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Lot details, via the Heffel website. (3/3)

It’s a preparatory work for the oil painting Ten Minutes' Rest - Kiska, Canadian War Museum 19710261-3873. (2/3)
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Black and white drawing of a group of soldiers against a snowy background. Ocean is visible on the left, and a mountain peak in the distance at centre. To the right, a tracked tractor pulls a trailer full of soldiers. Track marks are visible in the snow running from the tractor towards the bottom right.

An E.J. Hughes work "Ten Minutes Rest during Route March on Kiska," depicting Canadians on Kiska during the Aleutian campaign just sold at auction for $133,250 CAD; estimate was $25-$35,000 CAD. Link to lot details at Heffel are in the third post. (1/3)
#WarArt #CdnHist #MilitaryHistory

Oh, most definitely. I can recall seeing one later-war photograph, but the digitized version was relatively small and Shawinigan was so iced up that it's hard to see many details.

Can't usefully comment on generals, but I can also mention Sir William Palliser, for his innovations (Palliser shot, rifled muzzle loading conversions for smooth-bore guns), and Sir Alexander Moncrieff, who developed a useful "disappearing carriage" (largely used for coast defence artillery).

Black and white photograph of a rectangular wooden panel composed of vertical tongue and groove with a frame and a horizontal brace across the middle. Dark stains on lower half may be fuel oil. Image from board of inquiry into loss of HMCS Shawinigan, Library and Archives Canada, RG24, volume 4108, file 1156-331/93.

Black and white photograph of a life raft with semi-circular ends leaning against a wall. Centre of raft has horizontal wooden slats, and five open boxes. Image from board of inquiry into loss of HMCS Shawinigan, Library and Archives Canada, RG24, volume 4108, file 1156-331/93.

Black and white photograph of a life raft with semi-circular ends lying on a flat surface. Image from board of inquiry into loss of HMCS Shawinigan, Library and Archives Canada, RG24, volume 4108, file 1156-331/93.

Burgeo's master failed to report that Shawinigan was not off Port-aux-Basques the following morning, only notifying naval authorities when the ship reached Sydney. The ensuing search turned up fuel oil and wreckage, some of which is seen here, as well as the bodies of six ratings. 2/2

Black and white photograph of the port side of HMCS Shawinigan, with ship's bow (front) at left. Ship is silhouetted agains the sky, with a gun at left, and superstructure including the bridge and a funnel at centre. Pennant number "K136" is painted on the hull. RCN image MC-2921, Ken Macpherson, Naval Museum of Alberta, via Wikimedia Commons.

On the night of 24-25 November 1944, U-1228 sank the corvette HMCS Shawinigan off Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland. The corvette had been escorting the ferry SS Burgeo, and was on patrol off the coast while Burgeo was in port. 1/2 #CdnHist #NavalHistory

Henry Shrapnel, who developed the shell that was named after him.

Scan to PDF is a wonderful function to have. I also appreciate microfilm digitization projects. I printed out thousands of pages of microfilm for my MA research in the 90s because the relevant reels could only be borrowed for two weeks, and digital output wasn’t an option. It’s now available online.

Colour photograph of a beige microfilm reader with a light-coloured page displayed on its screen. A grey concrete wall with vertical textured markings is in the background

Dusting off the past millennium’s technology. Glad to know I still recall how to load and operate a microfilm reader, complete with flashbacks to grad school. Did anyone else have a favourite microfilm reader at their archives? #history #CdnHist #CanadianHistory

Colour photograph of a room with chairs and a projection screen at centre. Image on screen has title of “Canada’s Naval War”, and a picture of part of the Canadian War Museum.

Colour photograph of a room with chairs and a projection screen at centre. Screen has black and white photograph of a woman with glasses on the left, and the name Hannah Baird on the right.

At work this morning to give a talk about Canada’s naval war from 1939-1945, including Hannah Baird, whose name is often mentioned, but whose face is seldom seen. #CdnHist #History #NavalHistory

Team member Roy Weatherdon accompanied Mowat on the voyage. The collection, including a V-2 rocket, a piloted V-1, and a range of other weapons and equipment, featured in contemporary news reports. Blommersdijk's cargo included German chemical weapons, Canadian Army equipment, and tulip bulbs. (2/2)

Black and white newspaper photograph showing a miniature submarine in profile, suspended by cables from a crane. The submarine is pointing from right to left, with a light-coloured nose on the left. The conning tower and tail on the right are enclosed by wooden structures, and the submarine is on a road trailer with wheels. Below the trailer is the railway flatcar it is being loaded onto. Workers stand in various locations to help load the submarine onto the flatcar. Photograph is from the Huntingdon Gleaner, 5 December 1945, page 7, via Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.

Colour image of a three-quarter view of a black-hulled miniature submarine, pointing towards the viewer. A small conning tower and periscope are visible towards its rear, on the right. A silver bomb-shaped variable depth sonar is in the right background.

80 years ago, 13 Nov 1945: Dutch freighter Blommersdijk arrived in Montreal, with German equipment collected by the 1st Canadian War Museum Collection Team headed by Farley Mowat. This Molch miniature sub drew attention, ultimately becoming part of the museum’s collection. #CdnHist #History (1/2)

Also visible in the photograph, just right of centre: the tubular shape of the pulse jet engine of the Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg, a piloted version of the V-1 flying bomb. It was another one of the team's prized acquisitions.
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The sub was part of the massive collection of German weapons and equipment assembled by the team, most of which was aboard. Two other Canadians and nine civilians also made the voyage, along with German chemical weapons, Canadian army equipment destined for postwar use, and tulip bulbs.
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Colour image of a three-quarter view of a black-hulled miniature submarine, pointing towards the viewer. A small conning tower and periscope are visible towards its rear, on the right. A silver bomb-shaped variable depth sonar is in the right background. A horizontal red cylinder near centre is the pulse-jet engine of a piloted V-1 cruise missile.

80 years ago #OTD (1 Nov 45), this German Molch submarine, now at the Canadian War Museum, left Antwerp aboard the Montreal-bound Dutch freighter Blommersdijk. Also aboard were Farley Mowat, who commanded the 1st Canadian War Museum Collection Team, and Roy Weatherdon, one of its members.
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This event is the latest in an ongoing series of webinars organized by the embassies of Canada in Reykjavík and Iceland in Ottawa. The webinar will also include remarks by Canada’s Ambassador to Iceland, Jenny Hill and Iceland’s Ambassador to Canada, Hlynur Guðjónsson.
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Key insights will be shared from the ongoing PhD research of Canadian and Icelandic scholars Madison Herget-Schmidt, University of Manitoba, and Karen Lilja Loftsdóttir, Queen’s University, respectively.
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Canada and Iceland in WW1 and WW2 The webinar will shed light on the cooperation and collaborations undertaken between Iceland & Canada during World War I and World War II

For those who might be interested, I'll be moderating a webinar on Canada and Iceland during the world wars on 12 November. It examines the cooperation and collaborations undertaken between Iceland and Canada during both conflicts. Free registration here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/canada-and...
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Tim Cook, chief historian at Canadian War Museum, dies at 54 | CBC News Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and the country’s “pre-eminent military historian,” has died, the museum announced Sunday.

I'm devastated by today's news. Tim has been a colleague and friend for nearly 20 years. It's a profound loss for his family, friends, and colleagues, and for everyone else whose lives he's touched through his research, publications, mentorship, and many contributions to the Canadian War Museum.

Black and white photograph showing the silhouette of a submarine (U-537) in a bay. Snow covered hills are in the background. Source: George Metcalf Archival Collection, Canadian War Museum 20030149-001_2

Black and white photograph showing the after deck of U-537 as seen from the conning tower. An officer is in the foreground. In the background, sailors stand on the deck with two inflatable rubber boats. Source: George Metcalf Archival Collection, Canadian War Museum 20030149-001_3

Retouched black and white photograph showing Kurt after installation. Dark-coloured vertical metal cylinders, a tall antenna, and a shorter pole with weather-measuring instruments are visible against a snow-covered background. Source: George Metcalf Archival Collection, Canadian War Museum 20030149-001_5

Colour photograph of the restored Kurt weather station at the Canadian War Museum, showing a series of vertical dark metal cylinders with irregular white painted markings. One cylinder is painted grey. The station's antenna is just left of centre. Other artifacts and parts of the museum are in the background.

#OTD 82 years ago (22 October 1943): German sub U-537 arrived at Martin Bay in northern Nunatsiavut/Labrador, & installed automated weather station WFL-26, aka "Kurt". It functioned for a short time before it stopped transmitting. Recovered in 1981, it's now at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

Possibly, at some point! Snider certainly got up to some interesting adventures.

The torpedo on display in the Canadian War Museum courtyard at 330 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, July 1998. Colour photograph shows the torpedo with a red warhead (left) and silver metal body, lying horizontally on a series of stands. Various booths and a stone wall with windows are visible in the background. Credit: Canadian War Museum, CWM2023-0015-0001-N

On around this day in 1950 US and/or Republic of Korea forces located Soviet torpedoes near the airfield at Wŏnsan, North Korea. This is possibly one; it was captured in the area, after which it ultimately came to the Canadian War Museum. Find out more here: tnm.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/de...

View of sailors on the slanting deck of a schooner, facing away from the viewer. Rigging is visible beyond them. Upper caption: Scenes in Race that settled Nova Scotia Championship, Oct. 17, 1921. Lower caption: "Ready About!" - Passing the balloon-sheet.

View of men in dark clothes and caps sitting on a hatch. A mast and a boom are behind them, along with sailors on the deck in the background. Caption: "Happy on the hatch."

104 years ago yesterday, 17 October 1921: second race of the elimination trials to select Nova Scotia's contender for the International Fishermen's Trophy. Photos taken by C.H.J. Snider aboard the victorious #Bluenose during the race, Archives of Ontario F1194-4

The map is part of the unit's report on the operation, which is attached to its war diary starting here: heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.... (2/2)

Black and white hand-drawn map showing the area around the Driel ferry, including routes used to evacuate Allied airborne personnel and locations of German machine guns and snipers. Title: "Enlargement - Squares 6876 & 6875, reference map Arnhem, sheet 6 NW/W, 1:50000". Legend at bottom gives details. Source: Library and Archives Canada, RG24-C-3, volume 14748, microfilm reel T-18399, file 818, No. 20 Field Company, Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers.

There's a wonderful hand-drawn map of this evacuation route in the war diary for the 20th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, showing the area. It's available on digitized microfilm: heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.... (1/2)

Image of Clippy, the former Microsoft desktop assistant, who took the form of a paperclip with eyes, against a backdrop of a yellow piece of paper. Speech bubble says "It looks like you're trying to comment on a footnote." Yes and no options are available.

Why yes, I am editing an article and trying without success to comment on a footnote.
(If memory serves, back in the days of Clippy it was possible to do this.)

RCN Beach Commando W: Part 1 & Part 2 : Eric Gault Finley (Author), submitted by Richard V. Laughton : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive RCN Beach Commando W - Part 1 is the Chronicles of W's establishment, training and operations during WWII. During World War Two (WWII) and Part 2 is the...

You’re welcome! There might be some mention of it in Eric Gault Finley’s “RCN Beach Commando W,” which is available online: archive.org/details/RcnB...

Would any of the Combined Operations pamphlets qualify? No. 2, for instance was “beach organisation and maintenance”. An IWM catalogue entry for the 1944 edition includes the note that “This pamphlet when issued to naval holders will be known as B.R. 640 (2)”: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...