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595. C.P.R. In the Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32531

Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Scope & Content: Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"

Date Range: [1887 or 1888]

Reference Code: V10 / PD 1 - 74

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V10

Reference Code: V10 / PD 1 - 74

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: [1887 or 1888]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 11x19 cm, in album

Scope & Content: Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Canada

Creator: Boorne & May Photographers (Calgary, NWT)

Images

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597. C.P.R. In the Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32530

Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Scope & Content: Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"

Date Range: [1887 or 1888]

Reference Code: V10 / PD 1 - 73

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V10

Reference Code: V10 / PD 1 - 73

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: [1887 or 1888]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 11x19 cm, in album

Scope & Content: Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Canada

Creator: Boorne & May Photographers (Calgary, NWT)

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

606. C.P.R. In the Rockies

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32528

Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Scope & Content: Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"

Date Range: [1887 or 1888]

Reference Code: V10 / PD 1 - 71

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

1 image

Part Of: Boorne and May fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: V10

Reference Code: V10 / PD 1 - 71

GMD: Photograph; Album; Photograph print

Date Range: [1887 or 1888]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : print, 11x19 cm, in album

Scope & Content: Print is from presentation album inscribed: "W. Whyte Esq., General Superintendent, Western Division C.P.R., Winnipeg. With Boorne and May's Compliments, Calgary, January 1889"

Subject Access: Discovery and Exploration; Environment and Nature; Railways

Geographic Access: Canada

Creator: Boorne & May Photographers (Calgary, NWT)

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Canadian Pacific Railway Lantern Slides

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: Series consists of 14 lantern slides [ca.1900-ca.1925]. Slides are views along the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

Description Level: 3 / Series

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

14 images

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 3 / Series

Fonds Number: M8 / V8 / S8

Series: Accession Number: 5486

Sous-Fonds: V8

Accession Number: 5486

Reference Code: V8 / 5486 / PS - 1 to PS - 14

GMD: Transparency; Lantern slide

Date Range: [c. 1905]

Physical Description: 14 photographs : b&w and col. slides ; 10.2 x 8.2 cm

History / Biographical: The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was officially formed in Februray, 1881, to construct a railroad that would link the eastern provinces with British Columbia, a key component of the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Headed by William C. Van Horne as General Manager, the railroad arrived in the Canadian Rockies in 1883 and a siding was established just east of present-day Banff. When railroad workers discovered a natural hot spring on the south side of the Bow River, Van Horne ordered the construction of a hotel that would house visitors brought in by train to visit the springs. Construction of the Banff Springs Hotel finished in 1888 and joined a handful of CPR hotels throughout the Rocky and Selkirk Mountain ranges. The popularity of the hot springs and surrounding area led to the formation of a national park and to the town of Banff. After construction of the railway had completed, the CPR continued to survey and document the Rocky Mountains alongside federal agencies like the Department of the Interior and private outfitters. Utilizing coloured lantern slides the CPR was able to showcase the mountains as both tourist and settlement destinations. Magic lantern shows of these slides could be used for administrative purposes by the company to showcase land holdings and investments or in public shows as advertisements of the new railway.