Canada three photo postcards CPR trains in B.C. Rockies c. 1920s

$60.00 CAD

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Set of  of three photo postcards of steam locomotives and railway cars travelling on the CPR Main Line in the British Columbia Rockies.  All are published by Gowen Sutton of Vancouver B.C.   One appears to be a proof.

 

‘C.P.R. Main line near Yoho B.C.’

Two steam engines pulling long line of railway cars in the Rockies, eastern British Columbia.

Written in pencil on back 'C.P.R. No. 4'.

‘C.P.R. Trans Canada Limited near Field B.C.’

Open-air observation car at the end of passenger train in the Rockies, eastern British Columbia.

Written in pencil on back 'C.P.R. No. 8'.

‘C.P.R. Main Line Trans Canada Limited near Field B.C.’

Two steam engines pulling long line of passenger railway cars in the Rockies, eastern British Columbia.

Written in pencil on back  'CPR No. 8' '5809 + 575"....

On back is text implying the photo is a proof for some other photo. There are dimensions written, comment 'touch out lettering', etc..


On back ‘Published by the Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd. Vancouver B.C

Unused.

(Red text is an electronic watermark that is not physically part of the cards for sale)

 

Gowen Sutton Co. Ltd.   1921-1960 Vancouver, BC Canada

A publisher of real photo and printed postcards of the Canadian West. Not only did they produce cards depicting large cities, they captured many hard to reach views within the Canadian Territories. Many of their cards were hand tinted in a simple manner striving for style rather than realism, which created cards in vastly differing quality. 

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