Accession Num: 2016.013.10.9
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Document Date: 1919-10- - --
Donors: Terryl Allen (Estate of Marvel Milne)
Keywords: 1910s, automobiles, Banting; William J., bus, Inonoaklin Valley Road, Inonoaklin Valley School, school, and school bus
Locations: Edgewood
Physical Description:
1 digital image (3316 x 1961 pixels)
Notes:
W.J. Banting driving students from the Inonoaklin Valley in his truck to see the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire (Governor-General Victor Cavendish and Evelyn Cavendish), October 1919. This was the first truck in Edgewood. Inonoaklin Valley School in background. Notes from Mary (Mills) Woods, Edgewood schoolteacher at this time: “Bill Banting taking Fire Valley school kids to see Duke & Duchess of Devonshire, Oct 1919. We waited in freezing rain until 4 pm before the Bonnington came. The Duchess made a big fuss over a Dutch baby. The Duke was supposedly too drunk to get off the boat.”