"Sir Wilfreds special train being the first passenger train on the Melville Yorkton branch of G.T.P. July 1910 Photo by Sinclair"
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| Database ID | 34606 |
| Institution | City of Yorkton Archives | | Fonds/Collection | Howard Jackson Collection | | File/Item Reference | Y-J0094 (Book 1) |
| Postcard message | Postcard not sent. |
| Scope and content | Monotone postcard showing the arrival of the first passenger train on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad carrying Sir Wilfrid Laurier at Yorkton, Saskatchewan on 20 July 1910. From caption in scrapbook: "Prime Minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier visited Yorkton July 20, 1910. He arrived on the first passenger train to run from Melville to Yorkton on the G.T.P. Railway, now the Canadian National. A public reception was held on the C.P.R. station grounds on Broadway. A Mount Guard was in attendance." Postcard from the Howard Jackson Scrapbook Collection. |
| Physical description/extent | 1 postcard; 9 x 13.5 cm |
| Date produced | 1910 |
| Date Range(s) | 1910-1919 | | Publisher | Sinclair's Studio |
| Copyright holder | Public domain |
| Subjects | Transportation -- Train | | Postcard style | divided back | | Postcard media | real photograph | | Place - image | Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Permanent Link |
http://digital.scaa.sk.ca/gallery/postcards/permalink/34606
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