Calendar
Object
2025.4.1
Calendar, Yukon Motors Ltd.
Calendar, with full colour photograph of mountains, a road, and a field of wildflowers in the foreground. Only the months of September, October, November and December are left stapled to the bottom. The other months have been ripped off. Months are printed in black and red on white paper. Printing at the top of the calendar is black on yellow with UNIROYAL emblem on both sides.
Used as a promotional item for Yukon Motors and given away to customers.
Yukon Motors Limited was originally located at the site of the current Integra Tire at 107 Industrial Road.
;From the Whitehorse Star - June 25, 1970:
William L. Drury, President of Yukon Motors, announces closure of his Pontiac Buick dealership located at Fourth Avenue and Jarvis Street. ;From Yukon Archives Personal Name Authority:
William "Bill" Lawrence Drury was the son of William S. Drury who, in partnership with Isaac Taylor, established the Taylor and Drury (T&D) chain of stores throughout the Yukon. Bill Drury was born in Whitehorse in 1920. He attended Lambert Street School in Whitehorse and graduated from Brentwood College and Sprott Shaw Business College, both in Victoria, B.C. Bill Drury worked with Taylor and Drury Ltd. in the fur business from 1938 to 1950. He worked for T&D Motors until 1953. He then opened Yukon Motors which he operated until 1970.
;From the Whitehorse Star - June 25, 1970:
William L. Drury, President of Yukon Motors, announces closure of his Pontiac Buick dealership located at Fourth Avenue and Jarvis Street. ;From Yukon Archives Personal Name Authority:
William "Bill" Lawrence Drury was the son of William S. Drury who, in partnership with Isaac Taylor, established the Taylor and Drury (T&D) chain of stores throughout the Yukon. Bill Drury was born in Whitehorse in 1920. He attended Lambert Street School in Whitehorse and graduated from Brentwood College and Sprott Shaw Business College, both in Victoria, B.C. Bill Drury worked with Taylor and Drury Ltd. in the fur business from 1938 to 1950. He worked for T&D Motors until 1953. He then opened Yukon Motors which he operated until 1970.