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Ontario Industrial and Wilderness Photograph Archive: Steel Pulp and Grain 1910s-1930s

1920rif. 225231920. Ontario Industrial and Landscape Photograph Archive. This archive documents Ontario's economy In the 1920s with growth in the manufacturing and resource extraction sectors particularly in pulp steel and mining. Archive of ten original black-and-white silver gelatin photographs c. 1910s-1930s depicting the industrial infrastructure waterways and wilderness of Ontario Canada. Prints range from approx. 3 x 5 in. to 8 x 10 in. most with period typewritten or handwritten captions on verso. The set captures both the province's economic transformation through heavy industry-steel pulp and grain-and the simultaneous promotion of Ontario's lakes and forests as sites of leisure and natural abundance. The industrial scenes include "Steel Industry Hamilton Ont / Blast Furnace at a Hamilton Steel Plant" stamped Brown Brothers New York City a massive grain elevator captioned "One of Canada's Biggest Grain Elevators" and "White hot steel plates pass through a giant press in a Hamilton Ont. plate mill". A pulp industry image reads "Pulp Pile Beaver Potomac Co. Thorold Ont." showing mountains of logs under smoking chimneys. These industries formed the backbone of Ontario's early 20th-century economy with Hamilton emerging as the "Steel Capital of Canada" and Thorold contributing to a global newsprint trade. Several photographs bear Canadian National and Canadian Government Railways credits underscoring the role of rail transport in moving both raw and finished goods. The landscape and Tourism views-often 1920's railway-promoted tourism images-include "Kitchi Falls English River Canadian Government Rys. Ontario" "Pelican Lake Graham Ont." "A Sportsman's Paradise Minnitaki Lake Graham Ont." "Catching the Maskinonge Rice Lake Ontario" stamped Courtesy Canadian Pacific and "Beaver House North River Ontario". A panoramic shot labeled "From the Bluff showing rear of Norway Point Highlands of Ontario Canada" captures a lake dotted with islands buildings and open grounds. Other images show logging sites beaver dams and rail lines skirting rocky shorelines. Minor edge wear scattered creasing and light surface marks to several prints; a few with clipped or chipped corners. Overall very good condition. A rich visual record of Ontario's industrial expansion and environmental heritage this archive preserves both the promotional and documentary perspectives that shaped the province's image in the early modern era. unknown books

Max Rambod Inc. · Stati Uniti380,00 USD≈ 338,83 €

[Natural Disasters - Canada - Great Miramichi Fire - Disaster Relief] McLeod, GeorgeABAA

1825 Letter Describing the Collection of 230 Bushels of Potatoes and Clothing for Survivors of the Great Miramichi Fire

1825rif. BK0033Bailey's Brook Nova Scotia 1825. Autograph letter signed "Geo. McLeod" to John Young Esq. Halifax. Stampless folded letter with manuscript "7 / Paid" rate "Post Paid" notation and a clear "POST OFFICE PICTOU / PAID" handstamp. Light filing folds; very good. A contemporary account of rural relief organized for survivors of the Great Miramichi Fire written only eighteen days after the disaster. George McLeod reports traveling personally through Bailey's Brook and the surrounding settlements to solicit provisions and clothing gathering approximately 230 bushels of potatoes together with "considerable articles of wearing apparel" for immediate shipment through Pictou: "I went yesterday in person through the small settlement of Bailey's Brook & its vicinity in quest of some aide for the sufferers & have the pleasure to say that the inhabitants individually contributed very liberally according to their ability. I this day received from them into my store about 230 bushels buntatoes sic & considerable articles of wearing apparel & much more could be obtained if time permitted." The letter is particularly revealing about the material circumstances of disaster relief in a cash-poor agricultural community. The residents had little money available and "nothing else at hand" as their grain had not yet been threshed and the lateness of the season required them to contribute whatever could be gathered and transported without delay-nonetheless they were "willing to give." McLeod notes that additional supplies had been collected at Merigomish and would be combined with those from Bailey's Brook sent to the committee at Pictou and forwarded onward to Miramichi. He also records keeping a list of the individual contributors and the articles supplied under each name. We find no other examples of documents or primary source materials relating to the disaster in commerce or in auction records. A focused primary document of one of the largest fires in early Canadian history with a detailed description of the mechanics of relief. . unknown books

Auger Down Books · Stati Uniti1500,00 USD≈ 1337,49 €

[Minnesota] [Canada]ABAA

Original Vernacular Photo Album of a Trip from Mankato Minnesota to British Columbia

1890rif. 21552Mankato MN et al. 1890. Very Good. Mankato MN et al: ca. 1890s. Small oblong octavo 14x18cm.; publisher's grey card wrappers lettered in white; 16ll. of pale grey stock to which are mounted sixteen 16 silver gelatin snapshots all ca. 8x8cm. on rectos only usually with manuscript captions on facing page. Some photographs a bit overexposed at margins else an exceptional album in Near Fine condition. Retains the album seller's ticket inside rear cover "Ward's Souvenir Album" rubberstamped no. 11. Small souvenir album capturing the rather long journey from Mankato Minnesota to British Columbia. The first nine photographs appear to have been taken in the former location possibly the photographer's home the images depicting scenes around a woodframe house and a young girl astride a horse before turning outward to views of the Minnesota River from the bluff of North Mankato the cows on said bluff Minneopa Falls and the Minnesota River Bridge. The next location captured is a train station between Denver and Colorado Springs presumably Pikes Peak looming in the background. The next shot shows a rather large group of people both men and women walking along the railroad tracks through Royal Gorge Colorado the bank of the Arkansas River just a few feet to their left. The following photograph jumps from the Gorge to the Cawston Ostrich Farm in Pasadena California where a rather substantial clutch of ostriches peer out at the photographer from behind their enclosure's gate. The farm the first of its kind opened in 1886 to meet the demand for newly-fashionable ostrich feathers and was immediately a major tourist attraction. Two photographs follow of a horse-back ride across Mt. Lowe a peak in the southern folds of the San Gabriel Mountains California. The concluding two photographs show the train ride from northern California en route to Portland Oregon and finally a view of Mt. Sir Donald "highest peak of the Selkirk mountain British Columbia. unknown books

Capitol Hill Books, ABAA · Stati Uniti250,00 USD≈ 222,92 €

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