The photographs from the Notman Photographics Archives are a priceless testimony to the history of Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries, from its people to its landscapes... William Notman (1826-1891), his sons, and the photographic studio he founded in Montreal, documented Canadian life and her people from 1856 to 1936. The Notman studio, among others, was commissioned by William Van Horne (general manager of the CPR) to record the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and to show Canadians the wonders of the western scenery and the majestic Rocky Mountain ranges, with a view to encouraging immigration to the West. A quiet nook, Victoria Park, Truro, NS, probably 1915 Lighthouse at Matane, QC, 1915 C.P.R. Mount Stephen House, Field, BC, 1909 Banff Springs Hotel, AB, 1904 Yonge Street looking north, Toronto, ON, about 1890 Asulkan Glacier, Glacier Park, BC, painted photograph, 1890 Esquimault Dry Dock near Victoria, BC, 1887 Douglas pine tree, Vancouver, BC, 1887 City Hall and Volunteer Monument, Winnipeg, MB, 1887 Bank of Montreal, Regina, SK, 1884 Lumber piles, Ottawa, ON, 1872 Tranquille Mills, Kamloops Lake, BC, 1871 Shipping, St. John harbour, NB, 1870 Railway over suspension bridge, Niagara, ON, 1869 Suspension bridge, Niagara, ON, 1869 Aboriginal people portaging goods, Slave River, NT, about 1900 Breakneck Steps, Quebec City, QC, about 1870 Main Street, Dawson, YT, 1899 Hudson Bay Co's Transport loaded with fur, Fort Smith, Slave River, NT, about 1900 S. S. Wringley at the junction of the MacKenzie and Liard Rivers, Hudson Bay Co., NT, 1901 () Tents on the prairie, west of the settlement, Red River, MB, 1858 Street scene in Whitehorse, YT, 1901 Collision between two engines, Bay of Quinte Railway, ON, 1892 Dawson City and the Klondike River, YT, about 1898 Whitehorse, Yn, 1901 View from Signal Hill, St. John's, NL, about 1900 The Great Glacier, Selkirk Mountains, BC, about 1890 Aboriginal family near Prince Albert, SK, 1919 Massawippi Falls & mill, Eastern Townships, QC, about 1865 Horseshoe Falls from above, Niagara, ON, 1869 Rideau Falls, Ottawa, ON, 1869 St. John, looking towards Carlton, NB, 1870 Chaudière Falls, Ottawa, ON, 1870 Lumbermen's camp on the Nashwaak River, NB, 1871 H.D. Reid's automobile at Cabot Tower, Signal Hill, St. John's, NL, 1908 Montreal Garrison at Regina with Chief Piapot and five other chiefs, SK, about 1885 Revillon Freres post servants at Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay), QC, 1909 Aboriginal encampment near Calgary, AB, about 1925 Drying codfish, St. Johns, NF, about 1900 House of Parliament, Ottawa, ON, about 1878 Indian Head Station, Indian Head, SK, 1884 Major Bell's farm house, Indian Head, SK, 1884 Flour mill and elevator, Portage La Prairie, MB, 1884 Harbour, Sault St. Marie, ON, 1884 C.P.R. station, Winnipeg, MB, 1884 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB, 1887 Steam threshing, Portage La Prairie, MB, 1887 Wheat stacks and wagon load of grain, Portage La Prairie, MB, 1887 Kamloops on the C.P.R., BC, 1887 Aboriginals dugout canoes, New Westminster, BC, 1887 Calgary from Elbow River, AB, 1889 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON, about 1890 Percé Rock, QC, 1898 () Great cedar tree, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, 1897 Victoria from cathedral tower, BC, 1897 Harbour, St. John, NB, about 1898 Bake oven, Murray Bay, QC, 1898 Sydney, Cape Breton, NS, 1901 Vancouver from Fairview, BC, 1904 Halifax from Citadel, NS, 1901 Alma, Lake St. John, QC, about 1903 Upper Bonnington Falls near Nelson, BC, 1903 Field and Mount Stephen, BC, 1904 Percé, QC, about 1900 Lover's Lane, Wilmot Park, Fredericton, NB, 1905 () Quebec City from Parliament Buildings, QC, 1908 At Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, NS, about 1908 Haying at Pictou, NS, about 1908 Portugal Cove, NL, 1908 St. John's, NL, 1908 Cape Charles, Labrador, NL, 1908 Birchy Cove, Bay of Islands, Labrador, NL, 1908 Drying fish, Burgeo, NL, 1908 Lake Louise, Banff, AB, 1909 Illecillewaet Glacier, Glacier Park, BC, 1909 Charlottetown from Southport, PE, 1910 Fishing boats, Souris, PE, 1910 Chéticamp harbour, Cape Breton, NS, about 1914 Kingston, ON, about 1910 Schooners, Glace Bay harbour, Cape Breton, NS, about 1914 Manoir Richelieu, Pointe-au-Pic, QC, about 1915 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS, about 1915 Rustico Beach, PE, 1916 () Lake Ainslie, Cape Breton, NS, about 1914 Lac Baker, near Edmunston, NB, 1916 () Edmunston, showing St. John River, NB, 1916 () Amos, Quebec, QC, 1916 () Reid's Wharf, Summerside, PE, 1915 () Mill pond on the Breadalbane Stream near Hunter River, PE, 1915 () Harvesting at Selkirk, PE, 1915 () Ship at foot of King Street, St. John, NB, 1915 () Calling the ferry, St. John River, NB, 1915 () Boys fishing in the harbour, Georgetown, PE, 1915 () Lethbridge from hotel, AB, 1904 Cutting grain on the Prairies, AB, about 1920 Grain elevators and train, Claresholm, AB, 1918 View of the harbour, Montreal, QC, 1884 Wheat near Standard, AB, about 1920 Winnipeg, MB, 1887 Murray Village, QC, about 1895 (via Musée McCord Museum)