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Shire of Toodyay > Records

VICTORY PARADE FIRE BRIGADE

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1946

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Community events & celebrations

Overview

Black & white photo of floats in Victory Parade, Toodyay at end of WWII.
Vehicle at back left has sign above windscreen. Second vehicle has 3 leaf clover on radiator - 3rd vehicle has a number of people standing on tray back dressed in long coats with top hats - 4th vehicle is Fire Brigade - 3 men in uniform with brass helmets. Hose wheel on truck is decorated with streamer flags on side of truck, one unknown, 1 union jack, I ambulance.
Trees, hill, house in background.

Historical information

Victory Day was celebrated in Toodyay on June 10th, 1946 with a procession from the Newcastle Hotel to the Showgrounds. (Toodyay Herald, 14 June 1946, p.1)

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1732

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

90 mm

Height or length

145 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Writing on reverse of photo reads " Victory Parade Toodyay 1945. Fire Brigade Float etc" and " Mrs Thurman" [note: event is believed to have occurred in 1946]

Keywords

Toodyay Showgrounds

Year

1946

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

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-31.546841539071, 116.46023045686

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