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Send-Off of World War I Volunteers at William & Willow, Paris, 1914

Description

Comments (2)

Creators

Unknown, Photographer

Brown, William A.

, Editor

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This photograph shows the send-off for Paris's first seven World War I volunteers on August 23, 1914. They are preparing to enter Ford Model-T cars to be taken to Brantford.

The volunteers are: Napoleon Larin, Aylmer Fraser, Sergeant A. E. Cullum, Patrick Fitzpatrick, Ivor Murray, William Mears, Sinclair Knill.

This image was printed on the forty-fourth page of photographs in At the Forks of the Grand: Volume II by D. A. Smith.

Notes

The original matting provides a date of August 23. D.A. Smith provides a date of August 26.

Inscriptions

(On original matting)
Send-off at the corner of William and Willow Streets for seven First World War volunteers, August 23, 1914.
The men were conveyed in Ford cars to Brantford.
The railway tracks are those of the Grand Valley Railway.

Date of Original

Aug. 1914

Dimensions

Width: 23.8 cm
Height: 14.1 cm

Subject(s)

Automobiles
Children
Infants
Men
Railroad tracks
Soldiers
Women
World War I
Paris, Ontario

Local identifier

1999.1759.01

Collection

D.A. Smith Photograph Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Paris

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.194908 Longitude: -80.379427

Recommended Citation

Send-Off of World War I Volunteers at William & Willow, Paris, 1914, D.A. Smith Photograph Collection, 1999.1759.01, Paris Museum and Historical Society

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