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      Cobourg postcard folder circa 1950. Stamp depicts the image of George VI, Queen Elizabeth II father. Postcards would be attached inside depicting various significant Cobourg sites (Hospitals, Churches, Town Hall etc.)

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      The stone arch pedestrian bridge named the Ponte di Rialto was built in the 16th century to connect to the Rialto market on the east side. It is the oldest of four bridges that span the Grand Canal in Venice.

      Picture used in the book "Memories of Milton" by Mel Robinson. SCAN ONLY

      Scottish-born trained gardener 42-year-old James Gallaher had emigrated to Canada a year before the outbreak of war to work for the Dominion Experimental Station in Kentville, Nova Scotia. He signed up for war duty in November 1914 serving with the 5th Cavalry Division Supply Column of the Canadian Army Service …

      Étretat is a small seaside town flanked by dramatic chalk cliffs about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre on the Upper Normandy coast. It was the location of a British General Base Hospital for five years during World War I.

      The Villa Orphée in Étretat was built in 1858 by musician Jacques Offenbach as a summer retreat. During World War I it was used by the British as a 20-bed convalescent home for nurses. In 1833 gifted 14-year-old cellist Jacob Offenbach left his home in Cologne with his father and …

      Étretat is a small seaside town flanked by dramatic chalk cliffs about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre on the Upper Normandy coast. It was the location of a British General Base Hospital for five years during World War I. Fishermen are mending their nets in front of several caloges. …

      Étretat is a small seaside town flanked by dramatic chalk cliffs about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre on the Upper Normandy coast. It was the location of a British General Base Hospital for five years during World War I.

      Étretat is a small seaside town flanked by dramatic chalk cliffs about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre on the Upper Normandy coast. It was the location of a British General Base Hospital for five years during World War I.

      Postcard mailed to Rev. R. B. Layton of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Kentville, Nova Scotia, from 23-year-old farmer Carl Manning Dickey in Belgium, ca. December 1916.

      Étretat is a small seaside town flanked by dramatic chalk cliffs about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre on the Upper Normandy coast. It was the location of a British General Base Hospital for five years during World War I.

      A cabestan is a wooden winch used to manually haul a boat onto a beach. Two long wooden poles are inserted into holes in the vertical post. Groups of people push and pull the poles clockwise while another person winds the cable from the boat. To the right of the …

      Étretat is a small seaside town flanked by dramatic chalk cliffs about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre on the Upper Normandy coast. It was the location of a British General Base Hospital for five years during World War I. The seaside L’Hotel des Roches Blanches was converted to this …

      Étretat is a small seaside town flanked by dramatic chalk cliffs about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre on the Upper Normandy coast. It was the location of a British General Base Hospital for five years during World War I.

      Located at the intersection of Britannia and the 4th Line

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      The Canadian Army Medical Corps operated its General Hospital No. 9 at Shorncliffe from Sept. 1917 to Dec. 1918. The General Hospital No. 11 operated there from Sept. 1917 to Sept. 1919.

      Chepstow Castle, located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in Wales, overlooking the River Wye, is the oldest surviving stone fortification in Britain.