48th Bn pipe band playing
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48th CDF Bn Recruiting Drive in USA – Pipe band playing -1917

Pipe band playing outside City Hall in New York City, 1917. Photo by Central News Photo Service, NY. The 48th Highlanders sent a contingent and their Pipe Band and Military Band as part of a Canadian Forces recruiting drive in New York City, Chicago  and Newark in 1917, seeking enlistment in the Canadian Expeditionary Force overseas in WWI. The USA had yet to participate in the war.

(Prior accession No. P0424)

Classification
Images
Era
1914 – 1919 (WW 1)
Location of artifact
Binder 1, Research Room Shelf
Associated place
USA, New York, City Hall
Associated event
Recruiting Drive in USA 1917

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