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Associated Screen News fonds

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Part Of
Associated Screen News fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of records pertaining to the career of George William Rance who worked with the photography division of the Associated Screen News (ASN) travelling the world aboard the Empress ships. Rance also worked in the camera shop in the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta and ASN's Head Offi…
Date Range
[1925-1938]
Reference Code
V98
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Part Of
Associated Screen News fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
V 98
Sous-Fonds
V98
Accession Number
7751 (unproc)
Reference Code
V98
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
[1925-1938]
Physical Description
ca.158 photographs: prints
History / Biographical
The Associated Screen News (ASN), established in Montreal in 1920 as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway, produced photographs, newsreels, shorts, travelogues, motion pictures, and industrial films featuring the CPR's extensive transportation services. In developing its international travel business, the CPR established a steamship company, the Empress Line. ASN photographers travelled aboard the CPR and Empress Line ships photographing the various travel and cruise destinations to which they were assigned, promoting the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Empress ships. In 1935 ASN purchased the famous Notman & Sons photographic studio in Montreal.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of records pertaining to the career of George William Rance who worked with the photography division of the Associated Screen News (ASN) travelling the world aboard the Empress ships. Rance also worked in the camera shop in the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta and ASN's Head Office in Montreal, Quebec. Fonds consists of Associated Screen News photographs of Cochrane to Banff motor road, Banff townsite and environs, Banff-Lake Louise road, Mount Assiniboine, Waterton Lakes National Park, ca.1925. Also included in the fonds are photographs of various cruise destinations of the CPR Empress Line including Grenada, Rio de Janeiro, Martinique, Barbados, and the Empress of Australia, ca.1938 and 1 William Notman & Sons photograph of the Bow River Bridge and Cascade Mountain, ca.1905.
Name Access
Associated Screen News
Rance, George William
Subject Access
Buildings and facilities
Sports, recreation and leisure
Transportation
Commerce and industry
Exploration, discovery and travel
Language
Language is English
Finding Aid
No finding aid
Creator
Associated Screen News
Category
Exploration, discovery and travel
Transportation
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Tom Rance (info supplied with accession record); E.J.Hart, The Selling of Canada; Jonathan Hanna, Robert C. Kennell, and Carol Lacourte, Portraits of Canada: Photographic Treasures of the CPR.
Title Source
Title based on contents of fonds
Processing Status
Unprocessed
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