In the Exuberance of V-E Day Halifax crowds did incalculable damage to property

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In the Exuberance of V-E Day Halifax crowds did incalculable damage to property

Date6/2/1945

Names

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: In the Exuberance of V-E Day Halifax crowds did incalculable damage to property. They overturned and set fire to this police car which responded to a call to deal with an attack on a street car. Several service personnel were recently sentenced to jail terms for their parts in the rioting. A brewery was looted of considerable stock; too; by crowds.

Subject

Remembrance Day (Canada)

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Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0001502F

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