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Camp Borden
Painted in 1919 by Frank Johnston (1888–1949)

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Flying was new to Canada. Frank Johnston was the first Canadian artist to depict the experience of flight.

". . . higher ever higher we rose till the land below became a beautiful rug, with a somewhat geometric design, of all colours, broken by light ribbons, that were the main highways."

— Frank Johnston, Canadian First World War artist


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