This file contains three sets of images. One set consists of 53 b&w photos and one postcard, collected by Pilon on her travels in China. Another set consists of three b&w photos. A third set consists of 14 negatives from a trip to Tibet that Pilon took circa 1948. This set has been digitized and can be viewed online (items a033047 through a033060) Subject materials include Pilon and her companions, temples, festivals, landscapes, markets, residences, and residents.
This file consists of several denominations of Chinese Golden Yuan, printed in 1947 and 1949 (out of circulation today). The denominations are 1, 500, 5,000, 10,000, 50,000, and 500,000.
This file consists of 18 stamps from the National Central China Post. 10 stamps for 500,000 yuan : purple 4 stamps for 10,000 yuan : green 2 stamps for 10,000 yuan : red 2 stamps for 10,000 yuan: blue and red
The fonds consists of black and white photographs and negatives. Subjects depicted include villages, boats and ferries, landscapes, bridges, logging clearcuts, and totem poles. Some of the photos appear to be of the Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park, and the Capilano Suspension Bridge.
Image of the steamship the Princess Marguerite sailing in the Georgia Strait. The Princess Marguerite was built for the B.C Coast Service by the Fairfield Company of Glasgow, Scotland. It commonly sailed the Seattle-Victoria-Vancouver triangle.
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