2-995-575 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The members of the fire companies drawing the Prince of Wales through Carleton, a suburb of St. John, New Brunswick, 1860. The future King Edward VII visits North America. 'At the city line on the Carleton side the two Carleton fire companies were waiting, and, having previously obtained the consent of the Prince, they harnessed the horses, attached a rope to the carriage, and, each company taking a side, they drew him through Carleton, having first stopped a few moments to allow the scene to be photographed...the cheers grew louder, the advancing crowd grew more dense and dark...in a moment the Prince was seen, drawn by firemen, guarded on each side by a company of artillery, and followed by...the volunteers in full marching order, full of enthusiasm and covered thick with dust...the Prince acknowledged every cheer from the steamers or from the shore'. From "Illustrated London News", 1860.