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POW craftsman in Camp 32 (Hull, Quebec) with ships in bottles, pipes, and other handicrafts. Source:  Library and Archives Canada . Thanks to  Michael O'Hagan, PhD (https://powsincanada.ca/2021/08/23/all-bottled-up-ships-in-bottles-revisited/), (https://powsincanada.wordpress.com/pows-in-canada/) for permission to reproduce an articles and photographs. "All Bottled Up Among the many pastimes of German prisoners of war (POW) interned in Canada was the building of ships in bottles. Ranging from simple sailing vessels to elaborate models of five-masted barques, ships in bottles were often traded or sold to other PoWs, guards, camp staff, and civilians. While PoWs in smaller camps built them for their own amusement or to pass the time, some of the larger camps had groups of PoWs that produced handicrafts specifically to sell. I recently acquired my first PoW-made ship in a bottle. The ship is a four-masted barque that appears to be flying an Italian flag. I’m assuming...