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Object Number 20140051-002
Event 1939-1945 Second World War
Affiliation --
Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Hall-Humpherson, Able Seaman David
The Hughes Owens Co. Ltd.
Date Made 1943

Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Digby
Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Digby, Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Halifax
Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Digby, Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Halifax, Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Ontario, Municipality - Toronto
Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Digby, Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Halifax, Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Ontario, Municipality - Toronto, Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Auburn
Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Digby, Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Halifax, Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Ontario, Municipality - Toronto, Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Auburn, Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Middleton
Category Communication artifacts
Sub-category Art
Department Art and Memorials
Museum CWM
Earliest 1943
Latest 1943
Inscription (cover/couvercle): WIRE-O BOUND / Sketch Book / A 726 / MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR / The Huges-Owen Co. Ltd. / MONTREAL – OTTAWA – TORONTO (THE ART METROPOLE) – WINNIPEG / 55 x 7 – 7 x 10 – 9 x 12 – 11 x 15 – 14 x 20 / (Written/écrite) DHH / Barrington (undecipherable/indéchiffrable) / hampden / Hampton. (inside cover/couvercle intérieur): David Hall-Humpherson / 655 Spadina / Toronto / 1943 (P1): DHH Aug 31 ’43 Digby N.S. (P2): Digby. NS. / Aug 31st (P3): Aug 31st / Digby NS (P4): HMCS Ambler / Digby Sept 4 ’43 / HMCS Hamilton (P5): CPSS “Princess Helene” / Digby Sept 4, ‘43 (P6): HMCS ‘Ambler’ / Capt. Montpetite / HMCS AMBLER / Digby NS / Sept 4, ‘43 (P7): “Seawolf” / ‘Vision’ / HMS SEAWOLF HMCS ‘VISION’. Capt. Nicholson / Digby. Sept 4 1943. (P8): HMCS ‘Saguenay’ / “(Standstill)” / Annapolis Basin / OFF HMCS “Cornwallis” (P9): Digby GAP / Bay of Fundy / Digby NS. / Sept 4th 1943, (P10): (Sept. 8th ’43) / ST. MARY’S CHURCH – AUBURN – N.S. / 153 yrs. old. (P11): at Middleton N.S. / Annapolis River? / Sept 12 43. (P12): Halifax. N.S. Sept 43 (P13): HALIFAX. NS Sept 43 (P14): Sept 43 (P15): Sept 43 (P16): Sept. 1943 (P17): Sept. 1943 (P19): Halifax NS. (P20): ‘Vision’ / HMCS (undecipherable/indéchiffrable) ‘Standstill’ / ‘Saguenay’ / Capt. Nicholson / Sept 3rd ‘43 (P22): Aug 31 ’43 / ‘PH’ / Ambler ? / Princess Helene / ‘Seawolf’. (inside back cover/couvercle intérieur revers) (stamp/étampe): WIRE-O BINDING / PATENTED 1936 (back cover/couvercle revers): Gothic (undecipherable/indéchiffrable) 723.5 / Gothic Arch 726.6 / 723.5 M. 723.5 G 228 / 741a – desk / 744 d – desk / 741 – desk / 741g / 741 h / Pen Sketches 217.13 S326
Medium pencil
Support paper
Materials Not applicable
Service Component Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Navy
Unit HMCS Ambler
HMCS Hamilton
HMS Seawolf
HMCS Saguenay
HMCS Vision
Measurements Height 26.0 cm, Width 18.2 cm