Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité
Titre propre
Peter R. Simpson Fonds
Dénomination générale des documents
- Document iconographique
Titre parallèle
Compléments du titre
Mentions de responsabilité du titre
Notes du titre
Niveau de description
collection
Institution de conservation
Code de référence
2021.022
Zone de l'édition
Mention d'édition
Mentions de responsabilité relatives à l'édition
Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents
Mention d'échelle (cartographique)
Mention de projection (cartographique)
Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)
Mention d'échelle (architecturale)
Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
Zone des dates de production
Date(s)
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1940 (Production)
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
5 photographs : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm and 7 x 11.5 cm
Zone de la collection
Titre propre de la collection
Titres parallèles de la collection
Compléments du titre de la collection
Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection
Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection
Note sur la collection
Zone de la description archivistique
Nom du producteur
Simpson, Peter R.
(unknown-)
Notice biographique
Peter R. Simpson currently resides in Brentwood Bay, BC. His mother Agnes (Westinghouse) Simpson was the one who wrote on the back of the photos and presumably took the photos. Pictured in a photo is her sister Violet Westinghouse and her brother George Thomas ‘Tom’ Westinghouse. The family had a place in Nassau, Bahamas, and visited in the winter as Peter’s grandfather did not like the winters here. They used to live in a house on Mt Newton Road in North Saanich. Agnes died in 2006 in Victoria.
Historique de la conservation
Gifted to the Museum by Peter R. Simpson
Photos were passed down from his mum, Agnes (Westinghouse) Simpson.
Photos were passed down from his mum, Agnes (Westinghouse) Simpson.
Présentation du contenu
Black and white photographs of the crew and Westinghouse family members of “Southern Cross” in Victoria BC in 1940. The backs have been stamped with the date that they were printed September 11, 1940.
The photos are labeled by Agnes Westinghouse on the back as Victoria 1940. Information provided by the donor includes a newspaper blurb that the yacht “may be seen again in BC waters if a proposed northern development scheme is given government approval. Southern Cross…made a wartime visit to Vancouver in 1940”.
Southern Cross was a Swedish yacht owned by Axel Wenner-Gren, and was one of the fifth or sixth largest private motor yacht in the world at the time. She was previously owned by Howard Hughes and was built in 1930 for Lord Inchcape who died in 1932. The figurehead was made in the likeness of Lord Inchcape's daughter, Elsie Mackay, who disappeared whilst attempting to fly the Atlantic in 1928.
The photos are labeled by Agnes Westinghouse on the back as Victoria 1940. Information provided by the donor includes a newspaper blurb that the yacht “may be seen again in BC waters if a proposed northern development scheme is given government approval. Southern Cross…made a wartime visit to Vancouver in 1940”.
Southern Cross was a Swedish yacht owned by Axel Wenner-Gren, and was one of the fifth or sixth largest private motor yacht in the world at the time. She was previously owned by Howard Hughes and was built in 1930 for Lord Inchcape who died in 1932. The figurehead was made in the likeness of Lord Inchcape's daughter, Elsie Mackay, who disappeared whilst attempting to fly the Atlantic in 1928.
Zone des notes
État de conservation
Modalités d'entrée
Classement
The material was arranged according to the original filing system of the creator.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
Localisation des originaux
MMBC off-site storage. Misc. tall Box #3
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Restrictions d'accès
All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Instruments de recherche
Éléments associés
Éléments reliés
Accroissements
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Zone du numéro normalisé
Numéro normalisé
Points d'accès
Points d'accès sujets
Points d'accès lieux
Points d'accès Noms
- Simpson, Peter R. (Producteur)
- Axel Wenner-Gren (Sujet)
- Howard Hughes (Sujet)
- Lord Inchcape (Sujet)
- Elsie McKay (Sujet)
- Violet Westinghouse (Sujet)
- Tom Westinghouse (Sujet)
- Agnes (Westinghouse) Simpson (Sujet)
- First Mate Wilson (Sujet)
Genre access points
Zone du contrôle
Identifiant de la description du document
Identifiant du service responsable de la description
Règles ou conventions
Canadian Rules for Archival Description (RAD), 2008 edition.
Niveau d'élaboration
Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision et de suppression
December 2023