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Recruitment Station, 1941

City of Vancouver Archives, Mil P265. 1941 Recruitment Station A sign that two years into the war Canada still needed troops, this 1941 recruitment centre in Victory Square (downtown Vancouver between W. Hastings and W.

 City of Vancouver Archives, Mil P265.City of Vancouver Archives, Mil P265.

1941

Recruitment Station

A sign that two years into the war Canada still needed troops, this 1941 recruitment centre in Victory Square (downtown Vancouver between W. Hastings and W. Pender) seeks to pull on patriotic heartstrings by its proximity to the cenotaph and the watchful gaze of Winston Churchill.

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