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Physical description note

Graphic (photo): 25c, 21d, 21b, 21c, 21f, 20b

Original extent note

Miscellaneous photographs, probably acquired from a wide variety of sources, including a large number of portraits of Prime Ministers, Governors-General, government officials, ecclesiastics, Indian chiefs, engineers, business leaders and members of the royal family; a wide range of geographical locations across the country; shipping scenes; engineering and construction projects; war memorials; the Canadian Pavilion in London, 1911; and other subjects listed in more detail in further description notes. Portraits of Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; John A. Macdonald; Lord Monck; Princess Patricia of Connaught; Alice Grey; William Smith; Katharine Hall; King George V; W.A. Clarke; Earl of Athlone; H.R.H. Prince of Wales; Princess Alexandra; Indian Chief Red Dog Star Blanket and His Grace Archbishop Mathieu Lebret Pajeaut; William Lyon Mackenzie King. Views of Quebec, Bic, Grand Métis, Québec; Hopewell Rocks, N.B.; Empress of India; Royal Shanty, Rockcliffe Park, Ont.; the Gaspareau Valley, N.B.; Fort Frances and Gananoque, Ont.; Grand Falls, N.B.; Government House, Toronto, Ont.; War Memorial, Ottawa, Ont.; King's Wharf.. Laying corner stones at the Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, 1916; Centre Block, Parliament Buildings, 1886-1887. Arrival of Duke of Connaught, Ottawa, 1911; Cable steamer Minia stuck in the ice off Flat Point, B.C.; Group of civil engineers who were engaged in the remeausrement of part of the Canadian Pacific Railway construction, 1886-1887.
Aerial photographs taken on the main aerial reconnaissance flight from Hazelton via Fort St. James to Finlay Parks, Sifton Pass, Pelly River and Dawson, returning to Whitehorse via Yukon River and thence to Atlin, 1939 (album). Canada from the air, 1939 (album). Photos of Crowsnest Pass, North Kootenay Pass and Akamina Pass, Kicking Horse Pass, Vermilion Pass, Simpson Pass, Pincher Creek, Kingdom Pass, North Fork Pass and Elk Pass, 1913-1915. Alberta, Manitoba, and British Columbia Boundary Commission, 1914. Canadian Pavilion, Festival of the Empire, Crystal Palace, London, 1911. "Report on Northern Part of Route" -- British Columbia - Alaska Highway Reconnaissance, Liard River to Sifton Pass, 1939.
Murray Bay Railway construction. Exhibition in Franciscan Convent, Quebec, 1900. Group photo of Ministers of Public Works since Confederation. Group photo of Members of the Colonial Conference, Ottawa, 1894. Group photo of 6th Regiment "The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles", Vancouver, and officers of the Vicotira rifles of Canada, 1915. Group photo of H. Company, 43rd D.C.O.R., Ottawa, 1906. Steam ship Okanagan at the new wharf, Penticton, B.C., 1912. Panorama of Smiths Cove and Clementsport, N.S., 1930.
Archbishop Langevin, ca. 1890. Group photo of Department of Agriculture Administration officials, 1948. Experimental station, Kentville, N.S., c 1920. Panorama of Powell River Co. Ltd., c 1920. Jubilee Committee, Knox Church, 1844-1894. Royal Canadian Regiment, "A" Company, Halifax, N.S., 1921. Royal Canadian Regiment, "B" Company, Halifax, N.S., 1911. Officers, 1st Regiment Canadian Garrison Artillery, Halifax, N.S., 1914. Graduating class, Arts, McGill University, 1923. Graduating class, Applied Science, McGill University, 1912.
Bridges, wharves, breakwaters, piers, 1894-1898, in: MANITOBA: Belly River. ONTARIO: Burlington Bridge, Goderich; Maria Street Bridge, Ottawa; Port Albert. NOVA SCOTIA: Bear Cove, Barrington Passage, Beaver River, Brooklyn, Chipman's Brook, Canada Creek, Chegoggin, Church Point, Cape Blomidon, Digby, Grand Etang, Green Cove, Kelley's Cove, Lawlers Island, Morden Breakwater, Parsboro Harbour, Picket Pier, Pubnico Head, Port Greville, Sommerville Breakwater, Salmon River, West Pubnico, Western Head, Yarmouth. NEW BRUNSWICK: Cape Tormentine, Cross Lake, Dalhousie, Grand Falls, Gardners Creek, Hansons Rocks, Jones' Bar, Negro Point Breakwater, Oronoko, Partridge Island, Pointe du Chêne, Quaco Harbour, Rapid de Femme Rock, river St. John, Shippegan, Shawinigan Falls, Tynemouth Creek, Wilson's Beach. QUEBEC: Chicoutimi, Calumet Falls, Des Joachims, Laprairie, Little Métis, Trois-Rivières, Portage du Fort, Pond Creek, Roberval, Ste.-Anne de la Pérade, Tadoussac. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Port Selkirk.
General assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, London, Ont., 1895. First Plenary Council of Quebec, 1909. Synod of the Canada Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, June 1869. The Honourable C.S. Hyman, Minister of Public Works; Eugene D. Lafleur, Chief Engineer, and staff of District Engineers, Feb. 6, 1906. The first General Assembly of the Canada Presbyterian Church held in Knox Church, Toronto, 1870. The Prime Ministers of Canada, 1867-1913. Nova Scotia Liberal Members, Dominion Parliament, 1904. H.R.H. Duke of Connaught, Major-General Rutherford, Staff Officers and Officers 40th Overseas Battalion, C.E.F. Prince Edward Islander on board Scotian, 1914; 12th Battalion, Fredericton, N.B., on board Scotian, 1914; Company Four, Nelson, B.C., on board Scotian, 1914. Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery Band, Quebec, 1919. Panorama of Revelstoke, B.C., 1908. Unidentified couple, c 1880. Wapta Falls (hand-painted) c1922. Lord and Taylor Building, Broadway and Twentieth Streets, New York, photo by Rockwood & Co., c 1880.
Chignecto Ship Railway construction, 1922. C.P.R. bridge across Kaministiqua River, Kam River, McKellar River along the Great Lakes, Port William, Ont.; Mission River Showing dredges and dock, elevators, 1920s.
Panoramic views of Montreal taken from Mount Royal, c 1890. Quebec Harbour Commissions's Lifting Barge, Quebec, August 1877. View of the Canadian Exhibition, c 1851.
Ceremonies at Vimy.