Québec (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Quebec fm Levis Winter, 1870 - 1879
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062B/4
Scope and Contents
339 x 247 mm. A view looking across the Saint Lawrence from Levis towards the western bank of the river. Dominating the skyline on the far side is the Citadel, with Dufferin Terrace and other city buildings to its right. The Chateau Frontenac, nowadays a prominent landmark beside the Citadel, has not yet been built. In the foreground large blocks of ice litter the river bank. Print signed ‘Henderson’.
Dates:
1870 - 1879
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).
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Train in Snow, 1869
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062B/13
Scope and Contents
192 x 115 mm. Showing four engines, the leader fitted with a snowplough, moving through a thick bank of snow. Print signed ‘A. Henderson’. ‘Towards C.N.’, (National Archives of Canada, 1972), identified the train as a Grand Trunk Railway locomotive near Quebec in February 1869.
Dates:
1869
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).