Canadian Pacific Sleeping Car
Name/Title
Canadian Pacific Sleeping CarEntry/Object ID
2021.1219.01Description
Black and white photograph of a Canadian Pacific branded sleeping car. The photograph shows the back/end of the sleeping car and part of the left side of the car. The rear entrance has decorative railings on either side so that passengers may enter and the words "Sleeping Car" are written on the wall by the steps. There is also part of a building visible in the background. Distinguishing Features: noneContext
Original document, photograph of a Canadian Pacific sleeping car circa 1940. The Canadian Pacific Railway was founded in 1881. Part of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's dream of Canadian Confederation, the building a transcontinental railway was part of the agreement to get British Columbia to join Confederation. Construction began in 1881 and lasted well into the 1900s to build lines connecting Canada from Vancouver to Montreal.Collection
Library ArchiveCategory
Canadian Pacific