Composite of nine photographs

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Photograph taken by J. A. Millar from an album depicting scenes of the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier Camp, at Quebec, and at Gaspe Harbour immediately prior to sailing to Britain in 1914. Millar was a staff photographer of the Montreal Daily Star and produced the album in 1915. Titles of photos are largely captions from the newspaper articles within which they appeared. Composite photo's contents: 2. Heliograph operators in the field; 3. Cdn. Engineers building a derrick and bridge; 4. Princess Patricias on outpost duty at Levis; 5. Firing from the trenches. 6. Cdn. Field Artillery taking a hill; 7. No. 1 Hospital Corps at practical work in the field; 8. Recruit taking care of a vital part of a soldier's anatomy; 9. Strathcona's Horse leaving field for maneuvers; 10. Some of Princess Pats in front of guard tent; (All Montreal Daily Star, p.17, 26 September 1914)

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 black and white photograph
Physical Repository Collection
  • World War One Photographs by J. A. Millar
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Accession Number: 1999-033; Series: Photo Albums; Subseries: 3; Item: 2.1 (Oversize)
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • February 23, 2012
Technical note
  • 600 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by KD.
Rights
  • This material may be protected by copyright. Personal use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Victoria is requested whether the use is oral, web or in print. Commercial use of any portion of this material requires permission from Special Collections and University Archives.
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