Rui Ribeiro holding a pair of boots and wearing a hat which he later donated to the Gallery of the Portuguese pioneers

The unveiling of the renaming of a street to Rua do Alentejo in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Portuguese marching band parades through downtown Toronto, ON, Canada

Dr. Manuel Esperança sits with the friends he founded the Portuguese Club of Vancouver with between 1962/63.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Albano Silva, Fernando Franco, Dr. Manuel Esperança (President), Zacarias, Figueiras and Gomes

Crêsencio Ferreira, Vice-Consul and the longest standing employee at the Consulate General of Portugal in Toronto receives a “Pioneer Medal” from the Consul-Geral at the time, Dr. Tânger Correia.
Crêsencio Ferreira, Vice-Cônsul e o funcionário mais antigo do Consulado-Geral de Portugal em Toronto, recebendo a sua Medalha de Pioneiro das mãos do Cônsul-Geral, Dr. Tânger Correia.

Portuguese migrant workers pick fruit at an orchard in the Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada.

Carlos Pereira is reunited with his wife Odília and four daughters Leonor, Teresa, Rosa and Lena in Canada in 1956, after 3 years of being apart.

No lugar de sua casa Óscar Pereira, José Nicolau Nóbrega e Manuel Fernandes “pisam uva” sob o olhar sorridente da mulher Gabriela Pereira e filhos

At his home, Oscar Pereira and two friends, Jose Nicolau Nobrega and Manuel Fernandes, stomp on grapes as Oscar’s wife and children watch in amusement.

Photo taken at São Martinho, Madeira, Portugal in 1953.

Oscar Pereira, Carlos Gouveia, Firmino Gouveia and Fernando Nóbrega enjoy a glass of homemade wine.

Oscar Pereira

A portrait of Odilia Pereira, which she sent to her husband who had been living in Canada with the note “From your dedicated wife” written at the back. This photo was taken on May 21, 1954 in Atouguia da Baleia, Peniche, Portugal.

Odilia and Manuel Arruda