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… accept into the collection. Please provide as much information as you can about the items. The Committee wants to know the experiences and … we will reach out to you to finish the donation process. If the Museum cannot accept your offer, we may suggest other museums for you to … Plan. The item expands upon themes related to immigration history in Canada. The item contributes to understanding the diversity of …
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… in March of 1951. We were a family of eight children, two boys and six girls, ranging in age from one month to eleven years. I was eight … in a type of day-care, a large playroom from which we were not free to come and go as someone stood on guard at the door. I believe we talked … of us. Besides, we were not allowed to stay in bed no matter how sea-sick we were, which left us with no alternative but to roam the boat. …
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… with his German family. They couldn't afford for the whole family to visit, so my brother went by himself, placed in the care of a flight … a rich heritage which I hope will continue for many generations to come. Herb family photo December, 1959. Left to right: Karl, Susan, …
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… 3 suitcases and a few handbags. Our luggage consisted of 2 dresses for myself and 2 for my sister, 2 pairs of shorts and shirts for each … of our voyage. We only got out of bed to go to the bathroom and to be sick. The waiters were so kind to bring us soup to our cabins. After 9 … rented a room in a hotel near the port. The room was so large that all six of us fit in it. Again we saw many things that we'd never seen …
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… ballet in Halifax. The dancers who were established in Halifax wished to dance with the newly formed National Ballet in Toronto, and …
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… new life was about to begin. This past July I had an opportunity to visit Halifax, Nova Scotia. I visited Pier 21 which stands in all its grandeur. It is mostly …
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… with Russell Grosse , Executive Director of the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, on the new exhibition A History Exposed: The … be new to some and contradicts some of our national myths. What will visitors learn? One of the key factors of this exhibit is how … important. It answers a lot of questions, not only for the greater community but for the African Nova Scotian and Black Canadian …
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… for work in the mines, so his employment was sporadic. During a Sunday visit with relatives, one of the men asked how work was. Franco said …
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… to Canada because he was sponsored by a Canadian citizen to work on a farm near Barry's Bay. After he had worked there for about one year and … Holland-America's Wilhelminakade Quay in Rotterdam. My two sisters, four brothers and I traveled to Rotterdam in the back of a truck owned … in that she died in 1959, 5 years before I was able to return for a visit in the summer of 1964). I had very mixed feelings when I left the …
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… on June 24, 1951 at the port in Québec City. Experienced a week of sickness while crossing the North Atlantic on the old rickety troop … as our liberators in the spring of 1945 also influenced my decision to come to Canada. There were also many reports from Canada that it was a … to sleep in separate cabins. During the 11-day crossing I was sick for six days due to the small pox vaccination that I received before …