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The First Sleeping Car (1959 calendar)

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Date:

1959.

Reference:

R13133-388-4-E, Volume number: 47

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2957507

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

The First Sleeping Car (1959 calendar)
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Date(s):

1959.

Place:

Toronto:

Place of creation:

Canada

Publisher:

Rolph-Clark-Stone Ltd.,

Extent:

1 reproduction : colour offset lithograph

Language of material:

English

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1959 calendar produced by Rolph Clark Stone Ltd., featuring a colour reproduction of a painting by Rowley Murphy, commissioned by the Toronto-Dominion Bank. Image depicts a bustling crowd standing infront of a train with the first sleeping car. Various men take off their top hats in a salute.
Below the image is a page of text, describing the history of the first sleeping car and some biographical points about the artist. The first sleeping car was introduced in Canada in 1860, upon the official visit of the Prince of Wales (later to become King Edward VII).
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Artist: Murphy, Rowley Walter, 1891-1975

Publisher: Rolph Clark Stone Limited

Toronto-Dominion Bank
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General note:

Copy negative number: C-016439

Reproduction note:

Green Star reference copy. This image was copied from a published source or a source not owned by Library and Archives Canada.
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calendar / calendrier

Historical events - 1860

Transportation - Land - Railway
Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

47 Item no. assigned by LAC 374

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [R13133] C-016439

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R13133-374
Copyright: Rolph-Clark-Stone Ltd.

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Date modified:: 2024-06-12