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Alien Prisoners airing their bedding in the snow

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Front: Men, under watch of a guard, air out their bedding. Back: Pre-printed: German and Austrian aliens are being interred in concentration camps at various points in Canada. The interned prisoners have been set to useful public work - clearing land and building roads and the Canadian officials find that that they earn their keep and a little besides. The photo shows a batch of prisoners airing their bedding at Petawawa, Canada's permanent military camp in the wilds of northern Ontario.

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Title: Alien Prisoners airing their bedding in the snow:
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Description: Front: Men, under watch of a guard, air out their bedding. Back: Pre-printed: German and Austrian aliens are being interred in concentration camps at various points in Canada. The interned prisoners have been set to useful public work - clearing land and building roads and the Canadian officials find that that they earn their keep and a little besides. The photo shows a batch of prisoners airing their bedding at Petawawa, Canada's permanent military camp in the wilds of northern Ontario.
Publisher: Underwood and Underwood.
Contributor: War Correspondents Association
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Type: StillImage, print
Format: nonprojected graphic, 1 postcard, colour
Identifier: macrepo:101600, local: CPC-00719
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Language: eng
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Coverage: --Canada--Ontario------United Kingdom--
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