- CA JMABC A.2012.004; A.2015.009-022-12-12
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- [ca. 1870]
Part of Congregation Emanu-El fonds
Photograph depicts a portrait of Ceclia Sylvester (nee Davies), wife of Frank Sylvester. Written on verso: "Mrs Frank Sylvester".
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Part of Congregation Emanu-El fonds
Photograph depicts a portrait of Ceclia Sylvester (nee Davies), wife of Frank Sylvester. Written on verso: "Mrs Frank Sylvester".
Part of Langer Family fonds
Series contains photographs of Olga Spitzer's side of the family. Series mainly consists of portraits, but also includes travel photos, identity cards, and others. Includes photographs of Olga as a child and young adult before marriage to Fritz Langer.
Part of Langer Family fonds
Series contains photographs of Fritz Lowy's (later Langer) side of the family. Photographs include portraits, vacation photos, and other family photos. Includes photographs of Fritz as a child and young adult before marriage to Olga Spitzer.
Part of Congregation Emanu-El fonds
Photograph depicts a portrait of C. B. Sylvester. Written on verso: "C B. Sylvester".
Part of Congregation Emanu-El fonds
Photograph depicts a portrait of Cecelia Sylvester. Written on verso: "Mrs. Cecelia Sylvester".
Driving the Golden Spike by Hon. D.A. Smith on C.P.R., Nov. 7, 1885
Photograph depicts the iconic photograph of Hon. D. A. Smith, (later Lord Strathcona) driving the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Craigellachie.
Man in top hat with bushy white beard surrounded by other men in suits, coats, and hats, driving spike into railroad track; caption in bottom right corner.
Photograph depicts the first Canadian Pacific Train in Vancouver.
Crowd gathered on wood platform on stilts over water; train decorated with wreaths of flowers to right of train; rail causeway over water in centre of image; mill and forested area in background.
Large caption written across top of image.
Note: Date of 1887 originally noted must be a mistake as Leonard Frank did not arrive on the west coast of North America, and more specifically in Vancouver or Victoria, until 1894. See "An Enterprising Life: Leonard Frank Photographs 1895 - 1944" by Cyril E. Leonoff.
Arrival of 1st Can. Pacific Train, May 1887
Photograph depicts the arrival of the first Canadian Pacific Train in Vancouver.
Crowd gathered on wood platform on stilts over water; train decorated with wreaths of flowers to right of train; rail causeway over water in centre of image; mill and forested area in background.
Old C.P.R engine No. 374 when first arrived on Pacific Coast, now at Kitsilano Beach
Photograph depicts Canadian Pacific Railway engine No. 374 when it first arrived on the Pacific Coast. This engine is now located at Kitsilano Beach.
Crowd of men gathered around steam locomotive decorated with cedar boughs and floral wreaths; cameo of Queen Victoria on front of engine.
Part of Congregation Emanu-El fonds
Photograph depicts a portrait of Samuel Schultz.