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First-hand knowledge of the food situation and local conditions in the section of China near Hong Kong, was gained by the commander-in-chief, Hong Kon(...)
First-hand knowledge of the food situation and local conditions in the section of China near Hong Kong, was gained by the commander-in-chief, Hong Kon(...)

First-hand knowledge of the food situation and local conditions in the section of China near Hong Kong, was gained by the commander-in-chief, Hong Kon(...)

Date12/29/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: First-hand knowledge of the food situation and local conditions in the section of China near Hong Kong; was gained by the commander-in-chief; Hong Kong; Rear-Adm. C. H. J. Harcourt; in an auto trip to villages. Here he chats with children at Kam Tin
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Photographs
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberTSPA_0116958F
Red Cross, Food Administration Section
Red Cross, Food Administration Section
Canadian Red Cross Society
1941
Evaculation trains like this have been a familiar feature in China during the recent Japanese advance which has compelled U.S. fliers to abandon airfield after airfield. [Incomplete]
Evaculation trains like this have been a familiar feature in China during the recent Japanese advance which has compelled U.S. fliers to abandon airfield after airfield. [Incomplete]
Toronto Star (Firm)
12/1/1944
Far cry from the meals of turnips and sauerkraut is some of the home-cooked food which William Dignam is sampling
Far cry from the meals of turnips and sauerkraut is some of the home-cooked food which William Dignam is sampling
Rufsky
1/28/1946
Sepia-toned photo postcard depicting men lined up on a large field in front of the barracks at …
Section of Parade Grounds, Training Centre No. 21, Long Branch
Photogelatine Engraving Company‏
Approximately 1941
What happens to a modern metropolis when under air bombardment can be gauged from this new photograph of a section of Tokyo. The Japanese capital was (...)
What happens to a modern metropolis when under air bombardment can be gauged from this new photograph of a section of Tokyo. The Japanese capital was (...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/5/1945
Prototype Pierhead, with sections of floating roadway attached, was tested for a whole year in all types of weather resulting in the Mulberry, a prefa(...)
Prototype Pierhead, with sections of floating roadway attached, was tested for a whole year in all types of weather resulting in the Mulberry, a prefa(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
11/3/1945
Seen from the air, this section of the Rhone river at Tarascon in south France reveals the crippling effect of Allied air power. The wrecked bridges w(...)
Seen from the air, this section of the Rhone river at Tarascon in south France reveals the crippling effect of Allied air power. The wrecked bridges w(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
9/11/1944
Nations, rich in resources, were appealed to by the pope to institute food rationing to help ease the threat of world famine. These children playing i(...)
Nations, rich in resources, were appealed to by the pope to institute food rationing to help ease the threat of world famine. These children playing i(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
4/4/1946
1,000,000 pounds of food means evaporated milk, 2,650,000 pounds; eggs, 10,000,000 dozens; canned tomatoes, 52,000,000 pounds; honey, 13,500,000 pounds; (...)
1,000,000 pounds of food means evaporated milk, 2,650,000 pounds; eggs, 10,000,000 dozens; canned tomatoes, 52,000,000 pounds; honey, 13,500,000 pounds; (...)
Smith, Strathy
1939-1945
Kinsmen Food for Britain Regatta
Kinsmen Food for Britain Regatta
Kin Canada
Between 1939 and 1945
A stone cenotaph, a young man dressed in a toga and leaning on a shoulder-high sword gazes into…
Impressive war memorial at Galt, Ontario
Law Studio
Approximately 1930
A man in uniform stands, with bowed head, in front of the cenotaph at Old City hall, which read…
Brief silence: At 11 a.m. yesterday veterans and soldiers at the old city hall cenotaph observed a minute's silence to recall the fighters who died in the two world wars and the Korean conflict
Cooper, David
11 November 1984