Canadian Collection (#29)

WW1 - Allied Infantry forces near Queant, France
Canadian infantry storm and seize the entrenchments of the Wotan Line (Wotan Stellung) near Queant in France during the Hundred Days Offensive in September 1918. Date: 1918

The Three Musketeers - Canadian sharpshooters, WW1
" The Three Musketeers" of Princess Patricias Own (Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry) firing from a mound with a fine view of the German first line trenches

Canadian native funeral ceremony.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Canadian one-horse wagon with passengers and driver with pipe.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Canadians in camp at Salisbury Plain with bear mascot
Canadian troops in camp at Salisbury Plain posing with their regimental pet, a black bear. There is no hard fast evidence to suggest so in the caption but it is possible that this is Winnie

Canada For Ever
Illustration by Bruce Bairnsfather showing a Canadian soldier at Vimy. The original illustration was sold at auction from the stage of His Majestys Theatre in 1917 at the Canadian Matinee in aid of

Steam Locomotive Exiting the Connaught Tunnel, Mount MacDonald, British Colombia, Canada. Canadian Pacific Railway - Showing the East Portal Date: 1937

Jack Pickford, film actor, with dogs
Jack Pickford (1896-1933), Canadian-born American actor, film director and producer, with two dogs in a studio portrait. Date: circa 1910s

Cowboy Camp, The West, Canada. Ranching in the Canadian West Date: 1910s

Methodist College boy scouts, Newfoundland
Group photo of the Methodist College boy scouts, St John s, Newfoundland

Edward Prince of Wales, on hunting trip
Edward Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, and then Duke of Windsor, photographed holding a gun, on a hunting trip on Qu Appelle Lake during his Canadian tour. 1919

TRUDEAU, Pierre-Elliott (1919). Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984. Oil

History of the Missions, 1863. Montreal in the 19th c
HENRION, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste, Baron of (1805 - 1862). General history of the missions from the thirteenth century to the present day. 1863

WW1 Canadian knitting song, music sheet cover
Knitting Socks for Daddys Men, a patriotic song with words and music by Jean Munro Mulloy, wife of Trooper Mulloy of South African fame

Lord Mayors Show, 1914
Two photographs published in The Sphere magazine reporting on the Lord Mayors Show, held on 9 November 1914 when Britain had already been at war for two months

HMS Rainbow, British cruiser transferred to Canada
HMS Rainbow, British Apollo class protected cruiser, transferred to the Canadian Navy in 1910. Date: circa 1910

HM cruiser Vigilant, Canadian gunboat, seen here at Port Dover, Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1911

US Navy vessel, St Lawrence River, Canada
A US Navy vessel on the St Lawrence River, Ontario, Canada, passing under the main span of the Thousand Islands International Bridge

HMS Arethusa, British cruiser, Canada
HMS Arethusa, British Leander class protected cruiser, seen here at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Date: circa 1902

Sailors camping party, Virago Sound, Canada
Sailors camping party, Virago Sound, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. They belong to HMS Egeria, a British Royal Navy coastal survey ship. Date: 1907

A Canadian giving his dog a bath behind the lines
A dog endures the ordeal of a bath in a small basin somewhere behind the lines on the Western Front. According to the caption

A bulldog mascot of a Canadian regiment in France
Gibby, a massive bulldog, poses in a trench beside the commanding officer of a Canadian regiment in France. The dog was badly gassed several times but still continued to go into action with his men

A Canadian staff officer saying goodbye to his horse
A Canadian staff officer shakes hands as he parts with his charger in France at the end of the First World War, an example of the close relationship between man and horse during the conflict

Steamer the White Horse, Yukon Territory, Canada
Steamer the White Horse, probably travelling from the Yukon Territory, Canada. Date: 1919

View of Mayo from steamer, Yukon Territory, Canada
View of Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada, from the steamer Nasultin, with ice in the water, 8 October 1919. Mayo was a silver mining town. Date: 1919

Group photo, Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada
Group photo outside the Hotel Royal Alexandra (proprietor Oscar Letourneau), Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada, 11 October 1919. According to the inscription, those pictured are about to leave

Steamer in ice, Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada
The steamer Nasultin surrounded by ice at Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada, October 1919. Mayo was a silver mining town. Date: 1919

Cowboys in North West Territory, Canada
Cowboys with a branding iron and horses in North West Territory, Canada. Date: circa 1900s

Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie River, NW Territory, Canada
Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie River, North West Territory, Canada. Date: circa 1920

Illustrated War News - Canadians on the Western Front
Front cover of The Illustrated War News featuring a photograph of Canadian soldiers having their lunch in a trench on the Western Front. Date: 1916

Illustrated War News - Dog in a trench mortar, WW1
Front cover of the Illustrated War News featuring a photograph of a small dog peering out of the gun barrel of a German trench mortar captured by Canadians on the Western Front. Date: 1917

Barbara Kent (1907 - 2011), Canadian-born, American-based film actress of the 1920s and 30s. Playing in a comedy film called Welcome Danger. Date: 1930

Sphere cover - inhabitants of a recaptured French village
Front cover of The Sphere magazine showing a wonderful photograph of Allied soldiers posing with inhabitants of the French village of Saudemont (20km south east of Arras)

Canadair C-5 N17599 (previously 17524) Long Beach
A Canadair C-5 North Star which carried the Queen and Prince Philip on both Canadian tours of 1951 and 1959. Sold to civil owner and scrapped at Long Beach in 1969 Date: 1969

Sir R Bulkeley, Vanity Fair, Spy
Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy (1853 1923), American-born Canadian railway administrator who rose from modest beginnings as a clerk and bookkeeper for the Milwaukee and St

Vancouver Scouts at Hotel North Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Scouts in a large group photo outside the Hotel North Vancouver (Hotel NV), Canada. Date: 20th century

Boy Scouts and Royal Marines, Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Scouts and Royal Marines on parade, Vancouver, Canada. Date: 20th century

No. 3 Regina Scout Troop, Saskatchewan, Canada
No.3 Regina Scout Troop, Saskatchewan, Canada. Date: 20th century

Boy Scouts rally, Winnipeg, Canada
Boy Scouts rally in Winnipeg, Canada, September 1915, with the Duke of Connaught, Chief Scout of Canada, in attendance. Also present are Provisional Commissioner C U Rowley and Sir Douglas Cameron

Vancouver Scouts saluting dais, Canada
Vancouver Scouts saluting the dais during an official parade, Canada. Date: 20th century

Vancouver Scouts on parade, Canada. Date: 20th century

Vancouver Scouts presentation, Canada
Vancouver Scouts presentation before the dais, Canada. Date: 20th century

Vancouver Scouts official parade, Canada. Date: 20th century

Vancouver Scouts before march past, Canada
Vancouver Scouts on a road, drawn up before a march past, Canada. Date: 20th century

Vancouver Scouts cheering their visitors, Canada
Vancouver Scouts cheering their visitors, holding their hats up on sticks, Canada. Date: 20th century

First mobile kitchen donation, WW2
The Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, receiving the keys to the first mobile kitchen from Lord Bennett (Richard Bedford Bennett)

NFS mobile kitchen in operation, WW2
An NFS (London Region No 5) mobile kitchen in operation, handing out meals to women in uniform. The vehicle was donated by the Canadian Red Cross. Date: 1940s

Camp of the Alpine Club of Canada, looking towards the Eremite Valley in Jasper National Park. Date: 1934

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