Category: The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Title: COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA FLOODING CANADA…Communist propaganda by newspapers and leaflet in their own language is being spread amongst Polish immigrants of Polish decent, and even telephone calls are made by red agents to the new Canadians. Here Polish girl Halina Cranat holds one of the papers.
Date: 1956-05-09
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: NYT.2016.0340.0001

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: 14-485-L-22-D [circled]; typed: [adhered with tape] TORONTO, Ontario May 9 1956 / COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA FLOODING CANADA [underscored]…Communist propaganda by newspape [loss] / and leaflet in their own language is being spread amongst Polish immigra [loss] / of Polish decent, and even telephone calls are made by red agents to the / new Canadians. Here Polish girl Halina Cranat holds one of the papers. / FROM: Federal Newsphotos Toronto 4590/LANSD; handwritten: 4 [circled]; stamped: MAY 9 1956 4; stamped: [circular stamp obscured beneath taped inscription]; stamped: RETURN TO TIMES / DATE RECEIVED / MAY 12 1956 / IN PICTURE FILES / PHOTO LIBRARYRecto, [pas d'inscription] ; Verso, écrit à la main : 14-485-L-22-D [encerclé] ; dactylographié : [TORONTO, Ontario 9 Mai 1956 / LA PROPAGANDE COMMUNISTE INONDE LE CANADA [souligné]...La propagande communiste par les journau[loss] / des brochures et des tracts dans leur propre langue sont distribués aux immigrés polonais / d'origine polanaise, et des agents rouges passent même des appels téléphoniques aux / nouveauz Canadiens. Ici, Halina Cranat, une jeune fille polonaise, tient l'un des journaux. / DE : Federal Newsphotos Toronto 4590/LANSD ; écrit à la main : 4 [encerclé] ; tamponné : 9 MAI 1956 4 ; tamponné : [cachet circulaire masqué par l'inscription scotchée] ; cachet : [cachet circulaire masqué par l'inscription scotchée] ; cachet : RETOUR À L'HEURE / DATE DE RÉCEPTION / 12 MAI 1956 / DANS LES DOSSIERS D'IMAGES / PHOTOTHÈQUE

Credit Line: The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection, The Image Centre.