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[Walls outside Istanbul]

Caption in album reads, "The walls outside the city showing the old moat which is now used for vegetable gardens. To the right where the cypress trees are is a Turkish cemetery."

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Wallaceburg, Ont.

On verso: "A scene showing the shipping and logging activity on the Sydenham River.
Notice the dark building on the right bank.
It was here that the famous Lee-Enfield Rifle was invented by William Lee in 1878. Mr. Lee also created the first typewriting machine in conjunction with Remington-Rand.
White oak went from Wallaceburg to England for shipbuilding. Red oak was shipped to the West Indies for rum barrels. Elm was manufactured into flour barrels and cordwood was shipped to Detroit Michigan."

Kiddle Bros.?

Wallaceburg log jam.

On verso: "This is the famous log jam of the 1890's which clogged the Sydenham River. Large quantities of freshly cut logs laying on the banks of the upstream Sydenham were washed into the river by a spring storm."

Kiddle Bros.?

Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection

  • RBSC-ARC-1679
  • Collection
  • ca.1860-2008

The collection consists of documents, archival records, photographs, ephemera and artifacts related to three broad themes: British Columbia history, immigration and settlement and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Included are the archival fonds of the Yip family and Yip Sang Company, the Dart Coon Club and Chinese Freemasons of Victoria, Hugh G. Robinson (regarding the S.S. Greenhill Park Explosion), Rev. MacDonnell (regarding the Clandonald colony of Scottish immigrants in Alberta) and the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service. Includes documents, ephemera and artifacts of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, including records of travelers on CPR rail and steamships.

Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung

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