Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last pa…
1 Textual Record (3 pages): tissue paper; non-annotated
History / Biographical
Burton Wheatley was an engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway company, who died during a railway accident in 1894 which occurred at Field Hill, B.C. The Wheatley family were related to Ivy "Willie" Morant (1910-1986), wife of photographer Nicholas Morant.
Scope & Content
Item is a three-page typed document on yellow tissue paper released by the Canadian Pacific Railway's Solicitor Office in 1895. Pertains to the death of Burton Wheatley, CPR Engineer, in 1894 at Field Hill, B.C. and provides a statement waiving CPR's liability in Wheatley's death. spaces on last page of the document to write the date and witness signatures have not been filled in (likely a copy of a completed form).
Notes
Item was previously numbered as M27/3/O.S./"H" and is entered into database twice; more recently updated as item in Nicholas Morant fonds
A colour photograph, the snow and glacier covered Mount Burgess dominates the picture, the lake is a green colour at the left centre, in the foreground the valley floor is green and angles down from the right centre to the left, a horseback rider with a red shirt is in the lower right of the picture
A colour photograph, the snow and glacier covered Mount Burgess dominates the picture, the lake is a green colour at the left centre, in the foreground the valley floor is green and angles down from the right centre to the left, a horseback rider with a red shirt is in the lower right of the picture
A black and white photographic positive, a figure on a white horse is highlighted centre right, the foreground is rocky, the background is the side of a mountain, the sky has some clouds
A black and white photographic positive, a figure on a white horse is highlighted centre right, the foreground is rocky, the background is the side of a mountain, the sky has some clouds
A colour photograph, the bottom half of the picture is the lake in which the mountains are reflected, in the immediate foreground is a man sitting on a white horse, a large evergreen tree is parallel to the right edge of the picture
A colour photograph, the bottom half of the picture is the lake in which the mountains are reflected, in the immediate foreground is a man sitting on a white horse, a large evergreen tree is parallel to the right edge of the picture
A colour photograph, a woman with a red shirt and wearing a hat sits on a white horse lower left in picture, the foreground and to centre is rocky with a small lake and grass, a mountain range in background wit h Mount Assiniboine being dominant, a light blue sky with some clouds
A colour photograph, a woman with a red shirt and wearing a hat sits on a white horse lower left in picture, the foreground and to centre is rocky with a small lake and grass, a mountain range in background wit h Mount Assiniboine being dominant, a light blue sky with some clouds
File consists of 62 negative photographs (b&w and colour) and 6 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotel, Victoria BC. Includes interior and exterior views, personnel; also local places and activities including Thunderbird Park, Butchart Gardens, antique shopping, f…
68 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w and colour
Scope & Content
File consists of 62 negative photographs (b&w and colour) and 6 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotel, Victoria BC. Includes interior and exterior views, personnel; also local places and activities including Thunderbird Park, Butchart Gardens, antique shopping, fishing.
Notes
Negatives and transparencies have been stored in separate file boxes.
Contains duplicates of some images.
File consists of 51 negatives (b&w and colour) and 20 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotel, Banff AB. Includes exterior and interior views, views from the hotel and of the hotel from a distance; Banff area views, including Bow River, Bow Valley, Bow River boatho…
71 Photographs: negatives and transparencies; b&w and colour
Scope & Content
File consists of 51 negatives (b&w and colour) and 20 colour transparencies. Content pertains to Canadian Pacific Railway hotel, Banff AB. Includes exterior and interior views, views from the hotel and of the hotel from a distance; Banff area views, including Bow River, Bow Valley, Bow River boathouse, Banff Springs Golf Course; activities, including fishing, swimming, shopping, dancing to Moxie Whitney orchestra 1957, golf.
Notes
Negatives and transparencies have been stored in separate file boxes. Contains duplicates of some images.
Related to file V500 / I / A7 / 9
File consists of 3 colour promotional posters for Canadian Pacific. Content pertains to identical views of the Banff Springs Hotel and the Bow Valley, two of which have explanatory text below. Text reads, "Banff in the Canadian Rockies Travel Canadian Pacific". Image used in posters was taken by Ni…
File consists of 3 colour promotional posters for Canadian Pacific. Content pertains to identical views of the Banff Springs Hotel and the Bow Valley, two of which have explanatory text below. Text reads, "Banff in the Canadian Rockies Travel Canadian Pacific". Image used in posters was taken by Nicholas Morant.
Notes
Originally stored together in cardboard poster tube, labelled as follows:
"Banff Poster Sulfur View"
"POSTER (1958) BOW VALLEY with B.S. HOTEL"
A colour photograph, the foreground is browns and yellows with old dead trees strewn around, a yellow larch tree dominates the left side of the picture, a person on horseback in centre, a line of mountains with Mount Assiniboine dominant is in the background, the moutains are snow covered, the sky …
A colour photograph, the foreground is browns and yellows with old dead trees strewn around, a yellow larch tree dominates the left side of the picture, a person on horseback in centre, a line of mountains with Mount Assiniboine dominant is in the background, the moutains are snow covered, the sky is clear