Objects and Photographs

This section brings together the approximately 700 objects and photographs used in Canada's Naval History. Use this section to directly access objects and photographs grouped by type, as shown below, or use the search function above to search through them by title.




Officers, SS Stanley Park

David McMillan (centre) and officer cadets Bob Pethick (left) and Doug McPherson (right) pose on V-E Day in Saint John, New Brunswick.

All three are standing beside the ship's 4-inch gun, and Pethick is holding the ship's cat, Stan. While McMillan wears a service dress uniform, including a double-breasted jacket, the two cadets wear dark blue battledress uniforms like those issued to the Royal Canadian Navy.

George Metcalf Archival Collection
CWM 19860141-035