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Jim Evenson

Item is a photograph showing Jim Evenson, top fullback with University of Oregon.

Captain E.D.H. Riddlesdell

Item is a photograph showing Captain E.D.H. Riddlesdell holding binoculars. Text affixed to back: "Captain E.G.H. Riddelsdell, master of P & O's largest passenger liner, the 45,000 ton Canberra made his last official call at the port of Vancouver Saturday. The captain will retire when Canberra reaches Southampton on May 14. He first went to sea in 1926 and joined the Orient Line in 1938 commanding his first ship the Orontes in the same year. Subsequent commands have been on Orcades, Orsova, Oriana and Canberra and on numerous Royal Navy ships during the period 1939 to 1947."

Portrait of Bill Leithead

Item is a photograph showing Bill Leithead, architect and president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and honorary fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

Portrait of Frank G.P. Lewis

Item is a photograph showing Frank G.P. Lewis. Caption from Vancouver Express: "Vancouver lawyer Frank G.P. Lewis was re-elected president of the John Howard Society of Canada at its annual meeting in Winnipeg, May 3."

Renai Newman and Shawn Bence sit in field of dandelions behind East Delta Elementary

Item is a photograph showing Renai Newman and Shawn Bence sitting in field of dandelions behind East Delta Elementary. Caption from Vancouver Express: "Friendship offering, a posy of bright spring blooms, is presented by eight-year-old Shawn Bence to Renai Newman, 7, as they sit in a field behind their school, East Delta Elementary. It doesn't matter that the flowers are only dandelions -- it's spring, and young men, even very young men, turn to thoughts of lovely young ladies."

Edward Roberge on picket line at LaFarge Cement Plant in North Vancouver

Item is a photograph showing Edward Roberge on picket line at LaFarge Cement Plant in North Vancouver. Caption from Vancouver Express: "Speed is no worry at the moment for truck driver Edward Roberge, who takes time off from picketing at LaFarge Cement plant in North Vancouver, for lunch. Teamsters have been on strike at the plant for more than four weeks now."

Shirley Hayzel posing atop steelwork of Toronto Dominion Bank Tower at Granville and Georgia

Item is a photograph showing Shirley Hayzel posing atop steelwork of Toronto Dominion Bank Tower at Granville and Georgia. Caption from Vancouver Express: "Rushing things just a bit is secretary Shirley Hayzel who poses, ready for work, atop steelwork in the now-abuilding Toronto Dominion Bank Tower building in the Pacific Centre project at Granville and Georgia."

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