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Three photo postcards showing images from military Camp Borden, located 45 miles north of Toronto Ontario. Part of a series of photographs by Toronto photographer Alex McLean.
Base on photographic 'AZO' paper used, all date to 1904-1918.
All have photographer label on photo negative ‘PHOTO BY ALEX J. MCLEAN’.
Card #1
Long line-up of men at Camp.
Labeled ‘CAMP BORDEN, ONT. 2’.
Text on back: “I had a row with Rankin, but I am going to today round & if he dont do anything I will see the Head doctor We expect to get our pass. Lefty(?)"
Crease UR corner. Light smudges, toning on back.
Card #2
Soldiers picking up burlap bags (sandbags?) and carrying them away. Wearing interesting hats.
Labeled ‘CAMP BORDEN, ONT. 4’.
Unused.
Black ink smudges on front. Light smudges, toning on back.
Card #3
Soldiers walking in formation beside a railway track, in uniform and carrying duffel bags.
Labeled ‘CAMP BORDEN, ONT. 5’.
Unused.
Some paper scuffing top border. Some rust spots on back.
(Red text is an electronic watermark that is not physically part of the photo for sale)
Alex J. McLean had a studio at 435 Spadina Ave. Toronto, Ontario
At the height of the First World War, the Borden Military Camp opened at a location on a glacial moraine west of Barrie in 1916 to train units for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was named for Sir Frederick William Borden, former Minister of Militia. In May 1916, the Barrie and Collingwood companies of the 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters), CEF, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D. H. MacLaren, began construction of the camp. Camp Borden was selected in 1917 for a military aerodrome, becoming the first flying station of the Royal Flying Corps Canada.
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