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… Passengers await their train to destinations across Canada. The model of Pier 21 is full of … but, you know, a beautifully done miniature that's well thought out captivates the public and gives us this wonderful tool to create an … in the Little East Coast section. Lego lovers will soon be able to buy a special Pier 21 Lego set from the Museum’s gift shop. The special …
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… after Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech and making their way west through Europe and to their life in Canada. ONCE UPON A TIME Fairy …
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… by Steven Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) In summer 2012, we offered an “historian’s tour” of our temporary exhibition, Shaping … Historical Thinking (1) : Practicing History in the Museum …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated November 5, 2020) Introduction From 1928 to 1971, Pier 21 was an active Canadian ocean … her, the transatlantic journey was a matter of necessity or “something we had to do.” [1] As a Latvian refugee, Ernests Kraulis notes that the … witnessed a decrease in the amount of newcomers arriving in Canada by way of ship. English immigrant Peter Matthews came to Canada on the …
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Cartoon published July 1, 1999. (Material republished with the express permission of: PNI Maritimes LP, by its general partner, PNI Maritimes GP Inc.) At the end of this month, 2024 will be over. This has been a milestone year for the Museum. 2024 marked 25 years since Pier 21 reopened to the …
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Cartoon published July 1, 1999. (Material republished with the express permission of: PNI Maritimes LP, by its general partner, PNI Maritimes GP Inc.) At the end of this month, 2024 will be over. This has been a milestone year for the Museum. 2024 marked 25 years since Pier 21 reopened to the …
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… Not all immigration stories are a straight line. Abdoulaye Baldé's journey, with steps forwards and backwards was a series of difficult life lessons. “I consider Canada to be my university,” he says. The youngest of four, Abdoulaye grew up in … “It was like having someone explain how my mission to the Moon would be,” he says. More lessons followed as Abdoulaye learned all new skills …
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… 3 siblings. A brother and 2 sisters. At later dates 2 more brothers were born. When 6 years old, I went to elementary school and in 1942 … any traffic on the roads. Because of the danger of being shot at on my way to and from school, my parents thought it best at that time to take … officers. He was born in Rotterdam and came as a 13 or 14 year old boy to our village, to escape the hunger situation in the big cities. …
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… Single Men and Women December 9, 1955 – Ryndam Born Melchior Franciscus … der Laan, the youngest of five children. The oldest being my brother Han, 17 years my senior, three sisters, Adre, Mien and Gre, then yours …
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Mum’s story Our mother, Janet Black Thomson, was born 10 January, 1922 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. She was the youngest of four children born to Elizabeth and William Thomson, a tailor and staunch Presbyterian. Called “Nettie” by family members, she grew up as the much-cherished ‘baby’ …