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Airstream 1975 Rally / Caravan - Brandon Manitoba Canada - An Amazing Event Six Great Vintage Kodachrome Slides Single Kodachrome Slide - Some Zoom in Sections of the photo shown. Excellent focus and colors - slides were stored well. All original - No Copies Estate Items - Never Before Widely Seen Definitely a Bygone Era Now For Airstream Rallies I do combine shipping See all my Listings The WBCCI 18th International Rally, held June 25 – July 4, 1975 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, was a popular one, the largest one to that date and the 2nd largest ever with 4209 Airstreams and about 12,000 persons attending. The rally fee was only $35 (in U.S. dollars) for an Airstream and two adults. It was reported that about 3000 trailers arrived on the first day of parking and the lineup of Airstreams waiting to enter the rally site stretched for over 4 miles! The rally was themed “Festival Canada” and was organized by WBCCI’s first Canadian International President, Bruce MacLean and wife Wilma, who hailed from Toronto, Ontario. Bruce was a founding member of the Ontario Unit and the self-proclaimed “Chief of the WBCCI Clan”. His rally had a distinctly Scottish flavor with the opening ceremony featuring a precision Bagpipe Marching Band. Bagpipers even provided morning serenades as “wake-up” music for the caravanners throughout the rally. Brandon hosted a Highland Scottish Festival during the rally and a group of Scottish families attended the International Rally as part of the Caravan America program sponsored by the Wally Byam Foundation. President Bruce even donned a Scottish kilt for some official photos. Bruce was our oldest living International President to date when he passed away on January 12, 2018 at the age of 107! Entertainment at the Rally also included the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on horseback, which required the indoor arena floor to be covered with 6 to 8 inches of dirt for their performance, as well as Native American and Ukrainian dancers. During the Rally, the WBCCI, jointly with the City of Brandon, presented the “Hands of Peace” sculpture to the International Peace Garden which was created in 1932 on the border between Manitoba, Canada and North Dakota, Please study the photos Send along any questions you have. Super Quick Shipping and Careful Packaging. You will receive what you see in these pictures. Please study my other listings and if you buy multiple items wait and I will invoice you for a reduced total shipping charge. Check out all my store items.