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World War, 1939-1945
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Clippings and news reports

File contains news clippings and news reports related to World War II. Additionally, there is a copy of the Herald Examiner (Los Angeles) from November 22, 1963 with the headline "Kennedy Slain" and a copy of the Hollywood Reporter from September 12, 2001 with the headline "Attack on America" about 9/11.

C.N.R. hospital train trip, group of army personnel and other officials

Item is a photograph of Army personnel and other officials taken on the railway platform on the occasion of the beginning of a trip on a C.N.R. hospital train. Sherwood Lett, wounded at the Battle of Dieppe, is returning to Vancouver on leave and can be seen here next to a nurse with his arm in a sling (sixth from the left).

Hugh Picket scrapbook : 1942-1943

File consists of a scrapbook containing photographs of Hugh Pickett, Len Turnbull in uniform with friends and family, Christmas correspondence and decorations, drawings, detachment documents, clippings, telegraphs, ticket stubs, birthday cards, Department of National Defense documentation for permission to travel to the United States and collected materials from a trip to California.

Hugh Pickett scrapbook : 1943-44

File consists of a scrapbook containing Vancouver news clippings and programs, photographs of family and friends, ticket stubs, poetry and a Victory Bond purchase certificate for Hugh Pickett.

Hugh Pickett scrapbook : 1945

File consists of a scrapbook containing materials related to theatre and celebrities around Vancouver (including Marlene Dietrich), clippings about his father Fred Pickett and Dingwall Cotts Co. Ltd., photographs of family and friends, Christmas cards, and a Life magazine spread and photographic prints about George Lott, an injured soldier.

Hugh Pickett scrapbook : summer 1942

File consists of a scrapbook containing autographed head shot by Kaye Connor, photographs of friends, family and army training and uniforms, notes, clippings, telegraphs, grocery list, receipts, boat trip log from July 1942, poetry, notices from the Department of National War Service and ticket stubs.

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