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First C.P. R.M.S. Empress of India and Canadian Pacific Railway tour photograph album Power, Sir James, and Lady Power
Description
This album consists of photographs from a tour made on the first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of India with the Canadian Pacific Railway, assembled by Sir James and Lady Power before the outbreak of the First World War.
Some of the photographs have been hand coloured. The album includes photographs of Victoria, British Columbia, including a photograph of the Esquimalt dry dock, and a photograph of warships in Victoria harbour.<br?>There are some photographs of the Canadian Pacific Railway and a photograph of Chinese employees cleaning salmon at the Ewans and Company cannery.
Attached to the front endpaper is a leaf of Lady Power's stationery, with a black border inscribed "Presented by Lady Power to John Edward Fottrell in memory of Sir James".
Item Metadata
| Title |
First C.P. R.M.S. Empress of India and Canadian Pacific Railway tour photograph album
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| Creator | |
| Date Created |
[between 1880 and 1891?]
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| Description |
This album consists of photographs from a tour made on the first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of India with the Canadian Pacific Railway, assembled by Sir James and Lady Power before the outbreak of the First World War.
Some of the photographs have been hand coloured. The album includes photographs of Victoria, British Columbia, including a photograph of the Esquimalt dry dock, and a photograph of warships in Victoria harbour.<br?>There are some photographs of the Canadian Pacific Railway and a photograph of Chinese employees cleaning salmon at the Ewans and Company cannery. Attached to the front endpaper is a leaf of Lady Power's stationery, with a black border inscribed "Presented by Lady Power to John Edward Fottrell in memory of Sir James". |
| Extent |
153 photographs : black and white
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| Subject | |
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| File Format |
application/pdf
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| Notes |
Contains Photographs CC-PH-04693 to CC-PH-04845
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| Identifier |
CC-PH-51-1; CC_AB_051_001
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| Collection | |
| Source |
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-PH-51-1
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| Date Available |
2018-05-29
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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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/
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0368643
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| Category |
Travel and tourism on the C.P.R.
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| RBSCLocation |
Box 51
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| Aggregated Source Repository |
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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/