Item is a photograph of Ellen Ballon's brother, Dr. David H. Ballon, speaking at the Montreal ceremony where he turned over the Ballon family home to the Canadian Jewish Congress for the duration of World War II to be used as a servicemen's hostel. Also included in the photograph are Group Captain R.A. Delahaye of the Royal Canadian Air Force; Mayor Adhemar Raynault of Montreal; Mrs. Rosalie (Lazarus) Phillips, the head of the Canadian Jewish Contress Women's Division; and Isidore Ballon, K.C.
Those identified from the front row include, left to right, RSM McNeil, Padre R. Sneyd, RQM Hudson, Pay. K. Jenks, Major Steyn, Lt. Col. Roome, Major Hague, Capt. Hooper, an unidentified Lieut., Dr. McDougall, and an unidentified RQMS.
Item is a photograph of Fiorello H. Laguardia, the Mayor of New York (1934-1945) , signing a scroll of greetings from the "Men in New York at the Stage Door Canteen" to the "Men of Canada." The "Men of Canada" refers to the Canadian service-men's center that opened in Ellen Ballon's family home in Montreal.
Item consists of a photograph of members of the Faulkner, Guildford, Roome, Fetterley, and Buell families, as well as another unidentified pair, taken at a reunion dinner in Halifax, likely in 1950
Item consists of a photograph of fifteen officers from the 5th Infantry Division, Artillery, attending a reunion in Halifax, likely in 1950. Those identified include Richard Roome, Brigade Major Faulkner, George Rogers, as well as another in the front row identified as "Laing". Eleven remain unidentified.