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.
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 female workers at Dominion Bridge Company
Photograph shows interior view of Dominion Bridge Company during World War 2 munitions retooling, group shot of female workers posing in dresses. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.
Man and woman at Dominion Bridge Company
Photograph shows interior view of Dominion Bridge Company during World War 2 munitions retooling, unidentified man and woman posing for shot. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.
Male and female workers at work stations, Dominion Bridge Company
Photograph shows interior view of Dominion Bridge Company during World War 2 munitions retooling, male workers in foreground and female workers in background with partition between them. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.
Shell cases at Dominion Bridge Company
Photograph shows interior view of Dominion Bridge Company during World War 2 munitions retooling, shell cases lined up on table. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.
Chief Government Inspector Howie and Plant Manager William Daum at Dominion Bridge Company
Photograph shows interior view of Dominion Bridge Company during World War 2 munitions retooling, Plant Manager William Albert Daum and Chief Government Inspector Howie posing for shot. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.
Workmen standing by conveyor belt and boxes of shell cases at Dominion Bridge Company
Photograph shows interior view of Dominion Bridge Company during World War 2 munitions retooling, workmen standing by conveyor belt and boxes of shell cases posing for shot. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.
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
Workmen standing behind machinery at Dominion Bridge Company
Photograph shows interior view of Dominion Bridge Co. during World War 2 munitions retooling, workmen standing behind machinery in shot. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.
Stockpile of munitions shell cases at Dominion Bridge Company
Photograph shows interior view of Dominion Bridge Company during World War 2 munitions retooling, stockpile of munitions shell cases in shot. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.
Man standing beside shell cases at Dominion Bridge Company
Photograph shows interior view of Dominion Bridge Company during World War 2 munitions retooling, man (possibly Bert Lug?) standing beside finished shell cases on carts. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.
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 [?].
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
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.
Group of workmen at Dominion Bridge Company
Photograph shows group shot of workmen outside Dominion Bridge Company during World War 2 munitions retooling, Plant Manager William Albert Daum identified in center right wearing fedora hat and coat. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.
Workmen packing at Dominion Bridge Company
Photograph shows interior view of Dominion Bridge Company during World War 2 munitions retooling, workmen packing in shot. Date of photograph is approximate, ca. 1940.