Santa Claus Parades, Sparta - 1959 Parade
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives116936
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1959
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh1 B3 F11 6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C8 Sh1 B3 F11 6
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1959
- Publication
- November 21, 2022: Published to Twitter.
- November 23, 2022: Published to Instagram and Facebook.
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Seven black and white photographs used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published December 12, 1959 with captions:
- "An estimated 10,000 to 12,000 people were on hand to watch the Sparta parade on Sunday. Cars were lined up for miles in all directions. Here at the main intersection of the village, some of the crowd wait for the parade to come by".
- "Louis Underhill of Port Stanley buys hot dogs, a popular item at the parade, from Mrs. Phillip Sawyer and Mrs. Edna Pickard".
- "Pretty Judy Harvey, riding on a magnificent horse, led the parade as the standard bearer".
- "This huge "Welcome to Sparta" cake was one of the floats".
- "This giant snowman, over 12 feet tall, delighted the youngsters".
- "Clown Ted Alden puzzles little Larry Walker of Aylmer".
- "Old King Cole, played by John McKinlay called for his pipe and bowl before starting off in the Parade. On the float were also his fiddlers three".
- Name Access
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Sparta (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Parades
- Website / Street View Notes
- URL directs to a social media post featuring the image, published on November 23, 2022.
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