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- WELCOME TO THE 44th ANNUAL GLENGARRY HIGHLAND GAMES 1991 SOUVENIR PROGRAM No place Lomor Printers Ltd. (1991)35.00Condition for this program is very good+ with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends.
76 pages with photos and local area ads.Staple-bound wrappers, size is 8 1/2” x 11”.Original program from the 1991 Glengarry Highland Games held in Ontario, Canada.01758View Full Details - THE NORTH WESTERN NEWSLINER AUGUST 1946. Vol. 1 No. 10 Chicago Public Relations Department ... Chicago and North Western Railway System 194645.00Condition for this journal is very good with slight edge wear, some wear to corners and spine ends, a bit of rusting to the staples with a bit of bleeding close to them.
32 pages with photos.Pictorial wrappers, size is 8" x 11".Published for the employees of the Chicago & North Western Railway System, with tips and information.01759View Full Details - THE CANADIAN PRISONERS OF WAR RELATIVES ASSOCIATION. NEWS SHEET NO. 13. DECEMBER 1942 Montreal Canadian Prisoners of War Relatives Assoc. 1942200.00With one page of illustrations. Condition is better than very good but not quite near fine with a small tear to the bottom of the front cover, a bit of tanning to the pages (newsprint).
16 pages including covers.Self-wrappers, staple-bound, size is 8 1/2” x 11”."The Association... has for its object the formation of a central body whereby relatives and friends of Prisoners may receive, collect and exchange views, thus obtaining information which would not otherwise be available. In this way the Association is able to fulfill certain duties which are beyond the scope of the Red Cross and the Y.M.C.A."01764View Full Details
Sent primarily to family members of Canadian P.O.W.s during World War 2. This Christmas 1942 issue contains information on what can and cannot be sent to POWs, where to send, brief reports from various prison camps, and more. The back cover has various advertisers with information on sending their products to prisoners (Eaton’s, Sweet Cap cigarettes, Ogilvy’s and Henry Morgan).
The page of illustrations contains three views of camp life, including one depicting a hockey game.
Scarce. - THE FIRING LINE FEBRUARY 1933 VOLUME 19, NUMBER 2 No place Parke, Davis and Company 193385.00Condition is better than very good but quite near fine with pencil notations on cover, former owner's address stamp on fron cover, marker(?) line, thin, across back cover.
36 pages with illustrations.Softcover staple-bound book, size is 5 1/4" x 8".A journal from what was America's oldest and largest drug maker intended for their salesmen and their "medical service men". The journal contained information on products, sales contests, sales leaders and more. This issue includes the articles: "Let's Sell More Empty Capsules to the Retail Trade"; "The Vitamin Headquarters Merchandising Idea"; "Parke-Davis Braches - No. 6 St. Louis"; "Who is the Oldest Active Druggist?"; "How I Sell Bay's Surgical Dressings", and more.01762View Full Details
Scarce. - Sample of Original Military Fabric from HAWKER HURRICANE MARK XII (Made in Canada WW2 Fighter) No place no publisher400.00No date display made (circa 1980s-1990s?).Condition of the display is near fine with slight bowing, slight wear to corners, some soiling smudges to the shrink-wrap.Fabric size is 6” x 6”, matted display mounted on thick board and sealed with plastic shrink-wrap.Caption underneath fabric reads:01765View Full Details
"RCAF serial number 5625. Constructed by Canadian Car and Foundry and fitted with a Packard-Merlin 29 engine on January 26, 1943. The aircraft served as a Canadian defense fighter until struck off RCAF records in 1945. The aircraft is currently under restoration and is owned by 'The Tiger Boys' Group in Guelph, Ontario, Canada."
According to online records the plane that this swatch of fabric originated from was: “Operated by No. 1 Photo Reconnaissance Flight at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario in 1943. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945. Operated by No. 7 (P) Wing, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario in fall of 1945. Pending disposal from 5 July 1946, with No. 9 (T) Group at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. Had 417:40 total time when struck off. Sold to Mr. R. Reid of Reid's Flying Service of Guelph, Ontario. Delivered from Rockcliffe to Guelph on 19 October 1946. Civil flight approval requested, but not granted. Displayed outdoors at Guelph 1947 to 1956. Reported in scrap yard in Guelph after that. Remains sold to R. Walker of Regina, Saskatchewan in 1980. Parts used to restore Hurricane 5711. By 2000 was at Moore Aviation Restoration at Waterloo Regional Airport in Ontario, under restoration.” [Canadian Warplane Heritage Musesum's Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource website.]
A scarce piece of Canadian military history. - Sample of Original 1941 World War 2 Fabric from DeHAVILLAND 82c TIGER MOTH No place no publisher200.00No date display made (circa 1980s-1990s?). Condition of the display is near fine with slight indent to top right corner and bottom left corner, and some soiling to the back.Fabric size is 6” x 6 1/4”, matted display mounted on thick board and sealed with plastic shrink-wrap. Board size is 11” x 1Caption underneath fabric reads: "Manufacturer's serial number DHC-1073. Constructed on April 8, 1941 in a lot of 136 fitted with a 120 h.p. Menasco engine for the RCAF. It served as trainer S/N 4882, and was struck off RCAF records in 1945. The aircraft is fully restored to original flying condition and currently owned and operated by "The Tiger Boys" Group in Guelph, Ontario, Canada."01766View Full Details
According to online records this plane that this swatch of fabric originated from was: "With No. 1 Service Flying Training School at Camp Borden, Ontario. Had 447:15 airframe time when struck off. To civil register post war as CF-DGD, based at Guelph, Ontario. Wrecked during Hurricane Hazel in 1959, deregistered. Later registered as CF-TBS. Reported owned by M. Woods of Killarney, Manitoba from 2 January 1968, but not confirmed. Registration cancelled in 2000. Now one of the Tigerboys Tiger Moths at Guelph. Registered to T. Dietrich of Kitchener, Ontario et al. Owners since 12 January 2006, latest Certification of Registration issued on 3 April 2006. On display at CFB Trenton air show in July 2009. Sold to Bradley Hieronimus 2017. Current 2023." [Canadian Warplane Heritage Musesum's Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource website.] - Original Sample of Military Fabric from Canada Based World War Two FLEET FINCH TRAINER No place no publisher150.00No date display made (circa 1980s-1990s?). Condition of the display is near fine with slight wear to corners, small tear to the shrink-wrap (1/4”) just above the display itself, and some soiling to the back.Fabric size is 6 1/2” x 6”, matted display mounted on thick board and sealed with plastic shrink-wrap. Board size is 11” x 1Caption underneath fabric reads: "Manufacturer's serial number 396, constructed on June 21, 1940. It served as RCAF trainer S/N 4488 in the 3rd Fighter Interception Squadron in Arnprior, Ontario, and was struck off RCAF records in 1945. The aircraft has been restored to original flying condition, and is owned and operated by "The Tiger Boys" Group in Guelph, Ontario, Canada."01767View Full Details
According to online records this plane that this swatch of fabric originated from was: "Used By No. 3 Flying Instructors School at Arnprior, Ontario. Had 247:00 airframe time when struck off. To civil register, as CF-GER. Based at Guelph airport in 2006, registered to T. Ditrich since 27 June 1994 (when it was imported), plus J. Pavanel since 12 November 2004. Part of the Tigerboys fleet, still there in 2007." [Canadian Warplane Heritage Musesum's Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource website.] - DOMINION DAY MARDI GRAS. 2 CDN. INF. DIV. 1 JULY 1945 AT AIRFIED BAD ZWISCHENAHN (GERMANY) MIDWAY FUN GAMES ... CEREMONIAL MARCH PAST FLOATS REPRESENTING SERVICES DOMINION PROVINCES. (Original WW2 Canadian Poster) Oldenburg, GER Gerhard Stalling AG. (1945)600.00Condition for this poster is about good with some chips to the top corners and at the top centre, few small tears along the edges, fold marks with a few small holes at the cross points of some of the folds, some darkening at the top which is more evident on the back of the poster. Written in pencil on the poster is a small note, “To Heather, From Pop. 1 Jul 45”.Size is 17 ½” x 22 ½”, printed on one side only.From the Canadian Military Police Association website: "On July 1, 1945, No. 2 Division held a big Mardi Gras at Bad Zwischenahn featuring a real Canadian midway, a rodeo, races, picture shows, stage shows, a parade of floats, an exhibition of rocket-firing Typhoon fighter planes, one-man German submarines and German large-calibre guns, duo fireworks and swimming and boat races. A real first of July celebration!”01768View Full Details
Extremely scarce poster printed in Germany for the 2nd Canadian Infantry’s Dominion Day celebrations held at the Bad Zwischenahn Airfield in Germany just after the end of the war. - ST. WILLIAMS: THE HISTORY St. Williams, ON R. Robert Mutrie 198885.00Signed by the author.Condition for this softcover book is very good+ with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, slight curl along the spine.
132 pages with photos.Softcover, size is 7 1/2" x 10 1/2".A scarce self-published local history of St. Williams, Ontario, Canada. Signed by the author on the first blank page.01763View Full Details
