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Photographic negative of Thomas Head Raddall sitting at the desk in his study with a bookshelf, decorative ship, mounted rifles, display of military medals, and a large painting on the wall behind him

Item, a negative, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1944-1961, and to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 5, Items 2-9 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. Item is a duplicate of the print photograph MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 5, Item 3 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs.

Davies, Frances

Photograph of two women standing on the side of the road along Hospital Wood, looking north towards Caix, France

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1929-1941. The photograph was taken near the headquarters of the 8th Battalion of the 90th Winnipeg Rifles during the First World War. The headquarters was located near the corner o the woods at the left of the picture. The 8th Battalion had to cover the open ground to the right under heavy machine gun fire where the Germans had occupied an old trench. Thomas Head Raddall's father, Col. Raddall, Sr., personally directed the 8th Battalion's attack. He crossed the road in the photograph and was killed about a quarter-mile past in the open ground to the right.

Photograph of two iron hatchets or tomahawks decorated with feathers, five stone arrowheads, and a Mi'kmaq "crooked knife"

Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it copyright to the National Film Board on the reverse side. The tomahawk and stone arrowhead artifacts were found by Thomas Head Raddall at Indian Gardens, Mersey River in the 1930's. The tomahawks were originally made by the French and sold to the Mi'kmaq. The knife was crafted at Broad River, Queen's County, in the 1930's.

Photograph of three ships docked at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia

Item is a photograph of three docked ships: the Dunbar Castle, which weighed 925 tons, and was built in Sunderland, England in 1864; the Borden Chief, which weighed 1011 tons, and was built in South Shields in 1870; and the Duke of Sutherlans, which weighed 1047 tons and was built in Aberdeen in 1865.

Photograph of three Mackay-Bennett cats

Item, a photograph, is related to materials found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The picture depicts the "terrible trio": Kit (left), Louie (centre), and Tom (right).
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