2016.021.20 Kaslo & Slocan (K & S) Excursion Train 25 May 1896

Accession Num: 2016.021.20

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Document Date: 1896-05-25 - --

Donors: Frederick R. (Rick) Jelfs

Keywords: 1890s, Kaslo & Slocan Railway, Kaslo & Slocan Railway station (Kaslo), train, and train station

Locations: Kaslo

Physical Description:
1 b/w postcard (15.2 cm x 10.1 cm)

Notes:
Postcard (Pioneer Postcards postcard no. 259.) showing group gathered at Kaslo train station for trip to Sandon, Kaslo & Slocan Railway, 25 May 1896. 'The train is decorated as it sets out from Kaslo on a trip to Sandon, to bring people to Kaslo's annual Queen Victoria's Birthday celebration. The K&S Railway was a narrow gauge railway, built in 1895, to bring out ore from the mines of the Slocan and Sandon.' Printed by Wayside Press Ltd., Vernon

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