$375.00 CAD
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Photo from famed B.C. photographer Richard H. Trueman.
Nice panoramic view, Cathedral Mountain in background, railway tracks disappearing into mountain
Hand-placed information strip on negative ‘1275 Cathedral Rock, showing C.P. Rly. and Mt. Stephen Tunnell near Field,’ ‘R. H. Trueman & Co., Photo, Vancouver, B.C.‘
Silver gelatin print.
Mounted on thick cardboard card. Written in french in pencil at top of card: “Rocher de la cathédrale”.
Toning on edges of cardboard card, light warping.
Photo: 9-¼” x 7”
Card: 12-¼” x 9 ½”
(Red text is an electronic watermark that is not physically part of the photo for sale)
Kicking Horse Pass (el. 1627 m, 5339 ft) is a high mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta/British Columbia border, and lying within Yoho and Banff National Parks. A National Historic Site of Canada, the pass is of historical significance because the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was constructed between Lake Louise, Alberta and Field, British Columbia using this route in 1884, in preference to the originally planned route through the more northerly Yellowhead Pass...
Due to frequent accidents and expensive helper engines associated with railroading in the pass, the CPR opened a pair of Spiral Tunnels in 1909 that replaced the direct route. Although these tunnels add several kilometres to the route, the ruling grade was reduced to a more manageable 2.2 percent (1 in 46)
WIKIPEDIA
Richard H. Trueman (1856-1911) had worked as a photographer in Brampton, Ontario, during the 1880s, before moving to British Columbia in 1889. Initially he photographed along the Canadian Pacific Railway main line, working with a partner, Norman Caple, before founding his own studio, R. H. Trueman & Company in Vancouver in 1894. In addition to portrait work, Trueman maintained his flair for railway scenes, and travelled widely along the expanding network or by steamship within British Columbia and the Prairies. He photographed mountain landscapes, cities and towns, the mining industry, agriculture, and ranches well as the life and work the region’s people, including the First Nations.
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk
