Looking Back: Temporal and Spatial Connections of Post-War Migration and Displacement Through the Eyes of the Toronto TelegramMain MenuLooking Back: Temporal and Spatial Connections of Post-War Migration and Displacement Through the Eyes of the Toronto TelegramBy Robyn LeLacheurTimeline of Publishing Patterns of Global Displacement between 1939-1964Photographs provided by the Toronto TelegramRefugees & Displaced Peoples: Where they came fromRefugees and MigrantsTheir War Goes On: Opulence Hides Gray RefugeesArticle by Ron Poulton, Telegram Staff ReporterImage Representation of Refugees: An Analysis of Terence Wright's Article, "Moving Images: The Media Representation of Refugees"War Guests, (Im)migrants, and RefugeesThe Representation of War Guests, (Im)migrants, and Refugees Through Wartime Propaganda and IconographyAnna St.Onge25b2131b3bad72f47d55b2ab29f71ad3b83a7de6Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
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12018-04-07T20:17:38-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562Timeline of Global Displacement between 1939-1964Robyn LeLacheur16Photographs provided by the Toronto Telegramplain3022018-05-02T12:37:12-04:0051.562498, -0.132290Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-07T19:52:54-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562Robin Kingsley Spending the Duration of the War on Farm north of Maple, ON9"Many miles across the ocean from the dangers of hun bombs, young Robin Kingsley, son of Capt. Charles Kingsley, R.A.F., and Mrs. Kingsley, is shown here on the edge of the swimming pool on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Glassco, just north of Maple. On the diving board are Dick and June Glassco, who will be his companions "for the duration," as Robin will make his home with the Glasscos." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-22T11:56:16-04:0007/06/194043.851648, -79.527211Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-07T19:49:11-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562War Guests Overlooking Union Station7"Largest group yet, 391 children arrived in Toronto from England and Scotland yesterday to find new homes in Toronto under the government-sponsored plan. Here spectators line the Front street wall of the Union Station to watch the arrivals." (Caption on back)plain2018-05-04T15:18:56-04:0008/24/194043.645591, -79.379125Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-07T19:57:06-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562Boarding at Union Station to return home to the British Isles6"Seventeen young war guests of Canada gathered at the Union Station last night to board a train that whisked them off on the first leg of their long journey back to their homes in the British Isles. Some of them are shown in these pictures. Margaret Cowie, who came to Toronto from Edinburgh to st ay with Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Godson, was just 14 when she arrived. Now she is 19-and pretty-and she had two handsome male friends on hand to bid her good-bye. One was a member of the Royal Canadian Navy, Bill Westlake, of Toronto, while the other was an RCAF man, Don Gray, of Windsor, and formerly of Edinburgh. Like Margaret, Don came to Canada when he was 15 but not at 20, he is not going back home. He is now a Canadian citizen and what's more, he's in the air force. He served overseas and saw his parents in Scotland while there. Twelve-year-old John Gomm, of Hounslow, Middlesex, found it anything but easy bidding his pals good-bye. And the eyes of Teddy Hill were suspiciously bright as he watched Bill Leak give John's haversack a final little tug. John has been the guest of Bill and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leak, 10 Ardmore road, for the past five years. Lionel Dawson, 15, has been staying with Mr. and Mrs. Stiver at their Unionville home. He comes from Norwich, Englad. With him in Unionville were his brothers and sister, Neville, 17, Gerald, 11, and Betty, 13. At home is another little brother and a baby sister whom they have never seen." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-15T12:05:15-04:0008/29/194543.645591, -79.379125Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-15T13:10:10-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562…And as they go. This is the "grown-up" pair to whom Dr. and Mrs. T. O. Chenoweth are bidding good-bye after give years6"Each more than 53 pounds heavier, and 14 inches taller, both Donald and Olive Stewart, war guest brother and sister now 14 and 15 years old, are returning to-morrow to their mother and grandmother in Dumfries, Scotland. They arrived in Canada in 1940 to live with their uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. T. O. Chenoweth of 1 St. Edmunds drive. Donald is returning armed with complete knowledge of local birds, trees and flowers, which he gained by forming a nature study club in the neighborhood a few months after he arrived. He and the other boys met every Tuesday and rose at 7 o'clock some mornings to take part in the nature hunts sponsored by the Royal Ontario Museum. Though Donald has lost his Scottish accent, he has not lost his original Scottish desire to become a minister. He plans to study in Edinburgh. At University of Toronto Schools he won a scholarship the first year, excelling in public speaking. Olive, who was nine when she arrived, has developed her talent for music at the Toronto Conservatory and has passed its grade nine examinations with first class honors. She is not quite so certain about her future, especially after having to leave all her young friends at Lawrence Park Collegiate. She, to[o]. has lost her Scottish accent but, "we hope we can retrieve it before we start school in the fall because if we don't we'll be teased," they say." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:31:26-04:0007/25/194543.722136, -79.410310Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-15T14:21:37-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562Ann Ryan writing a letter home4"Eleven-year-old Ann Ryan, one of twelve English school children whose temporary new Canadian home is a large house on Dunvegan road, turned over to them by Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Beatty, had just begun a letter home when The Telegram photographer happened along. Ann said she didn't mind if his camera looked over her pig-tailed shoulder, and this is what it saw." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:18:43-04:0007/12/194043.697627, -79.420112Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-22T10:33:39-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562Woman reading The Evening Telegram4plain2018-04-22T11:53:38-04:0007/1940Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-22T11:23:40-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562British war guests arriving in Toronto (2/2)4plain2018-04-22T11:30:05-04:0007/06/194043.645591,-79.379125Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-15T13:41:20-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562Austrian couple and their son with Toronto host4"Top -- Mr. and Mrs Eliaz Kamerling of Vienna and their son, Heinz, with (back to camera) their Toronto host, B. Forer." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:19:20-04:0008/09/1944Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-15T12:01:58-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562John Gomm, centre, was seen away by Teddy Hill, left, and Bill Leak4"John Gomm, centre, was seen away by Teddy Hill, left, and Bill Leak." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:20:33-04:0008/29/194543.645591,-79.379125Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-15T13:26:35-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562Three young war guests brought to an Oakville "duration" school3"Geoffrey, Alan and Jimmy Frost, three young war guests brought to an Oakville "duration" school by Hon. W. D. Ross, a business acquaintance of their father's." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:26:40-04:0010/09/194043.469791, -79.680009Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-17T14:44:39-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562War guests of the International Business Machine Co., Ltd., of Canada3"These war guests are members of a party of 28 children, mothers and guardians who arrived here last night as guests of the International Business Machine Co., Ltd., of Canada. Through the offer of Thomas J. Watson, president of the International Business Machine Corporation of New York, the group, consisting of the families of representatives of the International Time Recording Co. of Great Britain, a subsidiary of the U.S. firm, was brought to Canada for the duration of the war at the expense of the company. Upper left, Margaret Lemond, aged 10, of London: upper centre, Mrs. E. M. Kelk, of Birmingham, and her two daughters, Panela, aged 13 (left), and Betty, aged nine; upper right, Joan Pathie, aged five, of Exeter; lower left, five boys ranging in age from three to six years; lower right, Godfrey Spencer, aged eight (left), and Anthony Spencer, aged six. The two brothers, from Cheswick, near London, travelled with their aunt, Mrs. G. A. Butler, while their mother and father remained in England." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:28:01-04:0007/06/194043.645591, -79.379125Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-15T12:14:44-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562War guests over looking Union Station3War guests over looking Union Station.plain2018-04-17T15:27:50-04:0008/24/194043.645591,-79.379125Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-17T15:00:34-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562President of the University of Toronto is photographed with some of the children of Oxford University faculty members.3"Right, Dr. H. J. Cody, president of the University of Toronto, is photographed with some of the 16 children of Oxford University faculty members who have come to the homes of U. of T. staff members." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:24:22-04:0007/04/194043.662900, -79.395700Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-15T13:40:01-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562Reay, Mrs. Buckingham and Ian3"Wife of an English Presbyterian minister, Mrs. William Buckingham, of Worthing, Sussex, and her two sons, ten-year-old Reay and Ian, seve, stayed over in Toronto to-day as guests of United Church of Canada officials. They are en route to Moose Jaw, where they will live "for the duration" with Mrs. Buckingham's uncle, T. D. Mackay. "We are very glad to be away from air raids," Mrs. Buckingham said. "It wasn't so bad in Sussex, although we went through several, but my boy Reay was at school on the Isle of Wight and it was terrible there, due to the German plans trying to bomb Portsmouth." "We're looking forward to Canada," Reay interjected in precise English accents. "It's our first visit to Moose Jaw. Of course we've been East." "To Eastern Canada?" "Oh, no!" the little boy answered. "Malaya, you know, in the East." "Did Ian go to Malaya, too?" "He was born there," Reay said, "so he really couldn't go, if you know what I mean." Their father, they said, was in the Reserve." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:24:10-04:0007/09/194043.666452, -79.392177Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-15T13:15:00-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562Earleen Burgon, with her aunt, Mrs. H. A. Burgon3"Earleen Burgon with her aunt, Mrs. H. A. Burgon." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:22:23-04:0007/25/1945Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-17T14:54:04-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562English boy passes time on the train by viewing magazine3"One of the young English boys passes time on the train by calmly viewing magazine pictures of the war-bombing whose dangers sent him to Canada." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:22:13-04:0007/04/1940Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-15T12:53:46-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562Far from the danger of bursting bombs and spitting machine guns, these English children arrive in Toronto3"Far from the danger of bursting bombs and spitting machine guns, these English children, members of a party of 55 who came to Toronto under government sponsors, are seen happy and smiling in the bus that took them from their train to 73 St. George street, where they will remain until other homes are found." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:21:46-04:0008/20/1940Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-15T12:55:20-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562Five-year-old twins sat close together on the station bench, holding their coats and each other's hands3"Five-year-old twins among the British arrivals - Beryl (left) and Mary Mullins, from Norwich. Brown-eyed, fair-haired and solemn, they sat close together on the station bench, holding their coats and each other's hands." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:21:32-04:0008/24/194043.645591,-79.379125Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-15T13:40:44-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562French couple and their daughters3"Below -- Mr. and Mrs. G. Elefant, French couple, and their daughters, Madelene, 5, and Alice, 2." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:21:17-04:0008/09/1944Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-15T13:25:16-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562Henryetta Edwards and Anne Beare were snapped on their last morning at Branksome Hall3"Henryetta Edwards (left) and Anne Beare were snapped on their last morning at Branksome Hall. They are both from Surrey and were much excited about going back there, although they have "loved" Canada." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-17T15:20:52-04:0007/04/194443.675267, -79.380120Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-21T16:04:43-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562War guest leaving2"War guest leaving." (Caption on back)plain2018-04-21T16:04:58-04:0006/15/1944Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562
12018-04-22T11:23:42-04:00Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562British war guests arriving in Toronto (1/2)2plain2018-04-22T11:24:03-04:0007/06/194043.645591,-79.379125Robyn LeLacheur69764b2f71565fb3dfb6990b7c0672e799d40562