Photographic Negatives: S.S. Monteagle Cruise

Name/Title

Photographic Negatives: S.S. Monteagle Cruise

Entry/Object ID

A0239.5.03

Scope and Content

Original black and white photographic negatives of an overseas cruise aboard the S.S. Monteagle, album identified by the inscription "E. Austin, 1260 Melville St. Vancouver, and B.C." Note: Originally owned by the African Steam Ship Company the S.S. Monteagle (6,900 tons) was built in 1899 and provided North Atlantic and Pacific Ocean service for Canadian passengers. The vessel was sold to the Canadian Pacific Line in 1903 and provided passenger service from Vancouver, British Columbia to numerous local and foreign ports. Negatives are nitrate film stock and stored separately from main collection.

Collection

Walker Perry Rodman Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1900 - 1966