collection 2021.022 - Peter R. Simpson Fonds

Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité

Titre propre

Peter R. Simpson Fonds

Dénomination générale des documents

  • Document iconographique

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Niveau de description

collection

Cote

2021.022

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Mention d'échelle (architecturale)

Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)

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Date(s)

  • 1940 (Production)

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Description matérielle

5 photographs : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm and 7 x 11.5 cm

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Nom du producteur

(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.

Portée et 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.

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Source immédiate d'acquisition

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.

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    Identifiant de la description du document

    Identifiant du service d'archives

    Règles ou conventions

    Canadian Rules for Archival Description (RAD), 2008 edition.

    Statut

    Niveau de détail

    Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

    December 2023

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