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Walter Litster Photograph Series
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2024.006.0017-0049
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1917 - 1943 (Creation)
- Creator
- Walter Wolston Litster
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Physical description
32 photographs : b&w
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Name of creator
Walter Wolston Litster
(1886-1970)
Biographical history
Walter was born in 1886 in Scotland. In 1917, he obtained his third class engineer license. He worked on the S.S. Camosun in 1918. He invented and obtained a patent for a safety device for burners in 1925. He was married to Bertha Claribel (Belle), nee Grant.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Series contains photographs and photographic postcards of B.C. shipwrecks, vessels, and one travel postcard. Some of the vessels are identifiable as Mariposa, SS Princess Sophia, SS Prince Robert, SS Princess May, Burrard Chief, Walronda, RMS Empress of Canada.
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Glenda Perry
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- English
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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.
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- Walter Wolston Litster (Creator)
- SS Prince Robert (ship) (Subject)
- SS Princess Sophia (ship) (Subject)
- SS Princess May (ship) (Subject)
- RMS Empress of Canada (ship) (Subject)
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company (Subject)
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RAD, July 2008 version, Canadian Council of Archives.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
03 July 2024