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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Just chatting. Barnett area of the Fraser Valley, 1907 . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. A tea party, with Adele, Florence, and Marion Newberry, undated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. The Newham girls with their dolls, undated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4. Boy with Newfoundland dog and cart, undated . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 5. Boys’ hockey, Sweetwater School #1156, c. 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 6. “The good old days,” 1952 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 7. The Kay Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 8. Ivy and Jack Moulton on their “arse cart” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 9. Children playing on swings, c. 1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 10. Kite flying near Billings Bridge, Ottawa, 1930 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 11. Paper Doll Poems, 1896 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 12. Boys playing marbles in a Vancouver schoolyard . . . . . . . . . . 113 13. Soap box derby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 14. Child in a toy airplane, 1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 15. Girls’ hockey, Sweetwater School #1156, c. 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 16. Patricia and Rolland Lewis, Big Barr Lake, c. 1930 . . . . . . . . . . 153 17. Razor-blade radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 18. Village Island children, undated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 19. The Pinsonneault children in a wheat field, undated . . . . . . . 168 20. Janet and Beth Emslie with Tamas, c. 1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 21. The 24th of May parade in Victoria, 1925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 22. “Colour-colour,” 1952 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 23. Adele, Florence, and Marion Newberry reading together, undated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 xi This page intentionally left blank ...

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