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Geodetic Survey of Canada sous-fonds [graphic material]

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Accession

Date:

1888-1958.

Reference:

R214, 2003-01255-9

BAN no.:

2003-01255-9

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

206933

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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1888-1958.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

ca. 57,000-60,000 photographs: mainly b&w glass plate and nitrate negatives, with a small number of b&w prints.

Language of material:

no language

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The accession consists of approximately 57,000 to 60,000 b&w glass plate or nitrate negatives (mostly the former) as well as some proof prints, created by surveyors during phototopographic surveys carried out in Canada between 1888 and 1958.

Provenance:

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Geodetic Survey of Canada

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Custodial history:

The records were transferred from Geodetic Survey of Canada to the Federal Records Centre in Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, in 1963. They have remained there since, on deposit, until the recent decision to transfer them under an archival authority.

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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R214-350-0-E
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Graphic (photo)

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Some material is fragile and can only be consulted in GPC. Glass plate negatives do not circulate. Please contact photo archivist.

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Copyright: Expired for photographs taken before 1949; Government of Canada for photographs taken after 1949.

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