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This photograph depicts the commemoration plaques in the Chateau Laurier, Ottawa. On the top of the plaque, there is a circular relief of Brutinel and a relief showing Canadian machine guns on Vimy Ridge. The plaque commemorates the Canadian Machine Gun Corps commanded by Brigadier-General R. Brutinel, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., and the memory of the members of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps who died on active service and in honour of those who served 1914-1919. A smaller plaque underneath reads "In the Chateau Laurier, the Canadian Machine Gun Corps had its beginning--Here in August 1914, Major Raymond Brutinel enrolled the first recruits for the Corps."

Photograph shows a small hill with houses on the edge of it. There is a stair case leading up to the houses and cars in the foreground beneath the hill. This was likely taken in Radium, BC.

Depicts Henry Vestraete with his wife and children, Henry's mother Alice, Edmond, and Hector Quintal. They are standing and sitting by a delivery truck in front of E. Gobeil Meat Market store.

Photograph shows a winding road through mountains, with a current going alongside the road. This photo was likely taken in Radium, BC.

This photograph depicts the armoured vehicle designed by Brutinel in 1914 driving alongside a 1956 tank. General F.F. Worthington is driving the armoured vehicle. A caption reads "Quarante-deux ans se sont ecoules entre le char blinde Canadien de Brutinel de 1914 et le char d'assaut de 1956" (Forty-two years have elapsed between the Canadian armoured tank of Brutinel of 1914 and the tank of 1956.)