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Portrait of Robert Butler, William Henry Smith, and Charles West

MS-2-202, Box 55, Folder 12, Item 2
Item
[ca. 1953]

Item is a photograph of three former sailors, the "last of the old-time, square rigged sailors" from Liverpool in the period between Confederation and the death of Queen Victoria. William Henry Smith, in the centre, passed away in 1955; Robert Butler, on the left, passed away in 1956; and Charles West is on the right.

Facsimile of a pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of an officer angered by a sailor

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 39
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a facsimile of a pencil sketch by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s of an officer dressing down an insubordinate sailor. The perspective appears to be from the corner of George Street and Brunswick Street in Halifax. An accompanying caption reads: "Like he said -- / 'Never salute an officer / with a cig in your mouth"

Charcoal and pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of sailors performing maintenance work on a Corvette at Nanoose Bay

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 4
Item
[194-]

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a charcoal and pencil drawing made by D.C. Mackay sometime in the early 1940s, depicting two sailors performing maintenance work amidships a Canadian Corvette while stationed in Nanoose Bay, near Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Charcoal and pencil drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of a sailor on sentry duty on the Halifax waterfront

MS-2-280, Box 81, Folder 13, Item 63
Item
December 15, 1943

Part of D.C. Mackay fonds

Item consists of a pencil and charcoal drawing by D.C. Mackay dated December 15, 1943, showing a Canadian sailor performing sentry duty on Jetty #4 on the Halifax waterfront.

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