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Photostory #116:Borstal System: Training For Freedom

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar
Locations
Canada
British Columbia
New Haven
Date
July 30, 1957
Subjects
Corrections facilities
Jails and prisons
Social problems

Photostory #197: B.C.'s Bold Venture at Haney

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar
Locations
Canada
British Columbia
Date
February 17, 1959
Subjects
Corrections facilities
Jails and prisons
Social problems

Photostory #364: Vital Statistics Keep Nation Fit and Trim: DBS Ottawa -- Canada's Prolific Figure Factory

Photographer(s)
Grant, Ted; Lunney, Gar; Semak, Michael; Vollman, W.; Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Ottawa
Date
May 19, 1964
Subjects
Government
Federal
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Communications and media
Technology at work
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Construction
Social problems

Photostory #364: Vital Statistics Keep Nation Fit and Trim: DBS Ottawa -- Canada's Prolific Figure Factory

Photographer(s)
Grant, Ted; Lunney, Gar; Semak, Michael; Vollman, W.; Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Ottawa
Date
May 19, 1964
Subjects
Government
Federal
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Communications and media
Technology at work
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Construction
Social problems

Photostory #184: R.C.M.P. Police Service Dogs: Force's Famed 4-Footed Cops

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Nova Scotia (Cape Breton)
Sydney
Date
November 18, 1958
Subjects
Government
Federal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Social problems

Photostory #280: Bonne Bay, Newfoundland: Holding Court in the Outports

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Newfoundland
Date
March 7, 1961
Subjects
Law
Courts and justice
Social problems

Photostory #280: Bonne Bay, Newfoundland: Holding Court in the Outports

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Newfoundland
Date
March 7, 1961
Subjects
Law
Courts and justice
Social problems

Photostory # 67: Compulsive Drinkers, 16 in 100

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar
Locations
Date
August 14, 1956
Subjects
Social problems
Addiction
Alcoholism

Photostory #146: Monument to Youth of Malaya: Canadians Help Build Boys' Town

Photographer(s)
Harrington, Richard
Locations
Asia
Singapore
Date
February 25, 1958
Subjects
Social problems
Children
Education
Special
Religion

Photostory #105: Safety Leagues Fights "Fetish" to be First

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris; Dooh, Irving
Locations
Date
May 14, 1957
Subjects
Social problems
Transportation
Highways
Government
Federal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
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