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Photographs taken on the occasion of the launch by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales of the Canadian Pacific super liner Empress of Britain at Clydebank, Glasgow

This album consists of photographs of the launching of the second C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Britain by the H.R.H. The Prince of Wales in Glasgow, Scotland. The album includes several photographs of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales with Edward W. Beatty, Chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and Lord Aberconway and Sir Thomas Bell, the Chairman and Managing Director of John Brown and Company, the company responsible for the construction of the ship.

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[Photographs souvenir of Lethbridge, Alberta]

Album consists of photographs from Western Canada, but primarily of scenes and people in Gleichen, Alberta. The album has photographs of C.P.R. railroad locomotives and stations. The creator of the album is unidentified although he identifies family members in a number of photographs and was perhaps a C.P.R. employee or was a relative of C.P.R. employees.

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[Photographs of Victoria, Esquimalt and Saanich Peninsula]

Album consists of photographs of Victoria, Esquimalt and the Saanich Peninsula in British Columbia. The photographs include depictions of a C.P.R. railroad trestle bridge in British Columbia, a portrait of a Chinese--Canadian, and a photo of the first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Japan steamship. There is also related ephemera in the ten ribbons, ten badges, five pins, three buttons, two postage stamps, a medal, a cloth flower and a cedar twig, collected during the First World War perhaps by a member of the 6th Cyclist Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment, Canadian Contingent.

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[Photographs of the first Empress of Australia's and the second Empress of Britain's world tours]

Album consists of photographs relating to the first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Australia and the second C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Britain's world tours, likely assembled by a female crew member of these ships. Included are photographs of Yokohama, Japan after the earthquake in 1923 and photographs relating to King George VI's tour of Canada in 1939.

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[Photographs of a journey across Canada]

Album consists of photographs taken during a journey from Ontario to the Pacific Northwest by C.P.R. railroad and steamship. Many of the photographs are of hospitals, public buildings, churches and schools. They were perhaps taken by Dr. Hertz [?] who is in some of the photographs.

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Photographs C.P.R. ships

This album consists of photographs of ships featuring the C.P.R. vessels of the Beaver Line, Allan Line, Empress Line and vessels of the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service.

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[Photo Album of Unknown Family]

An album of photographs from an unknown family. A few of the photos are identifiably in British Columbia or Alberta, but the location of the rest are unknown. It also includes a poem cut out of a magazine, "Be Here for Me" by Bonnie E. Parker (likely Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde fame).

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Our Trip

Album of personal photographs documenting a family trip to Texas. On the cover is a colour image of oxen pulling a cart, with the pre-printed title "Our Trip". In the inside front cover is hand-written "My trip, with brother Ernest & Marion and Patsy. July & Aug. 1953, to Texas". The leather album is still in good shape, though some of the photos are fading and warping.

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K. Seaton's second C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Britain's world tour album

This album consists of photographs taken by perhaps Ken Seaton during a world cruise on the second C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Britain. With the photographs is a card inscribed: "With best wishes for a happy Xmas from Lily and Ron". The card also has a photograph mounted inside of it of newlywed Ken Seaton and his spouse from Southampton, UK.

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[Istanbul Photo Album 2]

An album of photographs of Istanbul, likely images purchased as souvenirs of a trip. See also UL_1734_03 for snapshots believed to be from the same trip. Both albums come from the estate of one Mr. Abramson, a former Consul General of the United States to Canada. There are images from the around the city, from the interior of what is believed to be the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, and one, incongruously, of the Great Wall of China. Some of the images come with type-written captions or information clipped from newspapers or pamphlets. The album and most of the photos are in good condition. Some of the typed captions in the album appear to be from a published guide to Constantinople.

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[Istanbul Photo Album]

An album of photographs and postcards of Istanbul (referred to as Stamboul or Constantinople throughout). Most of the images include type-written captions. The album comes from the estate of one Mr. Abramson, a former Consul General of the United States to Canada, and it is possible that he is the creator. A second album of Istanbul photos, also from Abramson's estate, is dated 1928, and is believed to be from the same trip (see UL_1293/1734 #4). The album, photos, and captions are all in good shape.

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