VICTORY PARADE FIRE BRIGADE

1946
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
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]

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