Series conists of photographs depicting members of the Communist party; activities and portraits of various members and executive of the Young Party of Canada, of the Labor Progressive Party, and of affiliate branches of these parties; activities of the parties including election campaigns, marches, demonstrations, speeches, committee meetings, annual meetings of various branches of the party (including those of Communist-bloc countries); portraits, both formal and informal, of various members and leaders of the party; activities and portraits of various members and executive of the Young Communist League, Labor-Progressive Party of Canada, and the Communist Party of Canada; Mr. Brian Mossop, candidate for the Communist Party of Canada in the by-election in the Toronto constituency of St. George; activities and portraits of individuals active in the Communist Party of Canada; activities and members of the Communist Party of Canada, including A.T. (Tom) Hill, Leslie Morris, Harvey Murphy and Tim Buck; conferences of the Labor Progressive Party; May Day and other parades, marches, and demonstrations. Also included is one half-tone printing plate entitled: "Norman Bethune in China".
