Our history in pictures: Downtown Salmon Arm, 1949

Our history in pictures: Downtown Salmon Arm, 1949

Downtown Salmon Arm circa 1949. Why? The Salmar Theatre opened in May 1949 and the United Church Gym Hall burned down in December of the same year. Both buildings are present in this photo. Douglas Kermode photographer. Image courtesy of Salmon Arm Museum at R.J. Haney Heritage Village.

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