Relaxing

Samuel W. Tomlinson's collection of holiday and greeting cards from his service time in Kiska, Alaska, and overseas in Europe including Belgium and the Netherlands is a journal of the travels of one Canadian serviceman, 

During the Second World War, the transport division of the Canadian Red Cross contributed in driving and servicing motor vehicles and providing First Aid. This holiday greeting card features a message of health, friendship, and good news, and a popular illustration also found in other cards such as "The need for blood" which can be found here in the Wartime Canada website. 

There is not much information about this photograph depicting a Canadian Naval diner. From the photograph however, one can see the Canadian uniforms on some of the sailors relaxing over a cup of tea, along with men and women in civilian clothing. 

Time at sea was made more entertaining for sailors by illustrated periodicals such as this issue published in March 1945 out of the H.M.C.S. 'NIOBE' Greenock. The entirety of the magazine was written, illustrated, edited and produced by sailors, which made it much more relatable to its audience.

The song "Shout! Wherever You May Be I AM A CANADIAN" brought patriotism directly to the living rooms of many Canadians thanks to the Happy Gang.

The Happy Gang was one of the most well-known and successful entertainment acts of the mid 20th Century in Canada, aired by the CBC. The show featured energetic live musical performances and comedy skits, and would have included renditions of songs such as "I AM A CANADIAN."

Wartime magazine dealing with social issues and circumstances brought on indirectly by the war effort. 

Magazine published by the 2nd Canadian Base Reinforcement Group which featured news about the Canadian Army, stories of interest to members of the armed forces abroad, events and sports. 

This song probably reached Canadian stores during the Battle of Britain in 1940, when the defence of the British Isles from German bombing attacks fell to fighter pilots from Britain and the Empire.

The fortunes of Britain's war effort were low when this song was published in 1941, and they would get lower the following year - no matter how proud the world was of England.

"Dot dot dot dash" became one of the most recognizable identifiers of the Allied war effort, and could be found on countless kinds of consumer goods - including sheet music.