VE Day in Winnipeg showing Portage Avenue and Eaton's building in background
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- 1945
Photograph shows Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) celebrations marking the end of World War 2 in Europe.
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VE Day in Winnipeg showing Portage Avenue and Eaton's building in background
Photograph shows Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) celebrations marking the end of World War 2 in Europe.
Group of unidentified men and a member of the military holding up a Victory Day flag
Stamp (on verso): Photos by H. K. White, 1095 McMillan Ave., Phone 41778 [?].
VE Day in Winnipeg showing Legislative Building in background
Photograph shows Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) celebrations marking the end of World War 2 in Europe.
VE Day - Hurtig Furs store decorated with victory sign
Photograph shows Hurtig Furs store on Portage Avenue, storefront decorated with victory sign for Victory in Europe (VE Day) celebrations that marked the end of World War 2 in Europe.
VE Day in Winnipeg showing Eaton's Building on Portage Avenue adorned with flags
Photograph shows Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) celebrations marking the end of World War 2 in Europe.
Photograph shows Eaton's storefront decorated with flags as part of the Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) celebrations that marked the end of World War II in Europe.
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – cover
The front cover of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Wallace’s name is written on it, as is “Book III” and “B-4400”.
Wallace, John
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – page 1
Page 1 of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Photos consist of the Provincial Legislature (Parliament Building), the Next of Kin War Memorial, Corporal Wallace, and Mrs. and Shirley Gardiner. See general notes section for more details.
Wallace, John
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – page 4
Page 4 of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Photographs depict Old St. Paul’s College on Ellice Avenue. Two photos appear to be missing and are likely the two loose photos that are part of this album.
Wallace, John
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – page 9
Page 9 of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Photographs depict a street in Gladstone Manitoba, a trolley bus in Winnipeg on Kennedy Street (between Ellice and Qu'Appelle), and the Butler family, acquaintances of Wallace. See page three of this scrapbook for more details on the Butler family.
Wallace, John
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – page 3
Page 3 of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Photographs depict two families acquainted with Wallace: the Butlers (Jim Sr., Jim Jr., Les, Aggie, Gig, and Mrs. Butler) and the Drinkwaters (Mr. and Mrs. Drinkwater, Joan, Hilda, and Les), as well as Gladstone Manitoba. See general notes section for more details.
Wallace, John
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – loose photo of St. Paul’s College
A loose photograph of Old St. Paul’s College on Ellice Avenue from a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. The photograph is likely from page 4 of the scrapbook.
Wallace, John
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – page 6
Page 6 of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Photographs depict the Pavilion in City Park (Assiniboine Park), the Legislature Building off in the distance down Memorial Boulevard, St. Ignatius Church at Corydon Avenue and Stafford Street, the Winnipeg Cenotaph, and acquaintenances of Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy and “Sister Sue”, and two people identified only as “Joan” and “Den”. See general notes section for more details.
Wallace, John
A scrapbook of photographs taken by Corporal John Wallace of Winnipeg in April, 1940. The scrapbook is 9 pages consisting of 48 photographs, 2 of which are loose. The photographs depict Fort Osborne Barracks, Old St. Paul’s College, the Memorial Boulevard area, Gladstone MB, and fellow soldiers Wallace was acquainted with, as well as their families. The scrapbook is annotated and is accompanied by notes written by Wallace explaining some of the photos and those featured in them. Some photos are missing.
Wallace, John
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – page 2
Page 2 of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Photos consist of Portage Avenue looking west from around Vaughn Street, a rail line at Portage Avenue and St. James Street, troops in formation, and Mrs. and Shirley Gardiner. See general notes section for more details.
Wallace, John
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – page 8
Page 8 of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Photographs depict the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada near the Raleigh Apartments at Vaughan Street and Ellice Avenue, Memorial Boulevard (likely at Broadway, facing west with the Mall Hotel in the distance), a road outside Fort Osborne Barracks, and Corporal Wallace at the home of “The Dowlings” (likely on Beaverbrook Street).
Wallace, John
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – inside cover
The inside cover of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Wallace’s name is written on it, as is the date and place the photos were taken (April 1940 in Winnipeg). It is also written that the scrapbook is 10 pages (though there are only 9 pages with photographs).
Wallace, John
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – loose photo of St. Paul’s College
A loose photograph of Old St. Paul’s College on Ellice Avenue from a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. The photograph is likely from page 4 of the scrapbook.
Wallace, John
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – page 5
Page 5 of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Photographs depict several acquaintenance of Wallace including two fellow soldiers, “Sonny” Robertson and Joseph “Fuss” McGrath, a Mrs. Penny, and a Frank Dowling and his family. See the general notes section for more details.
Wallace, John
Scrapbook of Corporal Wallace – page 7
Page 7 of a photograph scrapbook made by Corporal John Wallace in April 1940. Photographs depict Fort Osborne Barracks and its Parade Square, soldiers marching, the Civic Auditorium, and the Mall Hotel on Portage Avenue between Colony and Balmoral Streets.
Wallace, John