CANADIAN PACIFIC 'IMPERIAL LIMITED' LITHOGRAPH

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY (CPR) PASSENGER TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, CIRCA 1900�1910 ANTIQUE SEPIA-TONED PHOTOLITHOGRAPH ON PAPER, TITLED IN MARGIN "IMPERIAL LIMITED AT GLACIER, B.C. / CANADIAN ROCKIES / CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY", HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL CPR AGENCY HEAVY QUARTER-SAWN OAK FRAME WITH CARVED LOWER BORDER "CANADIAN PACIFIC" UNDER GLASS DEPICTS THE TRANSCONTINENTAL "IMPERIAL LIMITED" PASSENGER TRAIN ROUNDING THE CURVE AT GLACIER STATION PAST GLACIER HOUSE BENEATH THE SELKIRK MOUNTAIN RANGE PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA 16 X 21 IN AT SIGHT 28.25 X 33.25 IN FRAMED INAUGURATED IN JUNE 1899, THE "IMPERIAL LIMITED" WAS THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY'S PREMIER LUXURY TRANSCONTINENTAL EXPRESS CONNECTING MONTREAL AND VANCOUVER. TO PROMOTE PASSENGER TRAVEL THROUGH THE ROCKIES AND SELKIRKS, THE CPR COMMISSIONED THESE MONUMENTAL SEPIA PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC DISPLAYS SPECIFICALLY FOR ITS TICKET AGENTS AND LUXURY HOTELS. PRESERVED IN ITS RARE ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL QUARTER-SAWN OAK FRAME WITH INCISED LETTERING, THIS IMPRESSION REMAINS AN OUTSTANDING SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF EARLY 20TH-CENTURY CANADIAN RAILWAYANA AND ALPINE TOURISM HISTORY.