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A postcard of Union Station.

Four photographs of a woman.
#1 Alice standing in front of a large tree, highlighted by the sun.
#2 Alice standing in a garden. Behind is a sign for the George Hotel.
#3 Alice standing in a garden by a fence.
#4 Alice standing in a garden.
In…

The group is mainly seated in a wood. One women is poking with a branch and an airman is standing with a different branch.
Bob's memoirs record 'Story time- telling the Canadians about our hoop snakes'.

The three men are gathering firewood.

A group of 17 men and women ready for a picnic. The airmen are wearing brevets.
There is a second image of the same group.
In Bob's memoirs he explains 'On a Sunday hike with the Twentieth Century Fox club. Alice Grosco (Organiser) at left in front…

Bob Smith leaning on a fence talking to a woman.

Three women standing in front of the south end of the Alberta Legislature building, Edmonton, Canada.

They are identified in Bob's memoirs as Mildred, Charlotte and Maureen.

Two women leaning on a fence. They are identified in Bob's memoirs as Charlotte and Maureen.

Six airmen dressed in khaki and shorts, except for one in conventional uniform.
In Bob's memoirs the three closest to the camera are identified as Lou Brimblcombe and Ken Todd.

Three trainee airmen, two in khaki and shorts sitting on a fence and a third in conventional uniform.
They are identified in Bob's memoirs as Eric Sutton, Keith Mills and Bob Smith.
In a second photograph the middle airman is being held over the…

An athlete standing with his arms round two women. They are standing in a garden in front of a wooden house.
They are identified in Bob's memoirs as Mildred, Keith Mills and Maureen.

A view of the Cenotaph with limited buildings and many trees behind.

A street view of downtown Edmonton.

A river bridge in Edmonton over the North Saskatchewan River.

The two women are standing in waist deep snow. One is holding a snowball.

A road sign at 109 Street, the south entrance to the High Level Bridge, Edmonton, at that time part of Alberta Highway 2.

Additional information kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

A snow covered tree in a snowy landscape.

Two photographs of the Assembly building.
#1 The assembly building seen through snow covered trees.
#2 The building viewed with trees in full leaf.

Two oblique aerial photographs of a large school with some outbuildings in a snowy landscape near St Albert, Edmonton. Poundmaker Road and Canadian National Railway tracks are also visible. Identification kindly provided by Steven Boisvert of the…

An oblique aerial photograph of four grain silos.
In Bob's memoirs he identifies these as being at Josephburg, close to Fort Saskatchewan.

An oblique aerial view of a railway bridge crossing a river.
In Bob's memoirs he identifies the bridge as over the North Saskatchewan River about 1.5 miles SW of Fort Saskatchewan looking in the general direction of Edmonton.

Two oblique aerial photographs of a grain silo at a railway junction. The ground is covered in snow.
In Bob's memoirs the location is identified as Carbondale, a few miles north of Edmonton.

The four airmen have just received their stripes and brevets. Behind them is a sign for the Royal Canadian Air Force No 2 Observer School, Edmonton.
The for men are identified in Bob's memoirs as Bob Smith, Eric Sutton, Noel Hooper and Lou…

The three airmen have just received their sergeant stripes and brevets. Behind them is a sign for the Royal Canadian Air Force No 2 Observer School, Edmonton.
The three men are identified in Bob's memoirs as Eric Sutton, Bob Smith and Keith Mills.

A full length portrait of Bob in uniform, walking along a street. Advertising reads: 'Ditto duplicating machine' and 'Gold stamping on leather goods'. Ligget’s drug store sign is partially visible.

In his memoirs the location is identified as…