Canadian Photos & Postcards
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WWI & WWII images of Canadian and British military history. Will sometimes sidetrack into insignia and ephemera. Pause and reflect.
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Donald Duck gets an earful on a Royal Canadian Navy radio net in #Vancouver #BritishColumbia. Patch was made for wear on non-uniform sportswear by off-duty sailors; Disney allowed military use of its characters for morale purposes. #Disney Disney+ Canada π¨π¦
#OTD in 1942, Vice-Admiral of the Royal Canadian Navy Percy Nelles wrote back to a #Saskatchewan mother about her two sons in the Navy. Hopefully their messmates didn't find out and rib them mercilessly! Royal Canadian Navy Royal Canadian Navy Pacific Fleet Chief Roger Litwiller -π¨π¦ Naval Author/Historian
Harnessmakers of the Royal Field Artillery's 34th Brigade take a break from mucking out, circa 1904. #horse Royal Artillery The Museum of English Rural Life
The "Business Tank" was likely involved in fundraising for the war effort. Card is printed in Birmingham #England, and is complete with a #poem about the Kaiser getting kicked out of Hell. #WWI #FWW #tank The Tank Museum ONTR Museum
Coldstream Guards at rifle practice, circa 1904. They appear to have Lee-Metford or Lee-Enfield Mk 1 rifles. Coldstream Guards British Army π¬π§
A Rough Rider with the Royal Field Artillery cleans a harness circa 1904. #horse Royal Artillery #postcard