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Album of photographs issued on the occasion of the "Welcome Day" in honour of President Ho Chi Minh's and the government's return to the capital

Item is an album, issued on the occasion of the Welcome Day in honour of President Ho Chi Minh's and the government's return to the capital, presented to Sherwood Lett "With the best compliments from the National Committee of the Lien-Viet National United Front". Photographs include portraits of Ho Chi Minh and other party dignitaries, Vietnamese cultural landmarks, photographs of the revolution and the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu, as well photographs of the benefits brought by the new government to the populace.

Assault Troops Embarking

Item is a photograph of an oil sketch by Canadian war artist Lieutenant (later Captain) George D. Pepper. The scene is of troops of the Royal Highlanders of Canada (The Black Watch) embarking on storm boats at Burton-upon-Strather, North Lincolnshire, England. The photographs were sent to Brigadier Sherwood Lett from England to his Vancouver address in September 1944.

Background information

File contains articles, correspondence and reports relating to the economic, political and social conditions of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. File also covers the Canadian military, diplomatic and business establishments in Vietnam. A membership list of the Commission is included.

Barossa Day dinner, guests conversing

Item is a photograph of The Hon. Frank Ross, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (right) in conversation with two unidentified men at the annual Barossa Day full dress dinner held at the Vancouver Hotel by the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, Vancouver Regiment.

Barossa Day dinner, head table guests

Item is a photograph of the men at the head table at the annual Barossa Day full dress dinner held at the Vancouver Hotel by the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, Vancouver Regiment. The seated individuals are (from left to right): Senator Stanley Stewart McKeen, The Hon. Frank Ross, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, and an unidentified Colonel of Vancouver Irish Fusiliers

Barossa Day dinner, Sherwood Lett holding Barossa Cup

Item is a photograph of British Columbia Supreme Court Chief Justice Sherwood Lett (standing, left) holding the Barossa cup at the annual Barossa Day full dress dinner held at the Vancouver Hotel by the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, Vancouver Regiment. The Honourable Clarence Wallace stands next to him (standing, right).

Barossa Day dinner, toast at head table

Item is a photograph of an unidentified man at the head table making a toast at the annual Barossa Day full dress dinner held at the Vancouver Hotel by the Irish Fusiliers of Canada, Vancouver Regiment. The Hon. Frank Ross, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia is visible at far left.

Canadian delegation reception, group photo

Item is a group photograph of guests at a reception given by members of the Canadian delegation of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam. Sherwood Lett, the Commissioner of the Canadian delegation, is third from the right.

Canadian delegation reception, receiving line

Item is a photograph of members of the Canadian delegation of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam receiving guests in a receiving line at a reception given by the delegation. A member of the delegation shakes hands with an unidentified Vietnamese woman. Sherwood Lett, the Commissioner of the Canadian delegation, is behind the woman, second from the right in the back row.

Canadian delegation reception, receiving line

Item is a photograph of members of the Canadian delegation of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam receiving guests in a receiving line at a reception given by the delegation. A member of the delegation shakes hands with an unidentified man. Sherwood Lett, the Commissioner of the Canadian delegation, is second from the right of the receivers.

Canadian delegation reception, receiving line

Item is a photograph of members of the Canadian delegation of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam receiving guests in a receiving line at a reception given by the delegation. Sherwood Lett, the Commissioner of the Canadian delegation, is third from the left.

Canadian delegation reception, receiving line

Item is a photograph of members of the Canadian delegation of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam receiving guests in a receiving line at a reception given by the delegation. Members of the delegation shake hands with unidentified Vietnamese men. Sherwood Lett, the Commissioner of the Canadian delegation, is second from the right of the receivers, behind the first Vietnamese guest.

Canadian delegation reception, receiving line

Item is a photograph of members of the Canadian delegation of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam receiving guests in a receiving line at a reception given by the delegation. Sherwood Lett, the Commissioner of the Canadian delegation, is fourth from the right.

Canadian delegation reception, receiving line

Item is a photograph of members of the Canadian delegation of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam receiving guests in a receiving line at a reception given by the delegation. Sherwood Lett, the Commissioner of the Canadian delegation, fourth from the left, shakes hands with an unidentified Vietnamese man.

Canadian delegation reception, receiving line

Item is a photograph of members of the Canadian delegation of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam receiving guests in a receiving line at a reception given by the delegation. Sherwood Lett, the Commissioner of the Canadian delegation, fourth from the left, shakes hands with an unidentified man.

Canadian delegation reception, receiving line

Item is a photograph of members of the Canadian delegation of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam receiving guests in a receiving line at a reception given by the delegation. A member of the delegation shakes hands with an unidentified Vietnamese man. Sherwood Lett, the Commissioner of the Canadian delegation, is third from the left.

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