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V-J Day, Tuesday 14 August 1945
Source: Photo by Don Coltman, City of Vancouver Archives #586-3962
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V-J Day, Tuesday 14 August 1945

Source: Photo by Don Coltman, City of Vancouver Archives #586-3962

Source: searcharchives.vancouver.ca

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    • #history
    • #V-J Day
    • #WWII
    • #1940s
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Kits beach commando raid demo, Saturday 1 May 1943
Source: City of Vancouver Archives #Be N34.4 
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Kits beach commando raid demo, Saturday 1 May 1943

Source: City of Vancouver Archives #Be N34.4 

Source: searcharchives.vancouver.ca

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    • #1940s
    • #Kits Beach
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We Are Ready, 1943
Air Raid Precautions campaign during WWII.
Source: Photo by Steffens-Colmer Studio, City of Vancouver Archives #586-1244
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We Are Ready, 1943

Air Raid Precautions campaign during WWII.

Source: Photo by Steffens-Colmer Studio, City of Vancouver Archives #586-1244

Source: searcharchives.vancouver.ca

    • #Vancouver
    • #history
    • #WWII
    • #1940s
    • #Air Raid Precautions
    • #gas mask
    • #teddy bear
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Shortages, 1940s
Source: Photo by Jack Lindsay, City of Vancouver Archives #1184-2863
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Shortages, 1940s

Source: Photo by Jack Lindsay, City of Vancouver Archives #1184-2863

Source: searcharchives.vancouver.ca

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    • #WWII
    • #1940s
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Women in gas masks, 1940s
Reposting my most popular post of 2012.
Source: Photo by Dominion Photo Co., Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections #30424
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Women in gas masks, 1940s

Reposting my most popular post of 2012.

Source: Photo by Dominion Photo Co., Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections #30424

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    • #women
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    • #1940s
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Anti-aircraft gun, Georgia Street, February 1942
Source: Photo by Jack Lindsay, City of Vancouver Archives #1184-26
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Anti-aircraft gun, Georgia Street, February 1942

Source: Photo by Jack Lindsay, City of Vancouver Archives #1184-26

Source: searcharchives.vancouver.ca

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    • #WWII
    • #gun
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Kiss, 1944
A woman at the train station kissing a soldier who has just returned from a tour of duty overseas.
Source: Photo by Jack Lindsay, City of Vancouver Archives #1184-623
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Kiss, 1944

A woman at the train station kissing a soldier who has just returned from a tour of duty overseas.

Source: Photo by Jack Lindsay, City of Vancouver Archives #1184-623

Source: searcharchives.vancouver.ca

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Women in gas masks, 1940s
Source: Photo by Dominion Photo Co., Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections #30424
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Women in gas masks, 1940s

Source: Photo by Dominion Photo Co., Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections #30424

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    • #gas masks
    • #history
    • #women
    • #1940s
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Gas Mask Demonstration, 1943
Source: Photo by Don Coltman and Steffens Colmer, City of Vancouver Archives #586-1239
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Gas Mask Demonstration, 1943

Source: Photo by Don Coltman and Steffens Colmer, City of Vancouver Archives #586-1239

Source: searcharchives.vancouver.ca

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    • #WWII
    • #children
    • #gas masks
    • #history
    • #1940s
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Defends Japanese, Sunday 7 July 1942
Source: Vancouver Sun
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Defends Japanese, Sunday 7 July 1942

Source: Vancouver Sun

Source: news.google.com

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    • #history
    • #Japanese Internment
    • #WWII
    • #racism
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