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Front and rear album covers.

30 airmen arranged in three rows in front of an Anson. Ron is marked with a post-it, bottom row, extreme right.
It is annotated with 'Course 45 No 9 Air Observer's School St Johns PQ Canada June 1942'.
There is a second copy, almost identical, but…

Four views of Victoria Bridge bridge across St. Lawrence

Four photographs from an album.
#1 is an iced river.
#2 is a large house surrounded by snow.
#3 is a different house surrounded by snow.
#4 is a snowy road with ploughed snow at the edges.

Four photographs from an album.
#1 is Montreal viewed from a hillside.
#2 and 4 are general views from a hillside.
#3 is looking across the St Lawrence to Montreal with the Jacques Cartier bridge in the distance.

Four photographs from an album.
#1 Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral viewed from across the street with passing cars and a tram. The statue of Bishop Ignace Bourget is on the right.
#2 is a view across a small park to St George's Anglican…

Four photographs from an album.
#1 is a view across a river to a city.
#2 is a view across a river.
#3 is a statue of a soldier in front of a Palladian building. It is Les Braves, War memorial in Mercille Parke, Saint-Lambert, Quebec.
#4 is a…

Four photographs from an album.
#1 is of distant large buildings with a river in the foreground.
#2 is a river with a forest in the distance.
#3 is a view from Kondiaronk Belvedere over downtown Montreal. Several skyscrapers are visible including…

Three photographs from an album.
#1 is the Kondiaronk Belvedere with a large flagpole and many pedestrians.
#2 is a large metal cross known as the Mount Royal Cross.
#3 is a view along a street towards the Architects' Building, a skyscraper.

Four photographs from an album.
#1 is the Mt Royal Observatory with many pedestrians.
#2 is a horse and carriage for tourists.
#3 is the Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal.
#4 is several pedestrians at the Belvedere.

Three photographs from an album.
#1 is a snow filled street, signposted 'Riverside Drive'.
#2 is St Barnabas Anglican Church, Avenue. Lorne, Saint-Lambert surrounded by snow.
#3 is Victoria railway bridge.

Three photographs from an album.
#1 is a snow filled street with shops and parked cars.
#2 is Ron and a fellow trainee sitting on a concrete fence.
#3 is an iced over river with distant low hills.

Four photographs from an album.
#1 is a city park with a pond and several people sitting in the sun and walking. Captioned 'MAI 1942'.
#2, 3 and 4 are tree lined suburban streets. #2 and 3 have a group of military men marching.

Four photographs from an album.
#1 is two bisons lying in a field.
#2 is a house part covered in trees.
#3 is a driveway with trees and bushes at the side.
#4 is a view towards a bell tent and large buildings.

Three photographs from an album.
#1 and 3 are driveways running through wooded areas.
#2 is looking east from corner of Princess Avenue and 12th Street, towards Brandon Court House, Manitoba with shops, cars and a few pedestrians.

Three photographs from an album.
#1 a bear behind bars.
#2 two bears in their cage.
#3 two bears and an airman.

Three photographs from an album.
#1 is an airman on guard duty outside a large building.
#2 is the Dominion Exhibition Display Building No. 2, Brandon.
#3 is a bison lying on the ground.

Identification kindly provided by Andrew Gordon of he…

Four photographs from an album.
#1 is a wooden cabin surrounded by trees.
#2 is a street scene with shops and pedestrians.
#3 is a signpost stating 'Tourists Detrain here'.
#4 is a suburban road with a car and two pedestrians.

Four photographs from an album.
#1 is a station with a water tank, viewed from a railway carriage.
#2, 3 and 4 are lakes and forests.

Four photographs from an album.
All four images are of steam engines, viewed from the side.

Three photographs from an album.
#1 is a street scene with a gravel road and a truck.
#2 is a station with railway carriages and a small group of airmen.
#3 is a camp with huts and a very tall guard tower.

Three photographs from an album.
#1 and 2 are lakes and forests seen from the train.
#3 is a farmstead at the side of the railway.

Four photographs from an album.
#1 is a river in a forested valley.
#2, 3 and 4 are lakes with forests and settlements.
All seen from the train.

Four photographs from an album.
#1 is a settlement seen from the train.
#2 is a street scene with shops, cars and pedestrians.
#3 is sidings, a steam engine and a lake seen from a railway carriage.
#4 is a river in a forested valley.

Three photographs from an album.
#1 and 2 are rivers viewed from a train crossing a bridge.
#3 is a building set beside a river.