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2 June 1866 Battle of Ridgeway LAC C-018737k
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Caughnawagas, Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library, Toronto, broadsides:CAP02306, 1885
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Major-General Middleton, C.B., Adjutant-General Walker Powell, and various commanding officers of the North-West Field Force. LAC, C-005550, William Daniel Blatchly 1885?
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The Canadian Militia. Milice canadienne. LAC, C-006332, John David Kelly 1889
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Rule Britannia, Montreal, 1898, National Archives of Québec
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Review of Reviews, August 1899
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Soldiers of the Queen: Canadian War Museum, Ottawa
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Canadians at Battle of Paardeberg, February 1900. LAC Acc. No. 1983-38-2, 1901, Arthur H. Hider
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Is the statue commemorating the South African War a monument to "a brutal war of imperialism"?
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/09/03/what-should-we-do-with-torontos-controversial-statues.html
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Alonzo Ryan, Political Caricature in Canada, 1904
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Boer War Memorial, Montreal, George W. Hill, 1907
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General Laurier: Hey! Baptiste, this animal shouldn't be spiced up
Le taon, Montréal, 2 June 1908
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R. T. Richards, Life, New York, 1 July 1909
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Dreadnoughts, Puck, New York, L. M. Glackens, artist, 22 September 1909, LC2011647506
[Uncle Sam, William II, the German Emperor, Meiji, the Emperor of Japan, Armand Fallières, President of France, and Edward VII, King of Great Britain; the emperor of Japan.]
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Chorus "Sail Sail oh my ship". [tr.]
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Rt. Hon. Robert Borden and Hon. Winston Churchill leaving the Admiralty. LAC, C-002082, 1912
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THE GRAND OLD COMMANDER
"I am glad to tell him (the Premier) – that honorable gentleman on this side of the House, though differing from him on other matters, share his devotion and loyalty to the British Empire." – Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in the House of Commons yesterday.
Fergus Kyle, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 6 December 1912
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Canadians must sail the Seas. LAC, Acc. No. 1985-40-6 Source: Gift, National Archives Library, Dawn Munroe, 1913-1918
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The Canadian Courier, Toronto, 31 May 1913
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The Canadian Courier, Toronto, 11 October 1913
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A. G. Racey, Montreal Star, reprinted in Maclean's Magazine, 1 March 1914
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Naval Service, LC-USZC4-12677, 1915
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1915
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The Listening Post, British Expeditionary Force, France, 25 November 1915
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Collier's The National Weekly, NY, l4 July 1917
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Royal Flying Corps Tradesmen, Dublin Ireland, 1918, LAC 198-028 X PIC 02269
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Skilled Mechanics Urgently Needed, Library and Archive Canada, Royal Flying Corps, United Kingdom, 1918, 1983-028 X PIC
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The Royal Naval Want Men of Good Character and Physique. Volontaires de la Réserve de la Marine Royale Canadienne : recruitment campaign. LAC, 1983-28-905, and LAC, Acc. No. 1983-28-793, 1914-1918
Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve Overseas Division : recruitment campaign. Volontaires de la Réserve de la Marine Royale Canadienne Division D'Outre-Mer. LAC, Acc. No. 1983-28-893, 1914-1918
The Navy Wants Men : Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve recruitment campaign. LAC, Acc. No. 1983-28-839, 1914-1918
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The Ubyssey, Vancouver, 12 November 1930
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Jacob Burck, The Daily Worker, New York, 1935?
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"Two big oceans and a polar ocean have kept us safe for centuries."
Desmond Morton, address, Toronto, 17 April 2002
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Unveiling ceremony of the Canadian War Memorial by Vernon March on Parliament Hill, City of Vancouver, 21 May 1939, AM54-S4-2--CVA 371-1975, 21 May 1939
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The Navy's Here, Ross Parker and Hugh Charles, Toronto, 1939, The University of Western Ontario
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Pilots of No.87 Squadron, R.A.F. running to their Hawker 'Hurricane' aircraft. LAC, PA-037482, ca. 1940
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Metropolitan Toronto Public Library 1939-45 Aircraft Production item 3 1941
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La Presse, Montréal, 3 July 1942
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1943
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Women's collection of Glenbow 1943
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McLean's Magazine 1 November 1943
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War Poster - Ce qu'il faut / Pour Vaincre. LAC, Acc. No. 1987-72-106 The Hubert Rogers Collection, Gift of Mrs. Helen Priest, Hubert Reginald Rogers 1944?
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1944
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Shoulder to shoulder - Canadian Women's Army Corps. LAC, Acc. No. 1992-622-3, Shragge? 1944
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Plot Your Future Course : victory loan drive. LAC, Acc. No. 1983-30-684, 1944
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LAC c-087430
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Nova Scotia Archives V/F vol.333 no.34, 1945
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Charles R. Knight, The Windsor Daily Star, 5 January 1945
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Nov 1945, Metropolitan Toronto Public Library
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The Manitoban, Winnipeg, 19 March 1946
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1950 LAC Acc. No. R1300-308
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McGill Daily, Montreal, 4 December 1950
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There's a Future for You in AVIATION Fly with the R.C.A.F. LAC, Acc. No. R1300-308
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Fifth British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Vancouver, 1954
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A photograph of a drawing of a CF-105 AVRO Arrow. NFB of Canada LAC PA-111546, 1957
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McGill Daily, Montreal, 13 January 1958
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College of New Caledonia, 1 March 1994
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