Archives Catalogue

Photograph of Royal Canadian Navy sailors and officers and members of the Canadian Women's Army Core drinking beer in downtown Halifax on VE-Day

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 1
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of two sailors and a woman embracing a looted shop mannequin wrapped in a Union Jack flag during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 4
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of sailors carrying looted goods past the Capitol Theatre on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 5
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen and women walking past looted shops on Barrington Street in the aftermath of the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 9
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen in downtown Halifax during the VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 14
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen riding in the back of a truck in a convoy of marching military personnel down Barrington Street on VE-Day

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 17
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Item is a photograph taken before the rioting and looting began on Barrington Street, as evidenced by the intact shop windows and clean streets.

Photograph of two Women's Army Auxiliary Corps women carrying an American flag and a box of looted wine during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 21
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of the ransacked interior of Henry Birks & Sons on Barrington Street after the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 24
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of looters carrying shoe boxes up Blower's Street past Silverman's and Edwards Fur Company during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 25
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of civilians and servicemen standing outside of smashed shop windows on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 26
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen and women celebrating VE-Day with looted beer in a Halifax park

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 32
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen and women celebrating VE-Day in a Halifax park

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 33
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of sailors, Wrens, officers, and civilians drinking beer in a Halifax park on VE-Day

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 38
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of Ellen Ballon, Fiorello H. LaGuardia, and unidentified man in uniform

MS-5-2, Box 5, Folder 8, Item 21
Item
[c. 1942 -1945]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

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.

Photograph of Richard Roome as Deputy Adjutant General

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 20, Item 1
Item
1945

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photographs of VE-Day in Halifax, Nova Scotia

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22
File
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

File contains 38 photographs taken in downtown Halifax during and after riots that took place on VE Day in 1945. Photographs show servicemen and women as well as civilians, street celebrations and ransacked stores. Item 25 was taken by Roy Tidman and Item 37 is a Royal Canadian Navy photograph.

Photograph of looters carting cases of beer outside of Keith's Brewery on Lower Water Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 6
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of sailors looting beer through a broken window at Keith's Brewery during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 7
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a naval reserve lieutenant drinking from a bottle in downtown Halifax in the aftermath of the VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 11
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen and women celebrating VE-Day with looted Keith's beer in a downtown Halifax park

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 15
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of two women carrying looted goods, while others watch events on the street during the VE-Day riots in Halifax

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 19
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of servicemen drinking looted Keith's beer in front of Government House during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 22
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a ransacked shop interior in the aftermath of the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 28
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of sailors with beer and looted good outside the Carleton Hotel during the Halifax VE-Day riots

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 31
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a naval officer and two men in civilian dress walking up a set of outside stairs

PC1, Box 35, Folder 22, Item 37
Item
1945

Part of Dalhousie University Photograph Collection

Photograph of a reunion dinner for the 28th battery of the 5th regiment held in Newcastle

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 5
Item
November 20 1945

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Richard Roome and three unidentified officers of the No. 7 Operational Training Unit, Debert

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9, Item 3
Item
[1943 or 1944]

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Photograph of Richard Roome and six unidentified officers sitting in the Black Watch mess, Sussex, New Brunswick

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 8, Item 7
Item
1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

Training in Debert, Nova Scotia and Tracadie, New Brunswick

MS-2-252, Box 2, Folder 9
File
1942-1943

Part of Richard Edward Graham Roome fonds

File includes black and white photographs depicting training and camp activities of the 7th Division Artillery (RCA) at Tracadie, New Brunswick in 1943. One photo is of training at Debert, Nova Scotia. File also contains newspaper clippings.