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[David Dunlop]

Hello Stephen.

That photo is a still shot taken from a National Film Board of Canada, or possibly a copy of a local newspaper photo, of an event done in Winnipeg to raise public awareness of what was happening in Europe during the war.

The convoy of Carriers were loaned from a local Regiment, but I do not know which one. Winnipeg was HQ for Military District 10 at that time. I have also seen photos of these carriers in a War Bond parade on Main Street in Winnipeg at another point in time during the war.

This photo was taken heading west on Portage Avenue, which intersects with Main Street in the far left corner. The large 9 story building in the centre back of the photo is the old T. Easton Company building. Torn down now and the MTS Centre Arena sits there now, home of the Winnipeg Jets. The smaller building just to the right of Eaton’s, with the lighter coloured ornate upper floors, is the Holt Renfrew Building and to the right of it, the top of the Kresge’s Building is just visible. Both those buildings still survive.

David