Housing was so difficult in Montreal in 1945 that Edward McKenna, a low-earning father of five, could not find a place to live with his wife and five children.
The owner of the R.R. Repair shop at 4227 St. James W. allowed them to stay in the small shed behind his shop.
His wife had a lung ailment and the kids weren't in great shape either living in those dangerous conditions. Don't know what became of them or whether some are still kicking.
That's them superimposed in an old-and-new collage at the corresponding address.