Collection search - Military parades and camps, portraits, and rail and marine transportation views in Canada [graphic material]

Record information – Brief
1
Military parades and camps, portraits, and rail and marine transportation views in Canada [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

[ca. 1900-1930].

Reference:

R5500-47-X-E

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

617145

Context of this record:

Show detail Hide detail

Andrew Audubon Merrilees fonds

Merrilees photographic and art collection

Additional Miscellaneous photographs including military, panoramic, and international transportation subjects

Military parades and camps, portraits, and rail and marine transportation views in Canada
Link to this record

Add to My Research

Link to this record

This link identifies the web page describing this particular record. Unlike the temporary link in your browser, this link will allow you to access, and reference, this page in the future. To link to this descriptive record, copy and paste the URL where ever needed (wiki, blog, document).

Sign in

Sign in to start saving records using My Research

Sign in
Record information – Details

Sub-series includes:

2 lower level description(s)
View lower level description(s)

Date(s):

[ca. 1900-1930].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

ca. 860 photographs : celluloid and nitrate negatives, panoramas.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

Show detail Hide detail

This sub-series (formerly sub-series F I) includes views by the Panoramic Camera Company of Canada (Toronto), and Blakemore (Toronto) and contains group views of troop departures, military displays, and parades, often at camps such as Petawawa, Camp Borden, Polish Army Camp at Niagara-on-the-Lake, ca. 1914-1918; views of military graduate groups such as Curtiss Flying School, Toronto, Class of July 1916; groups of scouts, guards, employees of businesses, clubs; people at parades, funerals, regattas, and commemorative events; people at the Canadian National Exhibition.

Additionally, there are views of towns, rail yards and stations, harbours, industrial and mining sites, and docks; Quebec harbour; rail yards in Toronto and Ottawa, including Kirkfield Crushed Stone Ltd., and Conger Coal Company Ltd.; views of machinery, vehicles and vessels, steam locomotives and trains (particularly Canadian National and Grand Trunk), steam ships, automobiles, trucks, tugs, delivery wagons, and cabs.

Most of the negatives are captioned.

Finding aid:

Show detail Hide detail

Photographs (Paper) Guide to Finding Aid FA-053, Accession 1980-149. Paper copy located in 326. Electronic on S:Drive. FA-053 (Restrictions not set)

Photographs (Microform) Image indexes by Photographer, Location and Subject, and for Series B and Series C located in 326. FA-053 (Restrictions not set)

Photographs (Paper) Paper Indexes located in 326: 98 page Inventory, catalogue of Great Lakes Vessels negatives, partial list of Marine photos in series B and C, sub-series BII & BIII by location, ship and locomotive names, shelf lists for series B to F, box content list with collection description and research tips. FA-053 (Restrictions not set)

Photographs (Electronic) Box contents list by barcode listed as amerilee.wpd and collection description and research tips listed as amerintr.wpd. Both in s:/vsa/photo.a&r/findaid. FA-053 (Restrictions not set)

Photographs (Paper) Original envelopes with captions B-001732 to B-010999 located in 2000814413-16, 18, 20, 22-23, 25-26, 28, 30, 32, 36-38 and C-006506 to C-02105 in 2000814442, 44-51. Original index cards with captions 2883 to 4030 located in 2000792444. FA-053 (Restrictions not set)

Additional information:

Show detail Hide detail

Series added entry:

Group F, Sub-series I

Source:

Private
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Show detail Hide detail

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Terms of use:

Show detail Hide detail

Photographs: No restrictions. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / Library and Archives Canada / Copy negative no.

You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.

Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.

Report a problem on this page

Date modified:: 2024-07-24