Mission BC Strawberry Festival and Soapbox Derby in 1949 @BCHistory
Mission BC Strawberry Festival and Soapbox Derby in 1949  @BCHistory
Uploaded July 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This from the Royal BC Museum and I claim no rights to the material and offer it here so that more people will see it.

You can read more about the strawberry festival at this link
missionmuseum.com/milestone-strawberry-festival.php

This is only a clip from BC Archives Item AAAA1048 - King for a day : The annual strawberry festival, Mission, British Columbia

Mission hosted the Western Canada Soapbox Derby Championships from 1946 to 1973
missionsoapbox.com

photography: Richard L. Colby; narration: Eric Ramsden; sound recording: Crawley Films Ltd.; director: C.R.D. Ferris; producing agency/company: British Columbia. Government Travel Bureau. Photographic Branch
Source material at this link
youtu.be/GQ5KK5sd2m8
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Mission BC Strawberry Festival and Soapbox Derby in 1949

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