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Linking the Atlantic to the Pacific, ocean to ocean : Montreal greets Vancouver, 23rd May, 1887
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7457
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 385.1 VAN
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Vancouver City Archives
- Publication Date
- 1968
- Printer
- Brock Webber Printing Co. Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 36 p. : ill, maps ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates: James Skitt Matthews, 1878-1970.
- "With the compliments of the Trustees and Governors, City Archives, Vancouver." -- cover
- "The first Trans-Canada train, Montreal to Vancouver..." -- p. 1
Letter from Colin Fox to his mother
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15156
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Scope and Content
- Items consists of a typewritten letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox to his mother, Jessie (Bateman) Fox. The letter is written on stationery with the letterhead "CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY" and references "... Colin's letter dated June 26". Colin is writing from hospital after being wounded…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p.
- Scope and Content
- Items consists of a typewritten letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox to his mother, Jessie (Bateman) Fox. The letter is written on stationery with the letterhead "CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY" and references "... Colin's letter dated June 26". Colin is writing from hospital after being wounded while laying communication cable from the Normandy beachhead on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day). In the letter, Colin tells his mother of his current condition in hospital, describing the wounds that he sustained and how much of his belongings are still with his regiment.
- Accession Code
- BV020.27.43
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- June 1944
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Feb-2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Stationery letterhead reads: "CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY / FILE OR CLAIM / FORM 101.." includes logo which reads: "CANADIAN PACIFIC / RAILWAY / STEAMSHIPS / COMMUNICATIONS / HOTELS . / EXPRESS / WORLD'S / GREATEST / TRAVEL SYSTEM"