A crowd of people, including men in uniform, looking at the 'Empire Day' display in the shop window of the Canadian Pacific Railway building

Date:
24 May 1916
Location:
Canadian Pacific Building, 62-65 Charing Cross, Trafalgar Square, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Wc2
Reference:
BL23297
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Empire Day was introduced into Canadian schools (initially in Hamilton, Ontario) in 1898 and was established in the United Kingdom in 1904. In 1958 it was renamed Commonwealth Day. The photograph was taken for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Office, Aerial View