Patriotic Salvage Corps, Winnipeg, 1942

1942JuneCKYYour first guess is that this picture taken 80 years ago was taken in England. After all, the truck proclaims that it’s going to feed families in bombed-out areas. The truck was on its way to Britain, but the picture was taken in Canada, specifically at 755 Henry Avenue, Winnipeg, the then-headquarters of the Patriotic Salvage Corps.

Like Americans, Canadians were encouraged to collect scrap materials for the war effort.  In this case, the funds received from selling those materials to industry were used to purchase this truck, and others like it.

The building above is still standing, and can be seen in the Google Street View image below.  The picture above appeared in the June 1942 issue of Manitoba Calling, the program guide of CKY.

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