My Dad at the 1948 London Olympics - Blog Day 3

The Canadian Olympic Team traveled to the London Olympics in 1948 by ship from Halifax.  These photos were all taken in Halifax in July 1948.

This is one of the professionally taken photographs; taken at the train station in Halifax.  The marking on the back of the photo is stamped:    "PHOTOGRAPH     Canadian Pacific Railway Company    Printed in Canada"

Knowing my Dad, it is no surprise that there seems to be tremendous focus on the next group of photos ...... the Olympic ladies!

Dad's caption on the back simply says:  "Canadian Olympic Team 1948"  The photo is numbered 291 on the front and that number is also written in pencil on the back.

This photo has the same caption handwritten on the back, "Canadian Olympic Team 1948" with the number 292 on the front and the same number in pencil on the back.

This photo also has the same caption on the back:  "Canadian Olympic Team 1948" with the number 294 on the front and the back.


I love seeing the fashions of the day; clothing and accessories!  I am also amused by the above three photos. If you look really closely, there is a pin hole at the top of each of these three photos ---- they likely had a place of honour on a wall at some point; some where.

The handwriting on the back of this photo says:  "CAN Olympic girls at Halifax".   I see that some (or perhaps all of this group) have been given Halifax banners .... more obvious with the two people standing on the highest steps.

There were 118 Canadian Athletes at the 1948 London Olympics; 100 men and 18 women.