The Hungry Thirties
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Riding the rails during the Great Depression. David Yorke collection.
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Hopping freight trains
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The ‘Jungle’ of the unemployed, summer 1931. Vancouver Archives Re N10.09.
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When do we eat?
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Buddies in “hobo jungle”
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Three unemployed men of the ‘jungle’ at the City dump, Vancouver Archives RE N8.2
Relief Camp Workers Union
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Relief Camp Union newspaper, 1934
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Banner of Relief Camp Workers Union
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Demonstration by Relief Camp Workers Union
1935 Strike
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Relief camp workers leaving the camps
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Mothers Day 1935, Stanley Park
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March in Victoria
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Demonstration in Victoria
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Vancouver strike supporters
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Parades and marches in Vancouver
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Snake parade downtown Vancouver
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Snake parade downtown Vancouver
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Vancouver parade
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May Day 1935
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May Day 1935
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“Tin Canning” on streets to raise funds
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Mayor McGeer reads the Riot Act in Victoria Square
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May Day parade 1935; float shows McGeer reading Riot Act
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Sending supplies to strikers occupying the museum`
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Citizens of Vancouver provided meals and beds for strikers
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Victory Square 1935
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Victory Square 1935
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Victory Square 1935
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Victory Square 1935
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Victory Square 1935
On to Ottawa!
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Library & Archives Canada, C-024840
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Trek arrives in Golden BC
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Golden BC
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Medicine Hat AB
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Calgary AB
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Calgary AB
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Arriving in Regina
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Regina SK
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Documents and Clippings
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Handbill given to citizens of Regina
Strikers’ Delegation to Ottawa
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Tony Martin, Slim Evans, Doc Savage, Red Walsh, Mike McCauley, Paddy O’Neil, Jack Cosgrovfe, Peter Neilson – strikers’ delegation to Ottawa
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Prime Minister Bennett says trek turning into “Communist parade?
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Hot Clash with Bennett
The Regina Riot
Aftermath
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Mug shots of Cosgrove and O’Neill
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Strikers muster in Regina and head back to Vancouver
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Handbill for event to defend Regina Trekkers
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Project News, 6 January 1938
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Project News, 20 January 1938
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Vancouver 1938
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Occupation of Vancouver Post Office 1938
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Bloody Sunday 1938
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Public support for victims of Post Office Occupation
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Veterans of On to Ottawa Trek joined Mackenzie Papineau Battalion to fight in Spanish Civil War
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Mac-Paps
Keeping the Trek Alive
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Willis Shaprla, Johnny Johnson, Robert “Doc” Savage, Bob Jackson revisit the rail tracks where they departed for Ottawa June 3, 1935
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Doc Savage at 1985 Reunion
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Bob Jackson at 1985 Reunion
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Wainwright at 1985 Reunion
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Bob Jackson speaks at CLC
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Bob Jackson in 1930s
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Bob Jackson, Roger Crowther, Doc Savage
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Doc Savage and Jean Shiels (Slim Evans’ Daughter) at 1985 Reunion
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Hoggarth at 2010 event
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Singing Hold the Fort, 1985
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Video Shoot, 1992
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Poster for 75th anniversary of Trek
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Plaque installed in Vancouver 2010
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75th Anniversary Celebration 2010
