Penguin Bookmarks
W.H. Smith Bookshops
1984 - The Book of the Year / The Year of the Book
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Bookmarks
Kodansha International
The Economist
Hong Kong, ca 2004
"Never lose your place in the world."
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Marque-pages
Librairie Champlain
Les librairies Classic
Toronto, Canada, ca 1975
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TTC Queen Streetcar Transfer
Feb 5, 1974
Issued at the Neville Loop - 1974. I lived beside the Waterworks on Queen St while attending the U of T between 1972 and 1976
(used as a bookmark in George Sand's Indiana - purchased at the U of T bookstore Jan 24, 1974)
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Canada Armed Forces - New Uniforms
1967
Ad hoc bookmark found in Pocket Books - A Tale of Two Cities
The new CF Green uniform as illustrated in the July-August 1967 issue of Sentinel magazine. Note the lack of a Maple Leaf over the Sergeant's chevrons, and the short-lived Air, Sea and Land collar badges.
Under Unification the legal entities of the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force were eliminated along with their distinctive uniforms and rank titles. The traditional Service Dress uniforms were replaced by a uniform adopted for primarily political purposes, the Canadian Forces Green Uniform or "CF Greens".
About 400 prototypes were introduced for trials in 1967 and first revealed in public at Expo'67, however full production does not appear to have begun until early 1969. In practice, serving members wore their old uniforms until worn out and it would be almost another 4 years before CF Greens were on universal issue to both Regular and Reserve units.
The CF Green Service Dress uniform for male members consisted of a polyester/wool Rifle Green jacket, trousers and necktie, light "Linden Green" long and short sleeve shirts, a service dress cap, and a gabardine raincoat. A Greatcoat and astrakhan style hat were provided for wear in winter. The pattern of uniform was identical for all male ranks, except for that of General Officers, who had epaulettes on the jacket. The development of a woman's version of the CF Green uniform was approved in 1967 and it was expected that 20 - 25 servicewomen would be issued trial versions in 1968 with wide scale issue beginning in 1969.1
The dark "Rifle Green" colour was very acceptable to the army, but was unacceptable to many senior officers of the Navy and Air Force. For many Navy junior ranks however, the new uniform was less complicated to wear and easier to take care of than the old square rig or "Popeye The Sailor" uniform. Better still, in foreign ports they were no longer mistaken for "bloody limeys".
Described by some soldiers as being made from a "fabric-like substance", the early production CF Greens were remarkable for their ability to attract dust, hair, lint and other debris, unless they were carefully treated with a stain repellent, typically Scotchguard. CF Greens and their fatigue counterpart, CF Work Dress, were unfavourably compared by soldiers to leisure suits and gas station attendant's uniforms.
The cut of the jacket and trousers was similar to that of a business suit of the period and as issued, it was rather shapeless and needed to be tailored to present a proper appearance. It served a very important political purpose however, that in colour, cut and insignia, it was distinctly Canadian, an important factor in peacekeeping, where any association with "colonial" troops, especially in former British colonies, could be a disadvantage.
The Canadian Forces Green uniform lasted in service about 15 years and was replaced by "Distinctive Environment Uniforms" (DEU) in 1985.
(mpmuseum.org/securuniform1.html)
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