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As Canada marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, we’ve been awash in stories about the soldiers who fought overseas. Now The Canadian War Museum has opened an exhibit that looks at what was going on back home during the war. Home Front, 1917 explores the pressures on families coping while men fought overseas, the cultural and industrial changes fostered by war, the fierce debate over conscription, and the labour unrest of the times. The exhibit opened recently and is a permanent part of the museum at LeBreton Flats.
It includes photographs, mementos that range from medals to a teddy bear a little girl gave her soldier father for good luck, and an audio station where viewers can listen to hundreds of war-related songs that were popular between 1914 and 1918.
Here’s a sample of some of what’s on display, with explanatory text provided by the museum:
This photograph was probably taken at Yonge and College streets in Toronto.
Conscription: The introduction of conscription in 1917 exposed and fuelled profound divisions among Canadians from coast to coast. This photo from 1916 shows some of the war wounded, backed by political graffiti, in Toronto.
Source: Glenbow Museum
Winnipeg strike: Sustaining the war effort exposed divisions along class lines. By 1916, a workers’ revolt was taking shape on the home front. Strikes became increasingly frequent, as workers believed that the government was allowing businesses to profit at their expense. The unrest culminated with the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919. This shows the scene on a Winnipeg street on June 10, 1919.
War art: With so many men fighting overseas, there was a severe shortage of labour on farms, so women, children and men too old to fight worked in the fields. In his painting of women hoeing carrots created around 1918, official war artist Manly MacDonald captured young women farm workers.
Source: Canadian War Museum 20130059-001
Culture: Fashion was influenced by war. Patriotic families often dressed their children in war-inspired clothing. They even followed military fashion in outfitting dolls like this one.
Source: Canadian War Museum
Treasured keepsakes: Ten-year-old Aileen Rogers sent this teddy bear to her father, hoping that it would keep him safe. Following Lawrence Rogers’ death at Passchendaele, soldiers found the teddy bear in his pocket. It was returned to the Rogers family. This memento served as a precious link to the husband and father the family would never see again.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Divisive politics: In 1917, the debate over conscription provoked the most bitterly contested federal election in Canada’s history. This poster illustrates the divisive nature of the debate. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, leading the Liberals, felt that it was “physically and materially impossible for Germany to carry war into Canada.” On the other hand, the Unionists, led by Robert Borden campaigned on the importance of adopting every measure necessary to win the war, including conscription.
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It includes photographs, mementos that range from medals to a teddy bear a little girl gave her soldier father for good luck, and an audio station where viewers can listen to hundreds of war-related songs that were popular between 1914 and 1918.
Here’s a sample of some of what’s on display, with explanatory text provided by the museum:
This photograph was probably taken at Yonge and College streets in Toronto.
Conscription: The introduction of conscription in 1917 exposed and fuelled profound divisions among Canadians from coast to coast. This photo from 1916 shows some of the war wounded, backed by political graffiti, in Toronto.
Source: Glenbow Museum
Winnipeg strike: Sustaining the war effort exposed divisions along class lines. By 1916, a workers’ revolt was taking shape on the home front. Strikes became increasingly frequent, as workers believed that the government was allowing businesses to profit at their expense. The unrest culminated with the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919. This shows the scene on a Winnipeg street on June 10, 1919.
War art: With so many men fighting overseas, there was a severe shortage of labour on farms, so women, children and men too old to fight worked in the fields. In his painting of women hoeing carrots created around 1918, official war artist Manly MacDonald captured young women farm workers.
Source: Canadian War Museum 20130059-001
Culture: Fashion was influenced by war. Patriotic families often dressed their children in war-inspired clothing. They even followed military fashion in outfitting dolls like this one.
Source: Canadian War Museum
Treasured keepsakes: Ten-year-old Aileen Rogers sent this teddy bear to her father, hoping that it would keep him safe. Following Lawrence Rogers’ death at Passchendaele, soldiers found the teddy bear in his pocket. It was returned to the Rogers family. This memento served as a precious link to the husband and father the family would never see again.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Divisive politics: In 1917, the debate over conscription provoked the most bitterly contested federal election in Canada’s history. This poster illustrates the divisive nature of the debate. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, leading the Liberals, felt that it was “physically and materially impossible for Germany to carry war into Canada.” On the other hand, the Unionists, led by Robert Borden campaigned on the importance of adopting every measure necessary to win the war, including conscription.
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