Crowd at Fire Sale, Cairns Department Store
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| Database ID | 38607 | |
| Institution | Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room | |
| Fonds/Collection | General Photographs Collection | |
| File/Item Reference | Stores, LH-2885 (Subject Collection) | |
| Postcard message | Dear Harry, I am back once more in the wild and woolly West. It is not a bad sort of a place to live after all. I certainly had a lovely trip. I am working pretty hard helping Mrs. Glencross. love | |
| Scope and content | Exterior view of JF Cairns Department Store, with large crowd out front. The windows have been covered with advertisements for a "fire sale;" the store had been damaged by fire on 2 July 1912. A man is seated on railway tracks in the foreground; both a vehicle and a horse-drawn buggy can be seen. | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 postcard; 9 x 13 cm | |
| Date postcard sent | 22 August 1912 | |
| Date produced | 1912 | |
| Date Range(s) | 1910-1919 | |
| Copyright holder | Public domain | |
| Subjects | Business Towns and Cities -- Topographical Disasters -- Fire | |
| Language of postcard text | English | |
| Language of card | English | |
| Postcard style | white border divided back | |
| Postcard media | real photograph | |
| Place - image | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Conquest, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Permanent Link | http://digital.scaa.sk.ca/gallery/postcards/permalink/38607
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