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Pictorial record of my cruise around the world by S.S. Empress of Australia, 1927-1928 Sykes, Frank B.

Description

This album consists of photographs purchased by Franklin B. and Jane A. Sykes while on a world cruise on the Empress of Australia between December 2, 1927 and April 19, 1928.
Enclosed in the album are two certificates awarded by the ship to the Sykes' in recognition of their induction into Neptune's Order of the Blue.
There is also a June 1928 memo gram from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company thanking the Sykes for travelling with them, and the April 10, 1928 issue of the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Australia's The Empress Cruise News, and the May 6, 1931 issue of the Canadian Pacific Wireless Press of the C.P. R.M.S. Duchess of York.

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Title
Pictorial record of my cruise around the world by S.S. Empress of Australia, 1927-1928
Creator
Sykes, Frank B.
Date Created
[1927 or 1928]
Description
This album consists of photographs purchased by Franklin B. and Jane A. Sykes while on a world cruise on the Empress of Australia between December 2, 1927 and April 19, 1928.
Enclosed in the album are two certificates awarded by the ship to the Sykes' in recognition of their induction into Neptune's Order of the Blue.
There is also a June 1928 memo gram from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company thanking the Sykes for travelling with them, and the April 10, 1928 issue of the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Australia's The Empress Cruise News, and the May 6, 1931 issue of the Canadian Pacific Wireless Press of the C.P. R.M.S. Duchess of York.
Extent
184 photographs : black and white
Subject
Passengers; Ocean travel; Ocean liners; Voyages around the world
Genre
Albums; Photographs
Type
Still Image
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Notes
Contains Photographs CC-PH-04846 to CC-PH-05027
Identifier
CC-PH-52-1; CC_AB_052_001
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-PH-52-1
Date Available
2018-05-29
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
10.14288/1.0368639
Category
Travel and tourism on the C.P.R.
RBSCLocation
Box 52
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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/