Series consists of photographs, illustrations and other graphic material relating to events, subjects, places and individuals associated with the life and career of William Cornelius Van Horne. The material dates roughly from the 1850s to the 1960s.
Details about the artwork (sketches, paintings, prints) can be found in lower level item level descriptions attached to the following sub-series:
4979238 : Art relating to W.C. Van Horne
Details relating to the photographs can be found in lower level descriptions, including the following sub-series:
157258 : The Cuba Company photographs
4977416 : Portraits of Van Horne, family members, and friends
4978027 : Photographs of Van Horne homes and other properties
4978028 : Photographs related to the construction and management of the Canadian Pacific Railway
4978057 : Photographs relating to the R.B. Van Horne family
4978025 : Portraits of indigenous people
4997058 : Miscellaneous views of foreign locations
Major events documented include the following:
North West Rebellion, 1885; William Van Horne's visit to Western Canada and British Columbia via the Canadian Pacific Railway, Craigellachie, 1885; William Van Horne's visit to Western Canada and British Columbia via the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1889; Labour Day Parade, Winnipeg 1895; reception for Lord Aberdeen at the Territorial Exhibition, Regina, 1895; Northwest Mounted Police parade, MacLeod, ca. 1895; Aftermath of major fire, Bridgewater, 12 January 1899; meeting of Father Albert Lacombe and Lord Strathcona, Edmonton, 9 September 1909; Royal Train carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York leaving Field, 1901; unveiling of a Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque commemorating Sir William Van Horne, Montreal, ca. 1961-1962.
Places documented include the following:
Banff, Alta.; Cottage City, Mass.; views of Cuba; Edmonton, Alta.; Field, B.C.; Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask.; Kaslo, B.C.; London, England; Macleod, Alta.; Montreal, Que.; New Denver, B.C.; Quebec City, Que.; views of the Rocky Mountains; Rossland, B.C.; St. Andrews, N.B.; Windsor Castle, England; Winnipeg, Man.
Photos are by unknown photographers and by the following:
Associated Screen News; C.S. Bailey; W. Gourlie Blackie; Boorne & May; W. Henry Brown; Bryant's Studio; Oliver B. Buell; Byron-May Company; C.W. Carter; Hugh Cecil; Collier; Cumming, Luce & Co.; The Dutch Studio; Elliott & Fry; Elmer & Tenney; Gauvin & Gentzel; F.W. Gutekunst; Hall & Lowe; Harper; William Henry Jackson; Kinsey; Edwin Levick; Walter Mackenzie & Fenwick Cutten; R. Maruki; William Notman & Sons; M. Nowak; Johnstone O'Shannessy; J.G. Parks; J.W. Powell; A.J. Russell; J. Russell & Sons; C.R. Savage; Savage & Ottinger; Steele & Co.; Summerhayes & Walford; Sutter; Swaine; Taber; Taller; A.H. Thompson; W.J. Topley; R.H. Trueman & Co.; James Valentine; A.G. Walford; Joseph W. Warren; Sir William Van Horne and of Richard Benedict Van Horne.
