Part Of

Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

McG 9

Item Number

20-2009.203

Accession Number

20-2009

GMD

graphic

Date Range

1947

Physical Description

8" x 10" (b/w)

Physical Condition

Photograph is stamped stamped on front

History / Biographical

Following the Second World War, Canada assisted with the resettlement of Europe's homeless. Orders in Council were passed between July 1947 and October 1948 that permitted the entry of 45,000 "displaced persons," who were referred to as "New Canadians" upon their arrival. (Source: Government of Canada (01 July 2006), "Forging Our Legacy: Canadian Citizenship and Immigration, 1900-1977," accessed on-line at: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/legacy/chap-5a.asp)

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a young Fred McGuinness holding a microphone in front of a woman. A crowd of people surrounds the pair.

Notes

Writing on back of photograph reads: On duty Calgary Stampede, introducing story of displaced persons being brought to Canada, 1947

Name Access

Fred McGuinness

Calgary Stampede

Subject Access

Radio

interviews

Immigration

displaced persons

Storage Location

RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Arrangement

From 20-2009 #4 plastic envelope #1

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Part Of

Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

McG 9

Item Number

1-2015.129

Accession Number

1-2015

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1940s]

Physical Description

2.5" x 3.5" (b/w)

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a young woman shovelling snow. Possibly Christine McGuinness (nee Thompson), wife of Fred McGuinness, in Port Arthur, Ontario.

Name Access

Christine McGuinness

Subject Access

winter

residences

street scenes

residential streets

Storage Location

RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Arrangement

BR #3 Family pictures

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Part Of

Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

McG 9

Item Number

1-2015.130

Accession Number

1-2015

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1940s]

Physical Description

4" x 2.75" (b/w)

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Fred and Christine McGuinness posing for a photograph.

Name Access

Christine McGuinness

Storage Location

RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Arrangement

BR #3 Family pictures

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Part Of

Fred McGuinness collection

Description Level

Item

Series Number

McG 9

Item Number

1-2015.131

Accession Number

1-2015

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1940s]

Physical Description

3" x 2" (b/w)

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a young woman, possibly Christine McGuinness (nee Thompson), standing in a yard.

Name Access

Christine McGuinness

Subject Access

street scenes

residential streets

Storage Location

RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Arrangement

BR #3 Family pictures

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Part Of

Fred McGuinness collection

Creator

Photographer: Morris Studios

Description Level

Item

Series Number

McG 9

Item Number

1-2015.272

Accession Number

1-2015

GMD

graphic

Date Range

[1960s]

Physical Description

4.25" x 3.25" (colour)

Physical Condition

Photograph is peeling away from mat and starting to warp

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Fred and Christine McGuinness posing before a fireplace.

Name Access

Fred McGuinness

Christine McGuinness

Conservation

adhesive on matting

Storage Location

RG 5 photograph storage drawer 2 (hanging photos)

Arrangement

BR #3 censorship file

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