Guts and Pearls – The Story of Dickey Chapelle

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by Emily Stewart Born Georgette Louise Meyer in Wisconsin on 14th March 1919, Dickey Chapelle was breaking boundaries from an early age. Having graduated from high school as valedictorian, she won a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at the age of sixteen, as one of only a handful of … Continue reading Guts and Pearls – The Story of Dickey Chapelle

Representations of Black Service Members in Canada’s Official First World War Photography Collection

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by Carla-Jean Stokes  In early 2019, I planned to post a Twitter thread on photographs of Black soldiers in the Canadian official First World War collection. I don’t really remember what I expected to find, but the search was a fairly quick one—I could only find two photographs described as having Black sitters. Months later, … Continue reading Representations of Black Service Members in Canada’s Official First World War Photography Collection