William Rider-Rider, Canadian Officers entertain Canadian, American and Imperial Nurses. June 1918, Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 3396813 & 3194336.

It's all fun and games until you have to fill out the long form census for all the people in your house, including the guy who sublets your basement. You're welcome, Canadians of 2126 🖕

It was so great to see you, Kristen!

Kristen Jeanveau@kjeanveau.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Met some wonderful historians, presented a tiny paper of my own to a tiny audience, and saw some fascinating panels at the Laurier Military History Colloquium. Did I remember to take photos of any of them? Whoops. But hark! Gaze upon two books I picked up and am excited to read. #cdnhist 🗃️

Honestly, I hate this 🙃 This proposal is based on a misapprehension of Vimy as the birthplace of the Canadian nation. In reality, Canada was not born at Vimy and the Canadian Corps’ military leaders didn’t even think it was their most impressive wartime victory

Doug Johnson 🇨🇦@smikooman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Any thoughts on a second National Vimy Memorial, this one here in Vernon? @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social #VernonBC #FWW #CdnPoli 🇨🇦

The 36th annual Canadian Military History Colloquium will be held May 8-9 @wilfridlaurieruni organised by Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada. @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social is keynote. Register by May 3! buff.ly/zf4QaNy

Happy Earth Day everyone! Here's: Harry Knobel, Trout Fishing in France, June 1916, Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 3396673.

Ivor Castle, A Stretcher Case at the Battle of Arleux, 1917, private collection. This one is a bit more graphic (from a closer perspective) than a lot of Canadian official First World War photographs. The injured person is German, which by convention made it permissible to show blood.

Ivor Castle, A Stretcher Case at the Battle of Arleux, 1917, private collection. This one is a bit more graphic (from a closer perspective) than a lot of Canadian official First World War photographs. The injured person is German, which by convention made it permissible to show blood.

It was a pleasure to interview Canadian military historian Carla-Jean Stokes, a friend of mine in that community, about her book "The Taking of Vimy Ridge." Here, in a Legion Magazine exclusive, she details the story of the man who photographed the battle. legionmagazine.com/historian-ca...

Historian Carla-Jean Stokes on the man who photographed Vimy Ridge - Legion Magazine

The camera never lies, or so the saying goes. The reality, however, is in the eye of the beholder. In the 1860s, U.S. Civil War photographer Mathew Brady, renowned for capturing scenes of carnage and ...

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Hey #skystorians, sending some feelers out - I manage a registered heritage site in BC. We are working on a Historian in Residence project: -FREE 2-3 week stay at a lakeside heritage home on 5 acres -some $$ to help with your flight -you get to write your manuscript in a peaceful setting

Hey #skystorians, sending some feelers out - I manage a registered heritage site in BC. We are working on a Historian in Residence project: -FREE 2-3 week stay at a lakeside heritage home on 5 acres -some $$ to help with your flight -you get to write your manuscript in a peaceful setting

Today is Vimy Ridge Day, a day to honour and remember the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917. In her book The Taking of Vimy Ridge, Carla-Jean Stokes explores the life and works of William Ivor Castle, a Canadian official First World War photographer known for staging and manipulating his photographs.

I had @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social on my channel to discuss this fantastic book and honestly, you need to pick it up! Watch my chat with her here: www.youtube.com/live/OZ53Ihd...

Wilfrid Laurier University Press@wlupress.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today is Vimy Ridge Day, a day to honour and remember the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917. In her book The Taking of Vimy Ridge, Carla-Jean Stokes explores the life and works of William Ivor Castle, a Canadian official First World War photographer known for staging and manipulating his photographs.

9 April marks the 109th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Here's one of my favourite photographs that Ivor Castle took that weekend - Canadian Machine Gunners Dig Themselves In, In Shell Holes, April 1917, LAC MIKAN 3521844.

Artworks on display in the Art, Film and Photography Gallery at #IWMLondon. Gassed by John Singer Sargent (1919) The Menin Road by Paul Nash (1919) Over The Top by John Nash (1918) Runway Perspective and De-Icing Aircraft by Eric Ravilious (both 1942) #wartour

Instead of doomscrolling, have you tried just ordering a Lego kit online?

Today I let my 5 yo talk me though eating an ice cream drumstick because she believed I’d never had one before. “Mom, take your first bite, and you’re going to be in love!” What a cute little turkey. Also, ‘twas delicious.

The Magic Lantern Mail Club made it to three different cities in the UK and to locations all over Canada in February! It's been a ton of fun to share a physical newsletter and pick out items from my collection to share in an analogue way.

Megan Hamilton@meganahamilton.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Recently received some very special (and wonderfully nerdy) mail from home... Thanks @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social and the Magic Lantern Club! Details here: www.patreon.com/cw/MagicLant...

The thing about digitizing a collection of 1920s era negatives is that... in my mind it seems easier to just set up a darkroom and print everything instead.

#BookReview: The Taking of Vimy Ridge by Carla-Jean Stokes “a penetrating look at the public perception of the battle—and, strikingly, makes the case that a single photographer played a crucial role in creating the “myth” of Vimy Ridge” thebcreview.ca/2025/11/11/2... wlupress.bsky.social

This newsreel, IWM IWM 466, Reel 3, shows a Canadian soldier chewing something before he charges out of the trenches at Courcelette. #ww1 photo expert @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social does several deep dives of the 4 "over the top" photos on her account bsky.app/profile/carl...

Carla-Jean Stokes@carlajeanstokes.bsky.social · 2y ago

As I've demonstrated in the past, "The Last Over the Top" that we usually see is cropped quite dramatically to remove a soldier with a canvas-wrapped breech (for training purposes).

5 YO: Mom, I'm not that good at math. I wish I was omniscient.* Me: You sound like you're doing OK so far. 😂 *Learned this word by age 3 due to being a huge Devin Townsend fan.

William Rider-Rider, Canadians Performing their Toilet in Reserve Line, February 1918 (brrrrr!), LAC Item No. O-2531.

In February 1918, William Rider-Rider photographed Canadian soldiers with copies of the Canadian Daily Record, a newspaper issued by the Canadian War Records Office to personnel during the war. Rider-Rider, Canadians Interested in the Canadian Daily Record, Feb 1918, LAC MIKAN 3396794.

In February 1918, William Rider-Rider photographed Canadian soldiers with copies of the Canadian Daily Record, a newspaper issued by the Canadian War Records Office to personnel during the war. Rider-Rider, Canadians Interested in the Canadian Daily Record, Feb 1918, LAC MIKAN 3396794.

Ahhh, nothing like the workout your credit card gets when you have to sign your child up for Spring Break camps 😒

It’s not a stretch to say that during the First World War, the Canadian Corps established itself as the “elite fighting force of the British Empire.” It was also composed, sometimes, of dudes in dresses!

It’s not a stretch to say that during the First World War, the Canadian Corps established itself as the “elite fighting force of the British Empire.” It was also composed, sometimes, of dudes in dresses!

William Rider-Rider, A Canadian giving his pet a much-needed wash, February 1918, Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 3194334.

There is a saying: 'You can talk to a horse, but you can chat and whisper to a mule', and indeed, many men who served with mules spoke of the uniquely strong relationships they forged with the animals. 📸 Mule 99 & Pte. D. Ravensgraig, Italy, 1944 IWM NA 12495 #MuleMonday