File PC1, Box 35, Folder 22 - Photographs of VE-Day in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Photograph of Royal Canadian Navy sailors and officers and members of the Canadian Women's Army C... Photograph of looters and bystanders outside Offman's Jewellers on Barrington Street during the H... Photograph of crowds outside of Keith's Brewery on Lower Water Street during the Halifax VE-Day r... Photograph of two sailors and a woman embracing a looted shop mannequin wrapped in a Union Jack f... Photograph of sailors carrying looted goods past the Capitol Theatre on Barrington Street during ... Photograph of looters carting cases of beer outside of Keith's Brewery on Lower Water Street duri... Photograph of sailors looting beer through a broken window at Keith's Brewery during the Halifax ... Photograph of dispersing crowds and detritus on Hollis Street after the Halifax VE-Day riots Photograph of servicemen and women walking past looted shops on Barrington Street in the aftermat... Photograph of a police van set afire and nearly run off the waterfront dock during the Halifax VE... Photograph of a naval reserve lieutenant drinking from a bottle in downtown Halifax in the afterm... Photograph of a serviceman and an older women with military decorations on her lapel dancing on B... Photograph of a sailor and a Wren drinking beer on the grass in downtown Halifax during the VE-Da... Photograph of servicemen in downtown Halifax during the VE-Day riots Photograph of servicemen and women celebrating VE-Day with looted Keith's beer in a downtown Hali... Photograph of a fire-scorched hotplate underneath a sink Photograph of servicemen riding in the back of a truck in a convoy of marching military personnel... Photograph of men carrying looted shoes on the corner of Blowers Street and Granville Street duri... Photograph of two women carrying looted goods, while others watch events on the street during the... Photograph of civilian looters outside the smashed windows of Kay's Department Store on Barringto... Photograph of two Women's Army Auxiliary Corps women carrying an American flag and a box of loote... Photograph of servicemen drinking looted Keith's beer in front of Government House during the Hal... Photograph of two sailors carrying armfuls of looted clothes during the Halifax VE-Day riots Photograph of the ransacked interior of Henry Birks & Sons on Barrington Street after the Halifax... Photograph of looters carrying shoe boxes up Blower's Street past Silverman's and Edwards Fur Com... Photograph of civilians and servicemen standing outside of smashed shop windows on Barrington Str... Photograph of a ransacked shop after the Halifax VE-Day riots Photograph of a ransacked shop interior in the aftermath of the Halifax VE-Day riots Photograph of civilian looters carrying stacks of clothing past the smashed shop windows during t... Photograph of crowds behind Keith's Brewery during the Halifax VE-Day riots Photograph of sailors with beer and looted good outside the Carleton Hotel during the Halifax VE-... Photograph of servicemen and women celebrating VE-Day with looted beer in a Halifax park Photograph of servicemen and women celebrating VE-Day in a Halifax park Photograph of RCAF men drinking beer and browsing though a ransacked shop during the Halifax VE-D... Photograph of two sailors examining looted goods, including a feather duster and fur vest, on VE-... Photograph of serviceman and civilians walking past looted shops on Barrington Street in the afte... Photograph of a naval officer and two men in civilian dress walking up a set of outside stairs Photograph of sailors, Wrens, officers, and civilians drinking beer in a Halifax park on VE-Day

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Photographs of VE-Day in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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PC1, Box 35, Folder 22

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  • 1945 (Creation)

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38 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 10 inches

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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.

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Photographs are in the public domain.

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dalhousie-university-photograph-collection.pdf

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See online archival exhibits in the Halifax Municipal Archives at https://www.halifax.ca/about-halifax/municipal-archives/source-guides/v-e-day-riot-source-guide
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The Canadian War Museum https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/newspapers/canadawar/halifax_e.html#:~:text=The%20population%20of%20Halifax%20nearly,ignored%20by%20Halifax's%20permanent%20residents

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