Trek of the Conestoga
Description
- Creator
- Hunsberger Photo, St. Jacobs, Ontario
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Participants in the trek from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Waterloo in a horse-drawn conestoga wagon greeting the Preston, Ontario Mayor and council who are dressed like Native Canadians. Second from right, Lorne Weber, Chairman of the Trek Committee.
The trek commemorated the 155th anniversary of the Lancaster Mennonites emigrating to Waterloo County. - Notes
- See Waterloo Historical Society journal, Volume 40, 1953.
- Date of Original
- 30 June 1952
- Date Of Event
- 30 June 1952
- Dimensions
-
Width: 35 cm
Height: 31 cm
- Image Dimensions
-
Image Width: 19cm
Image Height: 24cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- L-3-1
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
-
-
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.395138 Longitude: -80.357027
-
- Copyright Statement
- Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:35 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 5E2
