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Souvenir ashtrays [unknown]

Description

Metal and enamel ashtrays depicting images of the ships and reading "S.S Empress of Scotland" (1942) and "S.S. Empress of Britain" (1955). Metal ashtray with enamel crest depicting red-and-white checkered flag reading "S.S. Empress of Canada" (1960).

Item Metadata

Title
Souvenir ashtrays
Creator
[unknown]
Date Created
[between 1950 and 1961?]
Description
Metal and enamel ashtrays depicting images of the ships and reading "S.S Empress of Scotland" (1942) and "S.S. Empress of Britain" (1955). Metal ashtray with enamel crest depicting red-and-white checkered flag reading "S.S. Empress of Canada" (1960).
Subject
Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Steamboats; Ocean travel
Genre
Physical Objects
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
CC_AR_00037
Collection
Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-AR-00037
Date Available
2018-05-15
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/
DOI
10.14288/1.0366330
Category
C.P.R. artifacts
RBSCLocation
Box 402
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Rights

Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/