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Scrapbook page with photographs of T.H. Raddall, Sr. with a rifle division, and Thomas Head Radda...

Scrapbook page with photographs of T.H. Raddall, Sr. with a rifle division, and Thomas Head Raddall working aboard ships

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. Two of the photographs are duplicates from Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The bottom middle and bottom right pictures were taken aboard the S.S. Watuka, while the bottom left may have been taken on the cable-ship Mackay-Bennett.
Photograph of St. John's, Newfoundland viewed from the Signal Hill approach

Photograph of St. John's, Newfoundland viewed from the Signal Hill approach

Item, a photograph, is related to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 11, Item 5, and duplicate to materials in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 12 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph looks down on Furness Wharf and the S/S Nova Scotia in the foreground. The roof of the Roman Catholic Basilica of St. John the Baptist is visible in the background horizon.
Photograph of the white cliffs of Dover

Photograph of the white cliffs of Dover

Item, a photograph, is related to MS-2-202, Box 54, Folder 11, Item 5, and duplicate to materials in MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 12 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photograph.
Photograph of a man looking at a hole in the keel of a salvaged boat, sitting on a beach at Seal ...

Photograph of a man looking at a hole in the keel of a salvaged boat, sitting on a beach at Seal Island with a small crowd of people amassed to observe

Item is a photograph of a salvaged boat. The hole in its keel was sustained by striking a piece of steel. An American ship went aground between Seal Island and Blonde Rock during World War II, and steel cargo was thrown overboard in an effort to lighten the vessel for subsequent salvage operations. The ejected steel remains a menace to fishing boats in those waters, where the tide rises and falls with a large margin.
Photograph of the German submarine U-889 shortly after its surrender to Canadian naval forces nea...

Photograph of the German submarine U-889 shortly after its surrender to Canadian naval forces near Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Item, a photograph, is related to material found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album [between 1940 and 1959] and to MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 22, Item 8 in subseries Thomas Head Raddall's loose photographs. The photograph has a stamp marking it copyright to the Royal Canadian Navy on the reverse side.
Photograph of the corvette Hepatica

Photograph of the corvette Hepatica

Item, a photograph, has a stamp marking it passed by a censor on the reverse side. The photograph was taken from the stern of the Windflower, which was directed by Lieutenant-Commander J.H.S. MacDonald, R.C.N.C.R. The Hepatica was directed by Lieutenant-Commander C.W. Copelin, R.C.N.V.R., and was on patrol in the Western Approaches.
Photograph of three Mackay-Bennett cats

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).
Scrapbook page with photographs of wireless operator Thomas Head Raddall posing in various locati...

Scrapbook page with photographs of wireless operator Thomas Head Raddall posing in various locations around Nova Scotia

Item may have been a page in one of Thomas Head Raddall's photograph albums. The photographs are either duplicates of or related to materials found in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The top left and right photographs are duplicates, and were taken in North Sydney in January 1920. The top middle photograph is a duplicate, and was taken aboard the MMB in March 1920. The bottom right photograph is a duplicate, and was taken in Pictou in March 1920. The bottom centre and left photographs are not identified, though both likely feature Raddall.
Photograph of the S.S. Watuka in dock

Photograph of the S.S. Watuka in dock

Item is a duplicate of a photograph in Thomas Head Raddall's photograph album, 1917-1927. The photograph was likely taken at Pictou Island (on August 30, 1919), though it may have been taken at Newcastle, New Brunswick.
Photograph of three ships docked at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia

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.