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Wait for Me, Daddy, 1940

City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives, LP 109. Photo Claude Detlo. 1940 Wait for Me, Daddy One of the most iconic photographs from World War II just happened to have been taken in New Westminster by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Province photographer Claud Detlo.

 City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives, LP 109. Photo Claude Detlo.City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives, LP 109. Photo Claude Detlo.

1940

Wait for Me, Daddy

One of the most iconic photographs from World War II just happened to have been taken in New Westminster by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Province photographer Claud Detlo. Life magazine later named it among the top 10 pictures of the 1940s. It shows a boy running after his marching father on October 1, 1940.

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