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X-ray apparatus (c.1940s), Artifact No. 1987.2154.001, CSTMC, Ottawa ON. Photograph taken by Beth A. Robertson, 28 June 2017.

A model of x-ray that may have been used in the medical screening of displaced people and migrants in the 1940s and early 1950s. Artifact No.…

A catalogue page of braille watches and other time-interval devices. c.1950, Canadian National Institute for the Blind fonds, Container 63, [textual materials, (121-020029-5)], R3647-0-9-E, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, ON

A catalogue showcasing a selection of braille watches, as well as alarm clocks and timers, including within the fonds of the Canadian National…

Refugee case file, 1951. An image of "blind displaced person" case file put together for the CNIB to facilitate selection of individuals to be sponsored and resettled in Canada. The attached photograph depicts a young family, including husband, who was blind, sitting beside his wife and eight-year old daughter.

An image of "blind displaced person" case file put together for the CNIB to facilitate selection of individuals to be sponsored and resettled in…

Passenger ship with International Refugee Organization banner, c.1951

This is an image of a passenger ship, MS SKAUBRYN, docked, prominently displaying a banner of the International Refugee Organization in 1951.

"New Canadian Arrives" photograph of five-month year old Jan Jaslinsky, the infant son of Mieczyslaw Jaslinsky and his wife, held by TCA airline attendant Lucy Corey, 18 January 1951

This photograph depicts five-month old Jan Jaslinsky, infant son of Mieczyslaw Jaslinsky and wife, the youngest of the family of displaced people who…

Photograph of Karol Gamrot and guide dog, Utta

This photograph depicts Karol Gamrot, a once displaced person who was blind, when he first arrived in Canada in the early hours of 18 January 1951,…