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Title: Ethnic Groups : Greeks
Description: Image of Betty Bates, with donation box for the Greek War Relief Fund, "tagging" an unidentified Canadian soldier who made a donation (image marked up by photo editor). Layered on top of image is close-up of one of the "tags" featuring British and Greek flags and words "Together to Victory Greek War Victims."
Type: photoprint
Fonds: Toronto Telegram fonds (F0433)
Accession / Box: 1974-001 / 210 (1557)
Date: [February 1941]
Identifier: ASC08801
Identifier (PID): yul:233889

Title: Ethnic Groups : Greeks
Description: Image of five young women in costume, posting on a stairway outdoors. Verso reads: " May 19 1942. Greek Girls ' and caption "To-day is "Greek Day" in the nationwide campaign of the Canadian Red Cross Society for $9,000,000, and these Greek-Canadian lassies, dressed in the ancient costumes of their native land, took part in the special noon-day ceremony at the City Hall. Included in the group are Effie Jeffories, of London, who sang a Greek folk song and "The White Cliffs of Dover"; Evelyn Valachos, Brandford, whose brother won the Distinguished Flying Cross with the RAF, and is now a prisoner in Germany; Lillian Orfankos, North Bay; Edna Siampis, Toronto, Celia Kanakos, Toronto.
Type: photoprint
Fonds: Toronto Telegram fonds (F0433)
Accession / Box: 1974-001 / 210 (1557)
Date: [May 1942]
Identifier: ASC08789
Identifier (PID): yul:98131