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"G.T.P. passenger train at Skeena Crossing"

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Date Range
July 7, 1912
Collection
BVM visual record collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
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1 image
Collection
BVM visual record collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Other Title Info
Title based on caption written on photograph.
Creator
William Walter Wrathall
Fonds No.
C2
Item No.
P1923
Accession No.
1988.19.25
Physical Description
1 Photo - postcard format; b&w; 14 x 8.5 cmt
Scan Resolution
96 dpi
Date Range
July 7, 1912
History / Biographical
Photo from black photo album which had this written on the first page: "In memory: Howard Sanborn, Hollywood, Calif. Early British Columbia 1900's. Prince Rupert on Skeena River by paddle wheeler to old Hazeltown*** By pack train and small boats on Bulkley River to Telkwa, B.C."
A Grand Trunk Pacific passenger train just crossing the completed Skeena Crossing bridge 15 miles below Hazelton, many unidentified people standing on the side looking at the train, many scraps laying beside the tracks. Location and date printed at bottom of photo.
Geographic Access
Skeena River
Notes
Negative copy also available.
Type of Record
Archival Description

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