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The train at Grenville, 1908-07 - 1908-08

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2047

Scope and Contents

From the File:

The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2001-2175 (originally there were 172). Added numbers are: 2103A-B, 2124A; spoiled: 2067, 2077 and 2162; not used: 2123, 2167 and 2171; missing: 2017, 2048, 2050, 2075, 2079, 2103, 2106, 2124A, 2129 and 2170. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2129 follows 2161.

Subjects covered in this album are:
Canada: voyage in 'Empress of Britain', emigrants, Rimouski, St Lawrence; Quebec: Tercentenary Pageant; Ottawa: Alma St, Chaudiere Falls, buildings; Ottawa River: Rockville, Thurso, Grenville (old locomotive), Oka, Lachine; Montreal; Toronto; train journey to Winipeg: Missanbie, White River, Kenora; Winnipeg; Medicine Hat; Calgary: wheat growing, rounding up horses, Barr River Ranch; Banff and Rocky Mountains park, Sulphur Mountain, Lake Louise.


Dates

  • Creation: 1908-07 - 1908-08

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Language of Materials

English

General

PJ.

Finding aid date

2002-08-30 09:17:09+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

Contact:
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