Photographic Souvenir Brochures
- 2017.010.17.002
- Item
- [ca. 1875-1950]
Three photographic souvenir brochures showing notable locations and scenery
Photographic Souvenir Brochures
Three photographic souvenir brochures showing notable locations and scenery
Items depict scenes from along the Canadian Pacific Railway, people, locations, animal, the sun, tombs, ships, indigenous Peoples, cities and trails. Wooden box has the word Songs
on it.
Magic Lantern Slide, Series II
Majority of printed images depict battles(Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Port Arthur, Second Boer War) and there a couple slides with depictions of generals, as well. Other slides depict train passing through town, people riding small animals, and ships caught in stormy waves near a harbour
Two slides feature two ships: in one slide the boat sails peacefully along the water in Newfoundland, and in the other slide a boat is caught in a storm. In the third slide, a crew is working on either loading or unloading a boat and crew members are busy working.
Items depict cities and towns and people engaging in activities, such as resting, picking flowers and hunting. Each picture is titled and titles correspond with the name of a poem printed on the back of each image.