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Discover the story of a community deeply involved in the war efforts, by clicking on the images and audio clips gathered in this gallery.
Black and white photograph of six people in front of a giant thermometer. Three rows of cadets and several young people watching the scene under grey skies. In the background, two billboards.
Newspaper article titled “Vitamin V for Victory” with a photograph of two adults and a teenager talking in front of a poster advertising war stamps, followed by an eight-line explanatory text.
Black and white photograph of 16 men in front of a truck filled with salvaged material. Verdun Hospital is visible in the background and a pile of salvageable material is strewn on the ground in front of the men.
Black and white article titled “In Hospital.” Portrait of R.B. Joan Adams in uniform, with cap and badge (a half maple leaf with a beaver), followed by a short descriptive text.
Black and white portrait framing a woman’s head and shoulders published in a newspaper.
Black and white photograph of a small room with the door open. In the centre, Mayor Wilson handing over the keys to one of the six women in uniform. All seven people are standing around a table.
Black and white photograph of 15 women sitting at tables (two long rows) in a room, cutting cloth.
Beige page with black type. Below the title, the process for saving animal fats and bones is explained in three steps accompanied by three black and beige images.
Black and white advertisement titled “Campagne nationale de recuperation” [National salvage campaign]. Image of four piles of materials identified as Paper, Metals, Bones, Rags. Below, the text “Ménagères! Vous ête en guerre, voilà vos armes [Housewives, you are at war, here are your weapons, don’t throw anything out that can be put to use].
Black and white drawing. Three planes in the sky. In the centre, the interior of a house. On the right, two shelters, and on the left, the ground. Seven people illustrated in these different locations with the relative danger they were in, indicated as a percentage, depending on their location.
Black and white newspaper article, in English, with a headline in capital letters, “Verdun is given test of blackout.” Followed by a 15-line text of about 80 words.
Emblem of HMCS Dunver printed in black on beige paper, featuring a beaver on a maple leaf inside a lozenge topped by a crown. Below, an inscription on a ribbon.
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