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J. Norman Lowe fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1919-1966.

Reference:

R3162-0-3-E

Type of material:

Photographs, Moving images, Sound recordings, Architectural and technical drawings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

160938

Context of this record:

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J. Norman Lowe fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1919-1966.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

27 photographs : 26 b&w negatives; 1 b&w print
15 film reels (ca. 2h 5 min)
1 audio reel (36 min)
33 technical drawings : blueprints

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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C.N.R. railway mail car blueprints [technical drawing]

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Twelve photographic negatives of the arrival of Barbara Ann Scott in Ottawa after her gold-medal figure skating performance at the 1948 winter Olympics at St. Moritz in Switzerland. The images include her arrival at the central station in Ottawa; the parade held for her; the reception at the Chateau Laurier hotel; and views of her medals. All the photographs were the work of J. Norman Lowe. Lowe would print a number of copies the day of the events, and they would quickly sell out.

Additional 15 photographs are concerned with aircrafts, and all were taken in western Canada (most appear to have been taken at the Winnipeg airfield, or in the Winnipeg vicinity), during the period 1929-1940. Most of the photographs were probably taken in the period 1929-1931. Most of the aircrafts have been identified by their civil aviation registration code. During the 1920s and 1930s western Canada was being developed through mining and other surveys, as well as through the development of passenger and freight air services. These photographs show a number of the aircrafts which were involved in both mining and passenger work, including normally-wheeled and amphibious aircrafts; they also show the nature and condition of the airfields out of which the aircrafts worked.

Fonds also consists of commercial and amateur film footage of the Royal Visits to Canada by members of the Royal Family in 1939 and 1951; early films from the Anchor-Donaldson Shipping Lines, ca. 1930; films from Canadian National Railways and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company regarding locomotives and amateur footage of train travel. Fonds also includes a sound recording of Donald Gordon's retirement party as President of the CNR in 1966.

Fonds also includes 33 technical drawings, dated 1919, which consist of blueprints depicting plans for various Canadian National Railway mail car components.

Provenance:

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Lowe, J. Norman (James Norman), 1925-2004
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Depicted: Gordon, Donald, 1901-1969

Depicted: Scott, Barbara-Ann, 1928-2012

Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Canadian National Railways (1919-1960)
Biography/Administrative history:

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Lowe, J. Norman (James Norman), 1925-2004 : Correspondent for the Toronto Globe and Mail and the Toronto Telegram during the early 1940s, while resident of Cochrane, Ont. Photographer for two years with Photographic Stores, Ottawa, Ont., then with the editorial and photographic departments of the Canadian Car & Foundry and Associated Screen News. In 1956, he joined Canadian National Railways as public relations officer at Belleville, Ont. This was followed as Manager of historical projects and as history research officer, both in Montreal, Que. Following retirement, he was consultant at CNR in identifying the firm's photographs from the period 1920-1960.

Mr. Lowe published numerous reviews of historical railway subjects in various transportation publications; photography has been widely used in books and calendars.

Finding aid:

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Moving images and sound recording: (Electronic) See MISACS for item level descriptions.

Additional information:

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General note:

AV material received in 1992 from J. Norman Lowe.

Custodial history:

These photographs were kept by the photographer, Mr. Lowe, until he donated them to the National Archives.

Container note(s):

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2 : Nitrate negatives
Subject heading:

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Aircraft

Royal visits
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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(1973-06-13)
(1973-06-14)
120-060205-6
120-060258-7
1992-0279 MISA
1992-0311 MISA
1992-194 DAP
2001-01089-3
89-069
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R3162] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Moving images (film)

[Consultation90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1992-194] B500-04/X1--B500-04/X2

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: J. Norman Lowe / Library and Archives Canada / E-copy #
Copyright in these photographs is expired.
Moving images and sound recording: Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of the copyright holders.

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