Women at Work

[Women in uniform marching in a military parade along Burrard Street] - Oct 1942.

CVA 1184-1397 "When the WRCNS was disbanded in August 1946, almost 7000 women had served in a variety of trades fulfilling various wartime needs of the RCN.61 Regardless of the tasks they preformed, from cooks and laundresses to recruiters and officers, the Wrens contributed valuable service to the navy and to the nation. " http://www.journal.dnd.ca/vo9/no2/10-plows-eng.asphttp://www.journal.dnd.ca/vo9/no2/10-plows-eng.asp

The Japanese Children

 

Japanese Canadian children being escorted by Vancouver policeman
VPL Accession Number: 1345, 1942

[Children looking in the window of a Japanese store, closed after the relocation of Japanese nationals] - Dec 1942.

CVA 1184-1537 City of Vancouver Archives Where have they gone? One evening Japanese children were escorted home by Vancouver police at curfew and the next they were sent to internment camps in the interior of B.C. Their cars and trucks were impounded at Hastings Park and sold. Among those in the camp were Japanese Canadian veterans who had served in World War I.

The Royal Visit, 1939

[Chief Joe Capilano's daughter during the royal visit] - 1939.

CVA 371-2319

Chief Joe Capilano's daughter 

An article in Regarding Place about Vancouver in 1939 by Chuck Davis.

In May 1939 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (whom we remember as the Queen Mother) visited Vancouver. The city pulled out all the stops, decorating buildings and lining the streets to catch a glimpse of royalty. War was declared four months later on Sept 1. In this image the photographer caught a glimpse of a woman whose mind seems preoccupied with matters beyond patriotism.

King and Queen on train

Lion's Gate Bridge Motorcade

King and Queen in Car (could be cropped) 

Knitting and waiting 

King and Queen in the car and mountie