PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY. Canada, Second World War. Seventeen black...

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PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY. Canada, Second World War. Seventeen black and white photographs by British Official, War Office, Wide World, Keystone Photos and other related agencies, circa 1939-45. Sizes 20.5cm x 13cm up to 24cm x 18.5cm Subjects include: • 1st Canadian Division marching through London • Canadian Scottish Regiment practicing going 'over the top' • Newfoundland Gunner—Portrait of Gunner Michael Lawlor, who applied to join the Army 26 times, each time being refused on educational grounds (he could not read or write). Refusing to be discouraged, he walked ten miles each evening from Fellisle to St. John's to attend classes and was finally accepted to a heavy artillery regiment. • Canadian Divisions leaving a British port. • Canadian Army ski unit. and others. (17)

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