how did we contribute to a national identity?

How did we contribute to a national identity?

Downtown Vancouver

[Engine overhaul plant - B.A.E.L. and C.W.L. on Sea Island built by Major General John Peter Mackenzie] - Photo by C.R. Pearson. - [between 1939 and 1945]

[Interior of north end main shop - B.A.E.L. and C.W.L. on Sea Island built by Major General John Peter Mackenzie] - Photo by C.R. Pearson. - [between 1939 and 1945]

©2002, City of Vancouver Archives

Young Warren Bernard reaches out for one last goodbye to his dad, Jack Bernard, as the BC Regiment Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles, marches down 8th Street, New Westminster, October 1, 1940.


[Sergeant Howiss and unidentified woman standing next to recruiting hut in front of Kitsilano Beach bath house] - [12 Aug. 1944]


[Crew firing anti-aircraft gun on Lulu Island] - Feb 1942.


Richmond 12 (Vancouver) Service Battalion

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[Troops saying farewell to girls on platform of C.N.R. station] - 14 Apr 1942. Photograph shows man in uniform talking to a woman and child. Other troops and civilians are mingling in the background. ©2002, City of Vancouver Archives

Women Workers at Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd. 1945, 20th century © North Vancouver Museum and Archives

Launch of H.M.S. "Beachy Head"

© North Vancouver Museum and Archives

[Troops embarking on a ship during the second world war] - [ca. 1942] Photograph shows the boat packed with troops and the Marine Building in the background.


Canadian Women's Army Corp in front of the Federal Building , between 1939 and 1945


[Japanese nationals waving goodbye to evacuees at the C.P.R. Station en route to a work camp near Jasper] - 25 Feb 1942.


[Anti-aircraft gun in front of stores and apartment building on Georgia Street] - Feb 1942.


[Miss Joan Blakeway at work in the Boeing aircraft plant on Georgia Street] - Feb 1942.


[Man at work at Boeing aircraft plant on Georgia Street] - Feb 1942.

[Group of nurses and children in air raid shelter at St. Paul's Hospital] - Feb 1942.



[Soldier firing gun from bren gun carrier during a parade] - Feb. 1942.

Dominion Bank Tip Top Tailors Today

[American Red Cross blood donor service advertisement] - 1943. Photograph shows an American Red Cross poster which was displayed at the Vancouver Blood Donor Clinic on Hastings Street.


[Employees sorting mail at the post office] - 23 Dec.1943.


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