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The Nelson Telescope presentation with a group of Vancouver officers

Item is a photograph showing the Nelson Telescope presentation with a group of Vancouver officers. A note accompanies photograph: "A group of Vancouver Officers were the guests at the Mansion House ceremony to commemorate the presentation of Lord Nelson's telescope to the City of Vancouver by Sir Percival Burrard, whose ancestor, Lieut. Burrard, had received it from his Commanding Officer and for whom Burrard Inlet was named." Pictured (L-R): Wing Commander J.J.A. Crozier, Lieut. Colonel Charles Bailey, Flight Lieutenant L.H. McBride, Wing Commander Pitt Clayton, Paymaster Commander R.A. Pennington, Commander Henry Bell-Irving, Mr. W.A. McAdam (Agent General for B.C.), Lieut. Colonel G.S. Clarke, Brigadier A.T. MacLean, Major N.C.K. Wills.

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