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15th Alberta Lighthorse, 2nd. Camp Detail, Sarcee, Sept. 1940.

Item is a panorama of the 15th Alberta Light Horse, 2nd Camp Detail in Sarcee, Alberta. The regiment is in military uniforms and hats posing for a photograph. There are four standing rows, one seated on chairs, and eight soldiers are seated cross legged on the ground. Robert Thompson stands in the third row from the bottom and fifteen from the left. The title of the panorama is written in white and centred beneath the regiment. The photographer's name is also written in white and placed to the far right underneath the seated soldiers.

15th Alberta Lighthorse, 2nd. Camp Detail, Sarcee, Sept. 1940.

Item is a panorama of the 15th Alberta Light Horse, 2nd Camp Detail in Sarcee, Alberta. The regiment is in military uniforms and hats posing for a photograph. There are four standing rows, one seated on chairs, and eight soldiers are seated cross legged on the ground. Robert Thompson stands in the third row from the bottom and fifteen from the left. The title of the panorama is written in white and centred beneath the regiment. The photographer's name is also written in white and placed to the far right underneath the seated soldiers.

1st Convention of the Social Credit Association of Canada, Toronto, Ont., 1944, Royal York Hotel.

Item is a photograph of the individuals seated facing the camera at the first convention of the Social Credit Association of Canada that was held in a hall within the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The participants wear a ribbon fastened on their left lapel that reads "Social Credit National Convention." At the back of the all this is a banner with names. The title of the panorama and photographer are written in white cursive and the title is located on the upper right corner and the photographer the lower right corner.

25th Ceremony of Emperor Haile Selassie.

Item is a print photograph of Ethiopia's Guard of Honor mounted on horses holiding flag poles in their right hands. There are four guards that make one row and the photograph show a close up of three rows.

76th Frazer Highlanders wool scarf and plaque instituting Thompson as Senior Lieutenant at Fort Langley unit

  • Object is a small plaque. It is contained within a wooden frame, with the inner rim of the frame painted gold. Inside the frame is a piece of paper which reads as follows: "Lieutenant Robert N. Thompson, LL.D., KCLJ, FRGS The 78th Fraser's Highlanders, Commanding Officer, Fort Langley-on-the-Frazer Outpost, 8989 Hudson Bay Street, FORT LANGLEY, British Columbia. V0X 1J0. GREETINGS........ BE IT KNOWN to you, our Trusty and Well-Respected Officer, that in future, it is out wish that you will be designated 'The Senior Lieutenant' of Fort Langley-on-the-Frazer, effective April 2, 1979. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND ARMOURIAL SEAL: J. Ross Oborne, U.E., K.L.J., Commander of Outposts. ANNO DOMINI This 2nd Day of April '79." J. Ross Oborne's signature is signed above his typed name. There is also a rectangular piece of their tartan attached to the paper by a wax seal, which bears the image of a lion. There is also a Coat of Arms at the bottom which has been glued to the paper.
  • Object is a wool scarf. It is plaid patterned, and comprised of the colours orange, lime, and forest green.

Acupuncture Needles from Bethune Int. Peace Hospital

Object is an Acupuncture set. The case is a dark red with a gold zipper around the edge. The front right corner contains gold chinese characters, which translates roughly to read "Needle Clip Beijing Second Leather Goods Factory." inside there is a grey cushion in either side. each containing needles with copper-coloured ends: the left side has 10 needles and the right side has 9. The right cushion also contains a small leather pocket which contains 9 more needles. There is a small piece of paper inside the set. It is teal and bears a military symbol on the top. When roughly translated the front reads "Acupuncture Needles" in pink vertical chinese characters, and "Produced by Beijing Niujie Medical Needle Factory" in black horizontal chinese characters. On the back side there are more chinese characters, which when roughly translated read "Acupuncture Needles" in black text, and along the bottom of the paper "Specification:", "Interior:", "Date of Manufacture:", and "ten". There are numbers stamped near this text, though most are faded beyond comprehension.

African Money

Object is a wood box of items labelled "Primitive African Money"; 2 shells, 2 strings of blue beads, 3 black disks, and 1 yellow ring.

African wooden woman figurine

Object is a carved wooden figurine depicting a woman wearing a traditional African headpiece with a series of silver collars around her neck. The woman holds a gourd with both hands. The headpiece is tall and tapers upwards and features a carved design down the centre and edges.

African wooden woman holding a baby figurine

Object is a carved wooden figurine depicting a woman wearing a series of silver collars and holding a baby. The back side of the figurine is made of lighter wood including the ear and arms and the rest is ebony, a dark wood.

Air Cadets Canada Lapel Pin

Object is a Air Cadets of Canada lapel pin, one piece stamp gold eagle with its wings spread out surmounted by a maple leaf; gold scroll shaped band below the eagle with gold letter capitualized text in relief "AIR CADETS CANADA". The fastener is a slide pin backing.

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