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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 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 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 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 World Tour

This album consists of the photographs of landscapes, buildings, people, and ships taken on a world tour in the 1890's. Included are photographs of the first C.P. R.M.S. Empress of India coaling in Japan as well as pictures of its deck and passengers. There are also a few photographs of the British Columbia Packing Company's Phoenix Cannery on the Fraser River and of Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC.

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[Photos of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, California, and New York]

An album of photographs by different photographers from throughout Canada and the United States. Likely an album compiled by an individual documenting their travels. Housed in a red souvenir album, the photos and book are still in fairly good, though varying, condition. There are four loose images tucked in the front that are described as being “Collodion Silver Emulsion (printing out paper) toned with gold and platinum”.

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[Porter Family Album]

A photo album kept by the family of Dr. A.E. Porter of their travels throughout Canada, the United States, and South America. The album is in moderate shape, with a lot of the pages falling apart at the edges. The photos are thoroughly captioned, and there is also a newspaper clipping pasted in the back that details some of Dr. Porter's history.

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[Possible Murray Family Photo Album]

An album of predominantly landscape photographs from throughout British Columbia, as well as a few in Vancouver, including some of ships in the harbour. In the back after a number of blank pages are also some family snapshots. Many of the photos are captioned in fading pencil. The album may have belonged to a member of Kathleen Murray's family.

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[Postcards of the Klondike]

Contains 84 black and white photograph postcards of various scenes in the Klondike including mining, travel, Dawson city, and a few portraits, including Father William Judge in 03-78-18.

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[Prince Rupert Photo Album]

An album of photographs, by a variety of photographers, in and around Prince Rupert, British Columbia in the early twentieth century. Housed in a small black album, the photographs and album are still in good condition.

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[Prince Rupert Photo Album 2]

An album of photographs, by a variety of photographers, in and around Prince Rupert, British Columbia in the early twentieth century. Housed in a small black album, the photographs and album are still in good condition, though the binding is no longer intact.

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Reports, letters, newspaper clippings, and other textual and graphic material related to Captain George Goold

File contains Goold's 1901 Apprentice's Indenture and several letters of reference, clippings related to Goold, the signed report of the Empress of Russia's first officer, C. H. Belton, on the fire that destroyed the Empress of Russia, Goold's weekly reports to Captain R. N. Stuart, general manager of Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited, regarding the salvage operations carried out on the Empress of Russia in September and October of 1945, and a manuscript list and a form itemizing personal effects lost by Goold as a result of the fire.

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[Sailor's Photo Album]

A photo album, with a few loose images tucked in, believed to be kept by a sailor in the navy, likely stationed in Comox or Esquimalt, British Columbia. It includes a number of images from around the world including many of ships and navy crew. Also a few images of an apparent train journey in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the locations are unknown. The album is missing its back cover and only small portions are still bound together at the spine.

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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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Scenes By The Way

An album of photographs taken by an unknown photographer, believed to be of their family and travels. Also included are some additional photographs, postcards, and a typed text of a speech on the subject of female suffrage that was delivered in Seattle. The location where most of the photographs were taken is unknown, but appear to be throughout the United States and Canada, with a few depicting Quesnel, British Columbia, which may have been home to the family. The slim album and the photographs are in good condition.

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Scrapbook

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, annotated by Dr. Wallace B. Chung. Of note are an article about Victoria, an article about Chinese servants in Victoria, and an article about the first C.P.R. tracks.

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[Ship deck and ship on river]

Contains two prints mounted on same sheet of paper, on recto (PH-63) is steamer Dawson in partly ice-covered waterway, verso (PH-64) shows deck area, possibly the Steamer Dawson, but could be a different boat.

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Snaps Regina Sask. Canada

Album of personal photographs of a woman presumably from Regina, Saskatchewan, which depicts her travels in British Columbia (including the Harrison Hot Springs, Victoria, and Vancouver) and Alberta with some friends.

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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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