Composite of eight photographs
PublicPhotograph 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: 1. Unknown officer (Rifle Reg't.?); 2. Soldier up mast (C.P.R. house flag); 3. Unknown; 4. Troops aboard ship; 5. Artillery officer; 6. Unknown; 7. Stern view of troopship; 8. Troops aboard troopship; 9. Troops and train crew; 10. R.N. cruiser (flying flag of Rear Admiral)
- In Collection:
- Canada. Canadian Forces Base (Valcartier, Québec)
- War photography
- Soldiers
- Transports
- Canada. Canadian Army
- Artillery drill and tactics
- World War (1914-1918)
- Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Military training camps
- Armed Forces--Artillery
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Field Artillery
- 1 black and white photograph
- World War One Photographs by J. A. Millar
- Accession Number: 1999-033; Series: Photo Albums; Subseries: 3; Item: 2.1 (Oversize)
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/william-okell-holden-dodds-fonds
- February 23, 2012
- 600 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by KD.
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