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Midway Woodblock (colored) King Show Prints and Enterprise Show Prints1 January 1920
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The Move to Estevan - Changing to King Show PrintIn 1940, when the illness of Donald C. Dunbar, publisher of The Estevan Mercury, forced him to give up an active life, he asked me if I wold consider purchasing the business.
The suggestion was an attractive one, since The Rouleau Enterprise as a newspaper was no longer showing a profit. (Due to Rouleau's close proximity to Regina...) ... (Excerpt from Paper, Pen and Ink by Andrew King, Pg 183)
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Midway Edge Woodblock in Yellow King Show Prints and Enterprise Show Prints1 January 1920
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Midway Edge Woodblock in Red King Show Prints and Enterprise Show Prints1 January 1920
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My two sons, Stirling and William, were associated with me and had decided that newspaper work and printing would be their lifetime calling.Estevan at that time had a population of 2500. It was the trading center of a large area, coupled with natural resources giving promise of industrial expansion. ...
I went to Estevan to appraise the situation. (Excerpt from Paper, Pen and Ink by Andrew King, Pg 183)
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Midway Edge Woodblock in Blue King Show Prints and Enterprise Show Prints1 January 1920
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... in 1943, Donald M. (his son) contacted me to see if I would again consider buying The Mercury. ... I did. ...Our new location provided the opportunity to drop the somewhat commonplace name of Enterprise Show Print and replace it with the more distinctive title of King Show Print. (Excerpt from Paper, Pen and Ink by Andrew King, Pg 188)
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Midway Zinc Woodblock in Red King Show Prints and Enterprise Show Prints1 January 1920
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Midway Zinc Woodblock in Blue King Show Prints and Enterprise Show Prints1 January 1920
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Grandson Campbell King discusses the move to Estevan.23 December 2003
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In 1943, because of the railway, the people who owned the Estevan Mercury had asked grandpa several times to buy them out and in 1943 he did.They moved all the stuff - the presses and everything from Rouleau and brought them down and added onto a building on 12th Avenue between 5th and 6th Street. That was where we operated all the time that we owned it, until they moved it over to the old Elks Hall.
Campbell King
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Midway with Balloons Woodblock in Yellow King Show Prints and Enterprise Show Prints1 January 1920
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Midway with Balloons Woodblock in Red King Show Prints and Enterprise Show Prints1 January 1920
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Shows Letters with Fire Works Woodblock in Yellow1 January 1920
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