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A Photographic Memory

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Essays

War and Conflict

Gallery - Shaping the Collective Memory

How do photographs help us to remember Canada's contributions to the wars of our history? Do we only document the heroics of the victors, or do the photographs that make up our collective memory illustrate a larger, more complicated picture?

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Photograph of a bearded Louis Riel standing outside a tent while soldiers look on, Batoche, Saskatchewan, 1885

Louis Riel as a prisoner
Batoche, Saskatchewan, May 16, 1885
Photographer : James Peters
C-003450
Source

Stereogram of the house in which General Montcalm held his last council of war, Québec, Quebec

House where General Montcalm held his last council of war
Québec, Quebec, unknown date
Photographer: O.B. Buell
PA-143752
Source

Photograph showing two men and two boys walking in the street in front of a marching band, Toronto, circa 1914-1918

Italian reservists going to war
Yonge St. below Gerrard St., Toronto, Ontario, First World War
Photographer: E. D'Angelo
PA-091105
Source

Photograph of demobilized soldiers returning home on board the H.M.T OLYMPIC, Halifax, Nova Scotia, circa 1919

Canadian troops returning from Europe aboard H.M.T. Olympic
Halifax, Nova Scotia, ca. 1919
Photographer: British and Colonial Press
PA-135768
Source

Photograph of the troop ship OLYMPIC, with soldiers lining the decks and part of the rigging, Halifax, Nova Scotia, circa 1919

H.M.T. Olympic
Halifax, Nova Scotia, ca. 1919
British and Colonial Press
PA-030304
Source

Photograph of wounded Canadian soldiers presenting a nurse with a dog from the trenches, 1916

Wounded Canadian soldiers presenting a nurse with a dog from the trenches, 1916
Unknown location, 1916
Photographer: unknown
PA-000984
Source

Photograph of Agnes Roberge making plaster casts, Toronto, 1944

Agnes Roberge making casts for plastic surgery patients at Christie Street Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, 1944
Photographer: Ronny Jacques
C-049382
Source

Photograph showing four men in military uniform waiting their turn outside an office, Toronto, 1944

Demobilized army personnel awaiting interviews with rehabilitation counsellors
Toronto, Ontario, 1944
Photographer: Ronny Jacques
C-049434
Source

Photograph of a group of nursing sisters and soldiers in military uniforms riding in the back of a truck, Arromanches, France, 1944

Nursing Sisters of No. 210 Canadian General Hospital
Arromanches, France, July 23, 1944
Photographer: H.G. 2Aikman
PA-108172
Source

Photograph of Private Morris Prince and brother Sergeant Tommy Prince, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1945

Private Morris Prince and brother Sergeant Tommy Prince, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
London, England, February 12, 1945
Photographer: Christopher J. Woods
PA-142289
Source