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Snapshots Victoria B.C.

A photo album from a British Columbian woman known only as K.B.S. Predominantly family snapshots, as well as photos of travels throughout British Columbia, including Salt Spring Island, Shawnigan Lake, and Victoria. The cover of the leather album is adorned with an image of an Aboriginal chief and a simple landscape. Photos and album are still in good condition. The first large number of images are captioned, but towards the end most are not.

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Clippings relating to the Canadian Pacific Empress steamships

49 clippings and a journal related to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Trans-Pacific Empress steamships and Trans-Pacific service, including a few newspaper articles pertaining to the sinking of the first Empress of Canada, the destruction of the Empress of Russia, and an article concerning a model of the Empress of Asia.

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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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[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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The first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Canada

This album, which was assembled by Dr. W. B. Chung, consists of photographs, newspaper clippings and ephemera related to the first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Canada, its voyages, particularly its trips around the world, its crew, and its service during the Second World War.

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[San Francisco to British Columbia]

An album of photographs from throughout the United States and British Columbia. Predominantly the Western United States, but also a few from New York. The photographs are not in an order that suggest the itinerary of one long trip. They may represent travel photos from an individual from multiple trips.

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Chinese immigration inquiry Vol. 6

Proceedings of an inquiry regarding Chinese immigration, volumes 2 through 7. The inquiry focused particularly on the enforcement of immigration laws and regulations at the Port of Vancouver, and a Chinese interpreter named Yip On. Volume 7 ends with conclusive remarks by some of the commissioners: Mr. McCrossan, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Grant of the Trades and Labour Council. Recommendations are made for changes to the Chinese Immigration Act.

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Chinese immigration inquiry Vol. 4

Proceedings of an inquiry regarding Chinese immigration, volumes 2 through 7. The inquiry focused particularly on the enforcement of immigration laws and regulations at the Port of Vancouver, and a Chinese interpreter named Yip On. Volume 7 ends with conclusive remarks by some of the commissioners: Mr. McCrossan, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Grant of the Trades and Labour Council. Recommendations are made for changes to the Chinese Immigration Act.

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Chinese immigration inquiry Vol. 7

Proceedings of an inquiry regarding Chinese immigration, volumes 2 through 7. The inquiry focused particularly on the enforcement of immigration laws and regulations at the Port of Vancouver, and a Chinese interpreter named Yip On. Volume 7 ends with conclusive remarks by some of the commissioners: Mr. McCrossan, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Grant of the Trades and Labour Council. Recommendations are made for changes to the Chinese Immigration Act.

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Chinese immigration inquiry

Proceedings of an inquiry regarding Chinese immigration, volumes 2 through 7. The inquiry focused particularly on the enforcement of immigration laws and regulations at the Port of Vancouver, and a Chinese interpreter named Yip On. Volume 7 ends with conclusive remarks by some of the commissioners: Mr. McCrossan, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Grant of the Trades and Labour Council. Recommendations are made for changes to the Chinese Immigration Act.

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Chinese immigration inquiry Vol. 3

Proceedings of an inquiry regarding Chinese immigration, volumes 2 through 7. The inquiry focused particularly on the enforcement of immigration laws and regulations at the Port of Vancouver, and a Chinese interpreter named Yip On. Volume 7 ends with conclusive remarks by some of the commissioners: Mr. McCrossan, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Grant of the Trades and Labour Council. Recommendations are made for changes to the Chinese Immigration Act.

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Chinese immigration inquiry Vol. 5

Proceedings of an inquiry regarding Chinese immigration, volumes 2 through 7. The inquiry focused particularly on the enforcement of immigration laws and regulations at the Port of Vancouver, and a Chinese interpreter named Yip On. Volume 7 ends with conclusive remarks by some of the commissioners: Mr. McCrossan, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Grant of the Trades and Labour Council. Recommendations are made for changes to the Chinese Immigration Act.

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C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Russia photographs

This album which was assembled by Dr. W. B. Chung consists of photographs of the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Russia and its service as an ocean liner, an armed merchant cruiser in the First World War and as a war transport ship in the Second World War. The album also includes a news clippings concerning the fire that destroyed the ship, a photograph of the ship on fire, and a photograph of the ship after the fire.

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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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[Vancouver Photo Album]

A photo album of images taken in and around Vancouver, including Stanley Park, Howe Sound, Bowen Island, and Deep Cove; also includes family portraits and other miscellaneous scenes. Housed in a leather-bound album with an image of an Aboriginal Chief burned onto the cover. The captions are badly faded, and some of the photos are fading as well.

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