in a parade
Some of the people are girls in Girl Guide uniforms
Parade On King Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
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There is a row of decorated cars being led down King Street by a band in Biggar, Saskatchewan
A Parade on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
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A view of a parade on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
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Eight people on a parade float in front of a brick building
two signs on the float read "Seasons Fashion Parade." and Hock & Packer"
There are Union Jack flags on one of the signs, each corner of the float and the front of the float
Girl Guides at Main Street and Second Avenue in Biggar, Saskatchewan
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A group of girls in girl guide uniforms in a parade, walking down Second Avenue West onto Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan
J.G. Fox Company Parade Float in Biggar, Saskatchewan
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Three people in a horse drawn parade float on Main Street in Biggar, Saskatchewan with a sign which reads "J.G. Fox Co. for watches"
Orange Day Celebrations in Brock, Saskatchewan
Seven men walking and standing along a road. One man plays a bass drum, another plays a fife while another carries a sword.
Bio/historical note: The Better Farming Train served as an agricultural college on wheels. Sponsored by the Provincial Government and the Extension Department of the University of Saskatchewan, these trains were in common use during the summers from about 1914-1920. Consisting of lecture, exhibit, and demonstration cars, visitors were informed concerning agricultural products, equipment, and practices.
"Blitz" on Second Avenue, Saskatoon
Soldiers in military trucks, tanks and motorcycles proceed down Second (2nd) Avenue South, Saskatoon. In background is the Bowerman Block, occupied by Caswell's Men's Clothing Store, and located on 21st Street East near 2nd Avenue South. Crowds watch from the sidewalk at centre.
Bio/Historical Note: The disturbing news of Nazi incursions into the Canadian Arctic and the grim prognostications of America's commander-in-chief, Dwight D. Eisenhower, during the early days of World War II, were enough to prompt Saskatonians to prepare for the possibility of a Luftwaffe bombing run on their city. Ominous comments by local Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) personnel during mock blackouts that the prairie center would be a "pushover" in the event of a real blitz no doubt stirred the popular imagination. The crook of the river, the railway tracks that shone in the moonlight, and the usually cloudless atmosphere were all cited by military figures as factors that made Saskatoon especially vulnerable to an air attack. As a result, in January 1942 Colonel Robert W. Stayner, a distinguished veteran of the Great War, was placed in charge of air raid defense in the city. Concerned Saskatonians were encouraged to train for their community's defense. Not everyone, however, felt that war on prairie soil was imminent. Several officials in Saskatoon insisted, for example, that the prospect of an air attack on the city was still remote. Nevertheless, 1,132 local men and women were engaged in first aid, fire, and police drills in November 1942, striking evidence that the threat from the Luftwaffe seemed real enough to justify such precautions. The Star-Phoenix played a key role in whip ping up this war fever. Its special two-page "Nazi" edition of the newspaper (October 19, 1942) was a case in point. The premise behind the whole idea-that Nazis had conquered Canada, had Saskatoon in their grip, and had seized the Star-Phoenix-would have outraged every patriot in that urban center. Renaming the newspaper Deutsche Zeitung fuer Saskatoon, the editors set about filling the two pages with stories of Nazi hubris. A jubilant Hitler greeted his new subjects on the very front page: “The entire German people rejoice with me in the glorious victory of German arms in overcoming the last resistance of decadent democracy in Saskatchewan. . . . The rich farm lands of what the British were pleased to call the breadbasket of their former empire will fit magnificently into our plans for a New Order.”
The conquest of Saskatoon seemed irreversible. The amalgam of stories in the Star-Phoenix's Nazi edition were clearly designed to shock different sectors of Saskatoon's diverse population out of their complacency. Local church leaders, for example, could not have missed the upset ting announcement of the new Reichbishop appointed by the Nazis for the Canadian Gau (the German word for province) and the burning of old prayer books that promoted "unscientific Christianity." Farmers in the rural areas around Saskatoon would have been startled to read about Nazi plans to ship every ounce of butter they produced back to Germany and to confiscate all livestock, with anyone who resisted being shot on sight. And those in the prairie city with a medical background would have stared with disbelief at the Star-Phoenix's health section, a part of the paper that was now dedicated to Nazi teachings on biology and physiology. Even more hair-raising was a grim warning that anyone who opposed the new regime was to be sent to the "concentration camp" at Dundurn. These local stories were intermixed with national ones. Other stories in Deutsche Zeitung fuer Saskatoon were deliberately left blank and marked only with the word "censored" and the swastika emblem-giving the impression that the "German World Plan" was far too sinister to print. Readers of the Star-Phoenix's "Nazi" edition doubtless got the point: life in the "true north strong and free" was worth defending. Excerpts from Bringing the War Home: The Patriotic Imagination in Saskatoon, 1939-1942, by Brendan Kelly, 2010.