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Paul H. Fox collection [graphic material]

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Accession

Date:

ca. 1919-1958.

Reference:

1996-131 DAP, 1996-02046-3

BAN no.:

1996-02046-3

Local class no.:

186 b/w prints 06296

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

23447

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Record information – Details

Date(s):

ca. 1919-1958.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

182 photos b&w

Language of material:

English

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Graphic (photo): (Paper) list of photo subjects item-level in accession file

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Events, activities, places, individuals and groups associated with the career of Paul H. Fox as Chief of Transportation, Canadian National Railways, and as Director of Transportation, Civil Defence Branch, Department of National Health and Welfare. The following events and activities are documented: the shipment to Britain, via Canadian National Railways, of squared timber from the J.R. Booth Company's Limits, Egan Estate, Ont., 1925-1926; railway station decorated for the Pembroke Centennial, Pembroke, Ont., 1928; a U.S. civil defence evacuation exercise, Bangor, Me., 1955; Exercise Jeff, a civil defence training exercise, Ponoka and Edmonton, Alta., 1956; a civil defence radioactivity training exercise, Ottawa, Ont., 1956; Operation Hot Flash, a civil defence training exercise, Allentown, Pa., 1957; Civil Defence Day, Moncton, N.B., 1957; a civil defence training exercise, Canadian Civil Defence College, Arnprior, Ont., 1958.
The following places are documented: Redditt, Hornepayne, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Edmonton, Alta.; Vancouver, B.C..
The following individuals and groups are documented: Bill Taylor's last run as a Canadian National Railways engineer after fifty years of service, ca. 1936; the visit to Canada of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, including the CNR locomotives used to haul the Royal Train, 1939; the arrival of Winston Churchill by train at the Quebec Conference, Quebec City, 1943; Viscount Alexander of Tunis and family aboard a train on their arrival in Canada, 1946; groups photos of members of Canadian Civil Defence College Courses Nos. 61 and 143, Arnprior, Ont., 1953 and 1955.
Photos by unknown photographers and by the following: Artona Studio, Pembroke; Canadian National Railways; Department of National Health and Welfare; Mike Runey, Pine City, N.Y..

Physical description note:

Graphic (photo): 21c

Arrangement note:

arranged chronologically by date . items .

Language note:

Language of accompanying material: english.

Source:

Private

Former registration no.:

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96-039

Other accession no.:

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1996-131 DAP
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
\\ Start date: 1996-04-22

Box [FOX, PAUL H. 1996-131] 6296

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Nil \\ Start date: 1996-04-22
Item more than 50 years old Copyright: Expired
Item less than 50 years old Copyright: Various copyrights
Item less than 50 years old Copyright: Unknown
Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / PA-
Graphic (photo): Nil \\ Start date: 1996-04-22
Graphic (photo):Item more than 50 years old Copyright: Expired
Graphic (photo):Item less than 50 years old Copyright: Various copyrights
Graphic (photo):Item less than 50 years old Copyright: Unknown
Graphic (photo): Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / PA-

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