Winnipeg Jubilee
It’s 1924, and Winnipeg is 50 years old! Local businesses and community groups from Winnipeg Hydro to Calhoun Hats make elaborate floats to celebrate Winnipeg’s progress as a thriving, modern city – but who’s been left out? Today’s episode is all about anniversaries and what they mean to us.
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Sources
The Winnipeg Tribune
Pastforward
Winnipeg 50th anniversary scrapbook, City of Winnipeg Archives
Winnipeg: Know our City. Souvenir of Winnipeg’s Jubilee, 1874-1924. U of M Digital Collections.
