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Volume 25 (1959) - Illustrations

All photos from the Documentary Art and Photography division of the
Library and Archives Canada are marked with the negative number.
Every attempt has been made to contact copyright holders.

L. to r.: King George VI, Clement Attlee and N.A. Robertson attend a fane-don during the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference.

National Film Board of Canada/ Library and Archives Canada C-37751 The Hon. Sidney Smith, Secretary of State for External Affairs until his death in March 1959.


Louis St. Laurent is sworn in as Prime Minister at Government House on November 15, 1948; 1. to r.: Prime Minister SI. Laurent, Governor-General Lord Alexander, W.L.M. King.

Duncan Cameron/Library and Archives Canada PA-114895 Swearing-in of Howard Green as Secretary of State for External Affairs, Rideau Hall, June 4, 1959. Left to right: Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, Governor-General Vincent Massey, Green.


Members of the Canadian delegation to the Third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations; faces seen around the table, I. to r.: R.G. Riddell, L.D. Wilgress, Senator Wishart Robertson, S.D. Pierce, Ralph Maybank, H.F. Feaver, Hugues Lapointe, N.Q. Robertson, I.W. Holmes, C.S.A. Ritchie, G.P. Vanier, Lionel Chevrier, W.L.M. King, A.G.L. McNaughton.

Capital Press Service/ Diefenbaker Archives Collection, MG01/XVII/JGD 1191 Left to right: Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General Lauris Norstad, Prime Minister Diefenbaker, and Minister of National Defence George Pearkes, May 19, 1959.


L. to r.: A.G.L. McNaughton, Lionel Chevrier, C.S.A. Ritchie and ].W. Holmes at the Third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Southam Inc./Library and Archives Canada PA-151732 Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro in Montreal, April 26, 1959.


M.-A. Zalewski L. to r.: L.D. Wilgress (President of the Budget Committee) and O.P. Machado of Brazil (Secretary) at the Third Session of the General Assembly Of the United Nations.

Library and Archives Canada C-003894713 Prime Minister Diefenbaker with Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies, May 21, 1959.


L. to r.: Morley Wang (China) and Donald Manson during a break at the International High Frequency Broadcasting Conference held in Mexico City, October, 1948.

Library and Archives Canada C-003894711 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan meeting with Prime Minister Diefenbaker and members of the Canadian Cabinet, March 18, 1959.


A session of the Second Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Conference; at centre rear, 1. to r.: Albert Roper and Dr. Edward Warner and at right, the Canadian delegate, C.S. Booth.

Library and Archives Canada C-00389714 Prime Minister Diefenbaker greets the United States Secretary of State, Christian Herter, at 24 Sussex Drive, July 11, 1959.


A session of the Second Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Conference; at centre rear, 1. to r.: Albert Roper and Dr. Edward Warner and at right, the Canadian delegate, C.S. Booth.

United Nations 62975 Howard Green addressing the United Nations General Assembly, September 24, 1959.


L. to r. at right of front row: James V. Forrestal and Brooke Claxton attend the dedication of a plaque commemorating the Ogdensburg Agreement.

R. Wetmore/Library and Archives Canada PA-181040 Christmas dinner in Halifax for refugee families who arrived in Canada under the programme for tubercular refugees during World Refugee Year.


L. to r. at right of front row: James V. Forrestal and Brooke Claxton attend the dedication of a plaque commemorating the Ogdensburg Agreement.

United Nations 63621 Wallace B. Nesbitt addresses the United Nations General Assembly=s First Committee during the debate on disarmament, November 2, 1959. Charles Ritchie, Canada=s Permanent Representative to the U.N., is seated behind Nesbitt.

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