Series consists of photographs and artwork relating to the life and career of Sir Sandford Fleming.
There is one album containing photographs documenting the survey of 1871 for the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway from Fort Garry, Manitoba to Jasper House (see file entitled Canadian Pacific Railway survey - Fort Garry to Jasper House) .
Series also has one album containing photographs depicting construction of the Lake Superior district of Ontario Canadian Pacific Railway line, the last section to be laid. (see file entitled Canadian Pacific Railway construction - Lake Superior).
See the following files for other photographs relating to other railway surveys done by or for the CPR:
Canadian Pacific Railway Survey - Peace River district and British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway survey - Northern Ontario and British Columbia
Geological Survey Norway House to Fort York
Geological Survey photographs of British Columbia (including Peace River)
Miscellaneous Canadian Pacific Railway Survey photographs - British Columbia
There are also other photographs (spread across various files) depicting the construction of the Intercolonial Railway (including the construction of the Miramachi Bridges) as well as the documentation of various Canadian Pacific Railway surveys in western Canada. See the following files for further details:
Intercolonial Railway construction - Miramachi Bridges
Intercolonial Railway construction - Views along the Intercolonial Railway route
Intercolonial Railway - scenic photographs including Murray Bay
Additionally, there are files of miscellaneous photographs, as follows:
Miscellaneous photographs of Yosemte National Park area
Miscellaneous photographs of Quebec City
Miscellaneous photographs of United States and Quebec
Photographs of Construction of Parliament Buildings in Ottawa
Also included are photographs by William James Topley, G.R. Lancefield and Alfred George Pittaway depicting a bust of Sir Sandford Fleming by Hamilton McCarthy; Sir Sandford Fleming with a group of children; photographs of the Colonial Conference; portraits of Sir Sandford Fleming; construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the vicinity of Lake Superior; and a photo by G.H. Woodelton of Albany, Australia depicting aborigines of Western Australia, 1839.
With regards to the art, there is: a portrait of Sir Sandford Fleming by John Wycliffe Lowes Forester (1850-1938); print of a Toronto Mechanics Institute Certificate presented to Fleming, 7 June 1849; print depicting St. James Cathedral and King Street, Toronto, 1848; illuminated address presented to Fleming on his 80th birthday, 7 January 1907; 2 Pompeii wall designs by an unknown artist; landscape drawing of a scene among the Thousand Islands by Fleming, based on a print by William Bartlett; and a print depicting Alberni Harbour, Nanaimo, B.C., dated October 1872.
