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Views of steam and electric trains, locomotives, and stations of Canadian railways [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

[ca. 1860-1930].

Reference:

R5500-33-X-E

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

617119

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Andrew Audubon Merrilees fonds

Merrilees photographic and art collection

Miscellaneous photographs of land and marine transportation in Canada and the United States

Views of steam and electric trains, locomotives, and stations of Canadian railways
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Sub-series includes:

147 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

[ca. 1860-1930].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

ca. 1250 photographs : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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This sub-series (formerly sub-series E V) contains views of steam and electric trains, locomotives, and stations of Canadian railroads including Alberta Railway & Coal Company; Algoma Central; Algoma Steel Corporation; Asbestos & Asbestic Company Limited; Atlantic & Lake Superior; Baie des Chaleurs Railway of Gaspe, Quebec; Baie des Ha Ha Railway; Bay of Quinte Railway; Beauharnois Construction Company; Berlin [now Kitchener] & Waterloo Street Railway; British Columbia Electric; Buffalo & Fort Erie Ferry & Railway Company; Calgary Municipal; Canada Atlantic; Canada Central; Canada Eastern; Canadian Copper Company; Canadian Government Railways; Canadian National; Canadian Northern; Canadian Pacific; Cape Breton Railway; Carillon & Grenville Railway; Central Ontario; Columbia & Western Railway; Chaudiere Valley Railway; Dominion Atlantic; Dominion Coal Company; Dominion Construction Company Limited; Durham Short Line Railway; Eastern British Columbia; Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia; Esquimalt & Nanaimo; Galt Preston & Hespeler; Grand River; Grand Trunk; Great Northern; Great Western; Hamilton & Dundas; Hamilton, Grimsby & Beamsville Electric; Hamilton Street Railway; Hamilton Terminal Company; Hull Electric Company; Hydro Electric Power Commission (Ontario); Intercolonial Railway; International Transit Company; Inverness Railway & Coal Company, Nova Scotia; James Bay Railway; Kingston & Pembroke; Lake Erie, Essex & Detroit River; Lake Erie & Northern; Levis County Railway; Levis Tramways Company; London & Lake Erie Railway & Transportation Company; London Street Railway; London & Port Stanley; Manitoba Gypsum Company; Metropolitan Railway; Midland Terminal Railway Company; Montford & Gatineau Colonization Railway; Montreal Atlantic; Montreal Park & Island Railway Company; Montreal Street Railway; Montreal & Southern Counties Railway; Montreal Tramways Company; National Transcontinental Railway; New Brunswick Railway; Newfoundland Railway; New York, Ontario & Western; Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Railway; Nipissing Central Railway; Northern Pacific; Oshawa Railway; Ottawa City Passenger Railway Company; Ottawa Electric Railway; Ottawa Transportation Commission; Pacific Great Eastern; Peterborough Radial Railway; Port Arthur & Fort William; Preston & Berlin; Prince Edward Island; Quebec Central Railway; Quebec & Lake St. John; Quebec, Montreal & Southern Railway; Quebec Oriental Railway; Quebec Railway, Light & Power Company; St. Clair Tunnel Company; St. Lawrence Bridge Company; Sydney Mines Railway, Nova Scotia; Sydney & Louisbourg Railway (Glace Bay Mining Company Ltd. engines also); Temiscouata Railway; Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway; Three Rivers Traction Company; Toronto Electric; Toronto, Grey & Bruce Railway; Toronto Railway Company; Toronto Suburban Railway; Toronto Transportation Commission; Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway; Victoria Railroad; Victoria & Sidney Railway; Western Canadian Collieries; Western Fuel Corporation of Canada Ltd., British Columbia; Windsor Hydro Electric Railway; Winnipeg River Railway Company; Woodstock, Thames Valley & Ingersoll Electric. There are also railway scenes taken in the area of Toronto, Niagara, St. Catharines, and Hamilton.

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Photographs (Paper) Guide to Finding Aid FA-053, Accession 1980-149. Paper copy located in 326. Electronic on S:Drive. FA-053 (Restrictions not set)

Photographs (Microform) Image indexes by Photographer, Location and Subject, and for Series B and Series C located in 326. FA-053 (Restrictions not set)

Photographs (Paper) Paper Indexes located in 326: 98 page Inventory, catalogue of Great Lakes Vessels negatives, partial list of Marine photos in series B and C, sub-series BII & BIII by location, ship and locomotive names, shelf lists for series B to F, box content list with collection description and research tips. FA-053 (Restrictions not set)

Photographs (Electronic) Box contents list by barcode listed as amerilee.wpd and collection description and research tips listed as amerintr.wpd. Both in s:/vsa/photo.a&r/findaid. FA-053 (Restrictions not set)

Photographs (Paper) Original envelopes with captions B-001732 to B-010999 located in 2000814413-16, 18, 20, 22-23, 25-26, 28, 30, 32, 36-38 and C-006506 to C-02105 in 2000814442, 44-51. Original index cards with captions 2883 to 4030 located in 2000792444. FA-053 (Restrictions not set)

Additional information:

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Series added entry:

Group E, Sub-series V

Container note(s):

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05058 : 2000781579

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1980-149 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MERRILEES, ANDREW 1980-149] 5058--5060

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer /Library and Archives Canada / Copy negative no.

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