Archives Catalogue

Photograph of Brigade Major Faulkner presenting a clock to Brigadier Richard Roome

Photograph of Richard Roome arriving at an event at Royal Artillery Park

Photograph of a meeting of Artillery HQ officers from the 5th Infantry Division

Photograph of a police van set afire and nearly run off the waterfront dock during the Halifax VE-Day riots

Photograph of a sailor and a Wren drinking beer on the grass in downtown Halifax during the VE-Day riots

Photograph of a fire-scorched hotplate underneath a sink

Photograph of men carrying looted shoes on the corner of Blowers Street and Granville Street during the VE-Day riots in Halifax

Photograph of civilian looters outside the smashed windows of Kay's Department Store on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

Photograph of two sailors carrying armfuls of looted clothes during the Halifax VE-Day riots

Photograph of RCAF men drinking beer and browsing though a ransacked shop during the Halifax VE-Day riots

Photograph of two sailors examining looted goods, including a feather duster and fur vest, on VE-Day in Halifax

Photograph of looters and bystanders outside Offman's Jewellers on Barrington Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

Photograph of crowds outside of Keith's Brewery on Lower Water Street during the Halifax VE-Day riots

Photograph of dispersing crowds and detritus on Hollis Street after the Halifax VE-Day riots

Photograph of a serviceman and an older women with military decorations on her lapel dancing on Barrington Street during VE-Day in Halifax

Photograph of a ransacked shop after the Halifax VE-Day riots

Photograph of civilian looters carrying stacks of clothing past the smashed shop windows during the Halifax VE-Day riots

Photograph of crowds behind Keith's Brewery during the Halifax VE-Day riots

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

Photograph of a meeting of senior officers of the 5th Division, Artillery, in Halifax

Facsimile of correspondence sent to Richard Roome from former colleagues stationed in Halifax

Photograph of a reunion dinner of the families of officers of the 5th Artillery Infantry Division

Photograph of Richard Roome, Admiral Rollo Mainguy, Major-General Edward Plow, and two other officers

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

Pencil and ink drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of HMCS Iroquois, port side, docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slip

Pencil and ink drawing by Donald Cameron Mackay of HMCS Iroquois, starboard side, docked at the Dartmouth Marine Slip

The intangibles in war : [manuscript]

Convocation address at Mount St. Vincent University

Charcoal and pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of a wartime downtown Halifax street scene

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photograph from a dinner at the Royal Artillery Park Officers' Mess in Halifax

Photograph of Richard Roome, Major-General Edward Plow, and other senior officers from 5th Infantry Division Artillery, in Halifax

Photograph of Richard Roome, an unidentified officer, and three unidentified Halifax-based cadets examining surveying equipment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Narrow your results by:

Part of

Place

Subject

Genre

Level of description

Media Type

Showing 56 results