[CPR] Notman Studio Imperial Cabinet Card - View No. 1772 "Fraser Canyon, Above Yale on the Canadian Pacific Railway"

NOTMAN, and Son, William (Studio) ; William McFarlane Notman 1857-1913 (Photographer)

Verlag: William Notman & Son, Montreal, QC, 1887

Beschreibung

Caption and date of 1887 from the Notman Photographic Archives at McCord, who hold a glass plate negative of this image. CPR completed the transcontinental railway in 1885 and employed the Notman studio to photograph the countryside along the newly completed railway. This helped to solicit large groups of wealthy customers into seeing world class tourist attractions via their railway. A gelatin POP photograph, measuring 7 x 9.25 inches wide, mounted onto a Notman Studio Imperial Cabinet Card measuring 8 x 10 inches wide. Mount is slightly curved, photo has some faint spotting. A gentleman in a hat can be seen reclining on one of the rocks beside the river, perhaps Mr. Notman or his assistant, while behind them, the CPR railway bed is visible with the Cariboo Wagon Road and Gold Rush Trail rising up in the background. As head of the CPR, William Van Horne famously stated "Since we can't export the scenery, we will have to import the tourists." Views such as this helped them to achieve that goal. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4648

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [CPR] Notman Studio Imperial Cabinet Card - ...

Verlag: William Notman & Son, Montreal, QC

Erscheinungsdatum: 1887

Einband: Mounted Photograph

Zustand: Near Fine