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Notman, W. (1826-1891) and Notman, W.M. (1857-1913). (Canadian Pacific Railways series). Series of 36 albumen prints, ±1880-1895, mainly ±18x24 cm., nearly all w. caption w. number, title and "WM. Notman & Son, Montreal" in the plate (4x without caption, 2x w. address only, 1x w. blindstamps "Notman" and "Montreal"). - One photograph w. upper corners rounded; some sl. occas. foxing; a few photographs w. usual vague handling creases (3x w. (flattened) fold). = Very fine series of views relating to the Canadian Pacific, for which William Notman and his son William McFarlane Notman made a large number of expeditions, illustrating i.a. landscapes, buildings, workers etc. "As the Canadian Pacific buckled more and more of the country together, finally linking Canadian territory from "sea unto sea", William Notman increased the number of these photographic expeditions. His eldest son, William McFarlane Notman, who had been with the firm since he was sixteen, was sent West in 1884. This was to be the first of eight remarkable western trips that the younger Notman was to make, all in connection with the continent-spanning Canadian Pacific Railway. The scheme had been hammered out with the railway's chief, William Van Horne. The Notman firm was to record the triumph of the line, fast nearing completion. The deal included free transportation for Notman's photographer and assistent in exchange for a set of photographs. Notman, of course, would keep the negatives and the copyright. Van Horne asked for specific subjects to be recorded (...) and he was especially keen to obtain views of the Rocky Mountains. Van Horne was a good businessman, and was acutely aware of the power of the photograph to inform and persuade. To attract settlers and tourists alike to the West was his admitted goal, and photography soon became a major element of the CPR's drive to increase rail traffic" (Hall a.o., p.21). The collection comprises: 1605 - Nepigon Bridge; 1633 - C.P.R. Hotel. Banff (upper corners rounded); 1636 - View from Banff Hotel, looking down Bow Valley; 1637 - View from Banff Hotel, looking down Bow Valley; 1647 - Kicking Horse Pass, looking East; 1651 - Mount Stephen, East Side; 1655 - Mount Stephen Tunnel; 1657 - "Mount Stephen" House Field (Hall a.o. p.(2-3)); 1677 - Stony Creek Bridge, height 296 feet; 1681 - East Side Mount Carroll; (1689 - Hermit Range from Summit of Selkirk [no. and title supplied in pencil on verso]); (1694 - Glacier Hotel); 1695 - Glacier Hotel & Mountain; (1696 - Glacier Hotel & Station [no. and title supplied in pencil on verso]); 1702 - Hermit Range from Hotel, showing C.P.R. Station; 1720 - The Loop, showing Four Tracks; 1721 - Fraser Canon, below North Bend; 1723 - Mount Sir Donald, from Tote Road; (1725 - Civil Engineers Party Glacier (...) [no. and title supplied in pencil on verso; w. blindstamps]); 1734 - Albert Canon, Lower End; 1737 - Lake near Clanwilliam; 1748 - Cisco, C.P.R. Bridge; 1750 - Cisco, C.P.R. Bridge; 1756 - Fraser Canon, below North Bend; 1760 - Fraser Canon, showing Four Tunnels above Spuzzum; 1761 - Fraser Canon, above Spuzzum; (1766 - Cariboo Bridge, Fraser Canon) [titled in pencil "Suspension Bridge near Spuzzum" on verso; cf. Hall o.a. p.125]; (1769 - Fraser River below Spuzzum); 1771 - Sailor Bar Bluff, below Spuzzum; (1773 - Fraser River Corner above Yale [no. and title supplied in pencil on verso]); 1774 - Indian Burying Ground, near Yale; 1787 - Trainload of Salmon, New Westminster containing 374,400 Tins; 1798 - C.P.R. Station & Docks, Vancouver; 1801 - Douglas Pine Trees, Vancouver; 1803 - Douglas Pine Trees, Vancouver; 1808 - Victoria, B.C., from Government Buildings. ADDED: Hall, R., Dodds, G. and Triggs, S. The World of William Notman. The Nineteenth Century Through a Master Lens. Boston, D.R. Godine, 1993, (8),226,(6)p., num. ills., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., 4to. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LX.