91st Battalion, C.E.F.

Scope and Content: The 91st Battalion is shown marching east along Talbot Street, St. Thomas, on June 25, 1916. The Battalion was marching to the Michigan Central Railway Station for transport to Halifax, Nova Scotia and, eventually, deployment on active service in France during the First World War.; 91st Battalion marching east on Talbot Street, St. Thomas, June 25, 1916. View is looking northwest from White Street. Businesses visible on the north side of Talbot Street include R.H. and J. Dowler Ltd., clothiers, 489-491; R.H. Beattie, baker and confectioner, 515-517 (at street level in three-storey building with date stone reading "Central Block 1882"); P.R. Williams & Son, undertakers, 519; the Princess Theatre, 525; Porter & Nelson, jewelers, 527; Sandham & Roberts, electrical contractors, 531, "Everything Electrical" sign; William Barrett, barber, 533; Ranson A. Robins, cigars and billiards, 535. The Columbia Hotel on the northwest corner of Talbot and Mondamin Streets, 537-539, is just out of view to the right.; A small Japanese imperial flag is visible in a seond floor window above the Princess Theatre. It appears to be the ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force which was in use from 1889-1945 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Japanese_flags); Down the Street to Yesterday Zone 29 (Hiawatha to Mondamin).