Photograph - CP Rail train

Name/Title

Photograph - CP Rail train

Entry/Object ID

2012.79.278

Description

Colour photograph of CP Rail train, locomotive no. 4095. Photograph is in a brown cardboard frame made to look like wood.

Context

These objects are part of the estate of the late Jim McRae. They were donated to the museum by Dale Wilson, to whom they was given by Jim's wife. Jim McRae was a Sudbury area train enthusiast who had donated objects to the museum in the past. He passed away in the summer of 2010 at the age of 85. He came from Manitoulin Island but he worked in Sudbury as a projectionist at the Odeon theater for many years. His father was Gore Bay's only pharmacist.

Collection

Library Archive

Made/Created

Artist

Jim McRae

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Notes

Materials: Photographic paper (colour photograph), cardboard, red ink, masking tape, white adhesive label Date: Fall 1972

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Verso of photograph, typed in black ink on white adhesive label: The Canadian for Toronto leaving Sudbury. Fall of 1972 Verso of frame, in red ink: JIM McRAE Verso of frame, masking tape, in red ink: MRA - 2AF49 NFR - R208 Verso of frame, adhesive round white label on masking tape: 34

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Photographs

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number

Other Number

4536

Dimensions

Height

12-11/16 in

Width

17-11/16 in

Depth

16-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

approx. 12.7 x 17.7 (image), 16.5 x 21.5 cm (mounted)

Location

Location

Location

Photo Archive (By Item Number)

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Date

March 10, 2022

Condition

Notes

Digital Copy Only (Matthew Gill 2015)

Created By

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Create Date

March 14, 2022

Updated By

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Update Date

April 21, 2022