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Ambulance volunteers in Houston Canada Day parade
- Date Range
- July 1st 1981
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of ambulance volunteers with a stretcher in Houston's Canada Day parade, 1981. Man in stretcher is Mark Maurer; man standing at centre may be Hugh Smith or Sigmund 'Siggy' Bushaus.
- Collection
- Bill Dungate collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Creator
- Bill Dungate
- Fonds No.
- C8
- Item No.
- P10067
- Accession No.
- 2021.23
- Physical Description
- 1 slide; colour
- Scan Resolution
- 400 dpi
- Date Range
- July 1st 1981
- History / Biographical
- The Houston Today, July 8th 1981 reported: "Ambulance volunteers won the Canada Day bed race by default. Their stretcher, festooned with bed pans and hot water bottles, was the only entry in the contest. They pushed their bed along the parade route."
- Custodial History
- Photograph taken by Bill Dungate and donated to the Bulkley Valley Museum circa 2020 by Dino Laramee.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of ambulance volunteers with a stretcher in Houston's Canada Day parade, 1981. Man in stretcher is Mark Maurer; man standing at centre may be Hugh Smith or Sigmund 'Siggy' Bushaus.
- Geographic Access
- Houston, B.C.
- Related Material
- A similar photo appears on pg. 172 of Marks of a Century (with identification of people).
- Notes
- Additional photos from same event also found in folder.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail