Looking West on 4th St Perry's Hardware half way down
on the right.
Picture taken from around 11th Ave.
in front of the City Hall area.
3rd building on the left
at 1132 4th st
was George Macready's Men's store
built before 1909.
3rd building on the right,
barely visible after the large 2nd one,
was the Union bank at 1131, 4th st.
Next to the Wicklow Center today. |
Aerial View of the
Westend of Estevan ECI on the right, Old St Joseph's Hospital
beyond the School
Taken in late 50's, early 60's.
Section Map showing Area
East to Bienfait |
Mar 17, 1894
W. F. Irwin selling Massey Harris Co equipment

July 4-5,
(Monday-Tuesday) 1949
Estevan Exhibition
almost broke record attendance of 1948.
8,152 Gate Attendance.
6,051 Grandstand admissions.
8,279 was the record gate attendance in 1948.
Improvements they made:
regrouping livestock barns
spectators stand at livestock ring
improved grandstand entrance
blacktop surfacing in front of grandstand
permanent eating booths
lighting in the parking areas
and machinery exhibits
Buck Steele's "Cavalcade of Stars"
who usually did the afternoon shows,
and Gus Sun's "Stars of Canada"
who usually did the evening shows,
were the grandstand attractions.
Gus Sun b- Oct 7, 1868- d- Oct 1, 1959
was a vaudeville performer,
Juggler, and Minstrel,
and became owner of the Gus Sun Circuit.
"Wallace Bros. Shows of Canada"
managed by J. P. Sullivan,
James Patrick (Jimmy) Sullivan
b- 1889 in Fargo ND
furnished the midway
In 1955 Sullivan changed the name
of Wallace Bros. Shows of Canada
to "World's Finest Shows".
It still travelled by rail, using 50 large boxcars,
seven Pullman cars and more than 30 flatcars.
The majority of the cars were owned by the show,
making it the largest privately owned
railway in the country.
In 1963 they sold out to "Conklin Shows" |
Aug 20, 1904
Bankers and Grain Dealers
spend a night in Estevan.
Now here is a Train load of Rich People
looking for places to spend their money.
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