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Image of a bronze bust of Portuguese poet Luis Vaz de Camões with a sticker and note posted on it reading "I'm dead". Possibly taken at the First Portuguese Canadian Community Centre.

On January 30, 1961, a group of "anti-fascist" connected with the Canadian Portuguese Democratic Committee (former PCDA) organized a motorcade outside the Portuguese Consulate on Bay St., Toronto. This coincided...

Front cover of Comunidade, June 29, 1979, Year 5, Vol. 3, n. 1

Clipping of the article "Deixe o 'Mop' e Ande - diz o encarregado português", by João Medeiros, published in Comunidade, Year 2, n. 26, March 21 1977: 11

Image of the 25th anniversary celebration of the arrival of the first Portuguese immigrants to Canada (1953-1978). Event held at the First Portuguese Canadian Community Center, on 722 College St., Toronto. Photo taken for Comunidade newspaper Year 3,…

Image of the 25th anniversary celebration of the arrival of the first Portuguese immigrants to Canada (1953-1978). Event held at the First Portuguese Canadian Community Center, on 722 College St., Toronto. On the left, the bust of Portuguese poet…

Image of male acoustic guitar duo performing on stage.

Portuguese railway builder Alberto Cabral Sr. hangs his laundry outside C.N. train car in Edmonton.

Image of a dinner hosted by the Canadian Madeira Club at the Restaurant "The Boat" in Toronto welcoming the President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Alberto João Jardim (sitting in the middle of the main table, behind the candles). The…

Image of a dinner hosted by the Canadian Madeira Club at the Restaurant "The Boat" in Toronto welcoming the President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Alberto João Jardim (sitting in the middle of the main table, behind the candles). The…

Shoppers gather outside Joe's Fruit Market and Casa Lisboa on Augusta Ave. and Nassau St. (Kensington Market)

Image of a school display about the Azorean Islands.

Image of Tuba player during a performance of the Banda Lira Nossa Senhora de Fátima of Toronto.

Image of Bar-B-Q Jorbel Charcuterie Portugaise in Montreal, Quebec.

Image of Bill Moniz campaigning for Alderman of Ward 4, Toronto Municipal elections of 1978. Part of a series of promotional photos, one of which was published in the Comunidade newspaper, Year III, Vol. 2, Issue 1, September 28, 1978.

Image of Bill Moniz campaigning for Alderman of Ward 4, Toronto Municipal elections of 1978. Part of a series of promotional photos, one of which was published in the Comunidade newspaper, Year III, Vol. 2, Issue 1, September 28, 1978.