Department of Militia and Defence supplementary photograph collections [graphic material]

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Department of Militia and Defence supplementary photograph collections [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Context of this record:

Ministry of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada fonds

Canadian War Records Office

Department of Militia and Defence supplementary photograph collections

Sub-series includes:

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Record information

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Department of Militia and Defence supplementary photograph collections [graphic material]

Date:

[1914-1919].

Reference:

R611-467-4-E, RG150, RG9-III

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4594163

Date(s):

[1914-1919].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

5147 photographs.
25 albums (866 photographs).
443 photographs : lantern slides.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

These materials were added to the Canadian War Records Office official photographic record, to broaden the photographic record of the First World War and to provide coverage of events in Canada. Sub-sub series level records document: Training camps set up in Canada and England to train soldiers and Royal Flying Corps aircrews for war operations in Europe and elsewhere; images documenting war industries producing military equipment and munitions in Canada; Aerial photographs taken by the Royal Flying Corps in Europe, used by Canadian military authorities for operational/planning purposes; unit panoramas taken early in the War in Canada, panoramic collages of the front lines in France and Belgium used for military reconnaissance/planning purposes; and a limited collection of photographs about the internment operations of Militia and Defence, under the 1914 War Measures Act.

Additional information:

Custodial history:

This material was sought out by military authorities at the Department of Militia and Defence to supplement the Canadian War Records Office's photographic record of the First World War. The material remained with the Department of National Defence until transferred to the Public Archives in 1963.

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

1961-005 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

RG150
RG9-III

Other accession no.:

1964-114 NPC
1966-088 NPC
1970-210 NPC

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