28 May 2009
19th Century CPR Photos at Kelowna Art Gallery
Photos taken in the 19th and 20 century for the CPR will
be
exhibited at the Kelowna Art Gallery.
Kelowna British Columbia - The Kelowna Art Gallery
is presenting Prints from CPR Magic Lantern Slides 1885-1930.
The 75 images in the show are of views from across Canada and were created in the late 19th and early 20th century in order to promote
travel on the CPR railway and vacation stays in the CPR hotels.
Created mostly by photographers who are now anonymous, the original images were in a format called lantern slides, the precursor to 35
mm slide transparencies.
The Vancouver-based co-curator of the exhibition, Michael Lawlor, scanned the images, and then digitally
removed any scratches and flaws that had occurred over time. He then printed the files on archival paper for this touring exhibition.
Used by the Canadian Pacific Railway to promote passenger rail travel, the photographs were created during a time of nationalism and
nation building, and speak of optimism and pride.
This exhibition is co-curated by Bill Jeffries, and is circulated by the Simon Fraser University Gallery.
On Saturday, 6 Jun 2009, at 1 p.m., Lawlor will be at the Kelowna Art Gallery for a lecture on the exhibition. Using the
original slides and a vintage magic lantern, he will recreate a magic lantern slide lecture as it would have been seen 100 years ago.
This lecture will represent 45 years of Canadian development, and shows how our search for immigrants changed for our early need for
agricultural workers to our later requirements in developing a growing industrial base. Attendance at the lecture is included with the
cost of admission.
The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water St.
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