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Photo Gallery - Canada 1945-1982

War Brides: Stories from Fraser Valley War Brides

(Lieut. Charles H. Richer / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-136664)

The Avro Arrow

Avro Arrow (CF-105), an advanced, supersonic, twin-engined, all-weather interceptor jet aircraft developed by A.V. Roe of Canada from 1949 until the government's controversial cancellation of the project in 1959.

The Branch Plant Economy

The Baby Boom

Early baby boomers play with toys at the Ottawa Day Nursery circa 1950

The Hockey Goalkeeper Mask

Jacques Plante, the legendary Montreal Canadiens netminder, is widely recognized as the player that popularized the modern, fibreglass goalie mask (1959)