| RCS contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| Y3064B |
Halifax Memorial Tower Lions |
| Y3066A |
Photographs of Quebec [i.e. Québec]. 1888 and 1897 |
| Y3066B |
Photographs of Quebec and Montreal circa 1930 |
| Y306796A |
Photographs of Belleville, Ontario. c.1913 |
| Y3067A |
Photographs of Northern Ontario. c.1913 |
| Y30681A |
Photographs of Winnipeg fire. 1910 and 1911 |
| Y30685B |
Ponteix 1955 |
| Y306861A |
Photographs of Edmonton and Central Alberta. c.1910-1912 |
| Y306861B |
Buildings of Edmonton, Alberta, 1912-13 |
| Y30686A |
Historic Photographs of Alberta c.1875-1935 |
| Y30687A |
Fort Reliance Photographs, 1987-88 |
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Photographs of Winnipeg fire. 1910 and 1911
| Title |
Photographs of Winnipeg fire. 1910 and 1911 |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y30681A |
| Creator |
Decent, Thomas, Fox-, d 1966 |
| Covering Dates |
1910–1911 |
| Extent and Medium |
4 images; Fair condition. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Thomas Fox-Decent was the donor, and probably photographer, of this collection and was lived in Winnipeg. No further information is available.
Loose photographs, some mounted on card, of various sizes and with handwritten descriptive captions.
Presented to the Royal Colonial Institute by Mr. T. Fox-Decent, February 4 1911.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Photographs of Winnipeg fire. 1910 and 1911, Y30681A |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This collection level description was entered by SG using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: Canada, fiche number 13.
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| Index Terms |
| Canada |
| North and Central America |
| Decent, Thomas Fox - (d 1966) |
| RCS/Y30681A contains: |
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1
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Electrical display during great storm at Winnipeg on night of 11th June 1910 - photo taken 11pm. 245 x 195 mm. A time exposure registering several flashes of lightning, with the silhouette of a building in the foreground.
Fair condition.. |
11 June 1910 |
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2
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Opening cut thro' snow to entrance of building destroyed by fire at Winnipeg on night 14th January 1911. 108 x 166 mm. Mounted. Showing the opening through the snow with part of the burnt-out building beyond. '... Firemen had to fight this fire with temperature standing at 40° below zero, many having to cut themselves away from frozen ladders - damage $350,000'.
Fair condition.. |
Jan. 1911 |
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3
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[General view of burnt out building]. 108 x 161 mm. Mounted. A view from the street showing the building the day after the fire covered with ice and icicles from the water used to fight the blaze.
Good condition apart from some silvering.. |
15 Jan. 1911 |
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4
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[View of burnt out building]. 108 x 165 mm. Mounted. A view from the street showing a small section of the building the day after the fire covered with ice and icicles from the water used to fight the blaze.
Good condition, apart from some silvering.. |
15 Jan. 1911 |
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