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Boat Builders, Beinn Bhreagh

  • NSSXA 77-85-219
  • Item
  • 1918

Item is a photograph of female boatbuilders, taken by Charles Martin of the National Geographic Society. Thirteen boatbuilders pose with lifeboats built at Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck under the supervision of Alexander Graham Bell. Those pictured are identified on the reverse of the photograph.

Martin, Charles

Boat Builders, Beinn Bhreagh

  • NSSXA 77-86-220
  • Item
  • 1918

Item is a photograph of female boat builders, taken by Charles Martin of the National Geographic Society. Four women work indoors on a lifeboat in the foreground, while two others work on another boat in the background. These lifeboats were built at Beinn Bhreagh, Baddeck under the supervision of Alexander Graham Bell during the First World War.

Martin, Charles

Frances Dodd

  • NSSXA 77-686-820
  • Item

Item is a photograph of Frances Dodd (Ridgway), a member of Queen Alexandra's Nursing Reserve from 1914-1918.

Helen Kendall fonds

  • NSSXA MG 12.275
  • Fonds
  • 1916-1985

Fonds consists of Helen Kendall's personal correspondence, genealogy records, nursing and war service certifications and documents, photographs, and clippings.

Kendall, Helen

Mary Belle MacNeill

  • NSSXA 95-346-26437
  • Item

Item is a photograph of Mary Belle MacNeill, a nursing sister, sitting in bed with a book in France during World War 1. It is noted that the picture was enclosed along with an address she delivered at the Savoy Theatre at some point after.

Mary Belle MacNeill with brother

  • NSSXA 92-17-23192
  • Item

Item is a photograph of Mary Belle MacNeill sitting at a table with her brother during World War 1. The photo was likely taken in England.

Mary Belle MacNeill, England, 1918

  • NSSXA 92-16-23191
  • Item

Item is a photograph of Mary Belle MacNeill lying on a hill in a park in England during World War 1.

Matron-in-Chief, M.C. MacDonald, R.R.C.

  • NSSXA 77-576-710
  • Item
  • 1918

Item is a photograph of Matron-in-Chief M.C. MacDonald, head of the Canadian Overseas Nurses during the First World War. This photograph was taken in England.

Canadian Official War Photographer

Military (General) 1915

  • NSSXA SB 125B
  • Item

Item is a scrapbook that features newspaper clippings related to various military activities between the years 1914 and 1986. Included in the scrapbook are the following clippings: "Magnificent Moxham's Castle in Sydney used as a convalescent hospital in WW1" (November 9, 1985); The Army Lowdown on Colour (n.d.); Copy of the Military Service Act, 1917 (n.d.); "A Comrade Remembered : "Letters to home from France in World War I" (November 7, 1990); "Lest We Forget: Archibald Andrew MacLellan, Pte. MacDougall, Donald Andrew MacLellan, Angus MacFarlane" (November 7, 1990); "Served their country well" (November 10, 1990); "Legion honours war hero: John Bernard Croak" (July 5, 1996); and "Nursing sister honours vets: Wartime bravery remembered at ceremony" (November 17, 1995).

Nurse and soldier

  • NSSXA 84-104-14204
  • Item

Item is a photograph of a nurse and a soldier standing outside a building during World War 1.

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