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Photo of a home-made raft of the G.E. Hood company on the Athabasca River, tied up to shore. They were suppliers to the builders of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in the West...and used White Rose gasoline.
In foreground a barrel with ‘White Rose Motor Gasoline’ written on the side.
Printed advertising text on the back
Postmarked ‘TORONTO ONT. AUG 16 1912’ and special cancellation for ‘Canadian National Exhibition Toronto Aug 24 1912 -Sep 9’
Some smudges on back.
(Red text is an electronic watermark that is not physically part of the photo for sale)
White Rose
The brand name was part of the American National Refining Company (Enarco) but the company (Canadian Oil Company Limited) was billed as all-Canadian.
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was a historical Canadian transcontinental railway running from Winnipeg to the Pacific coast at Prince Rupert, British Columbia. East of Winnipeg the line continued as the National Transcontinental Railway , running across northern Ontario and Quebec, crossing the St. Lawrence River at Quebec City and ending at Moncton, New Brunswick. The Grand Trunk Railway managed and operated the entire line.
Largely constructed 1907-14, the GTPR operated 1914-19, prior to nationalization as the Canadian National Railway ...the GTPR facilitated huge social benefits in the form of local employment opportunities, a telegraph service, and freight, passenger and mail transportation.
