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Announcing “From Trail to Rail” The Epic of Transportation : A Story of Great Vision, Heroic Enterprise and Splendid Achievement. Told in Twenty-one Oil Paintings By John Innes

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Item
[1936]

Part of John Innes fonds

Item is a program for an exhibit of Innes’ paintings held at David Spencer Limited department store in Vancouver.

Innes, John Clarke

[Photograph of “The Builders” painting]

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Item
27 Mar. 1936

Part of John Innes fonds

Item is a photograph of Innes’ painting “The Builders,” inscribed on the back “To dear Hoppie from Daddy, being a print of the First City Council of Vancouver - with the Civic officials - meeting in June 1886. With love of Ida May Innes my dear wife. John Innes.”

Innes, John Clarke

[Photograph of “The Buffalo Hunt” painting]

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Item
[1936?]

Part of John Innes fonds

Innes, John Clarke

[Christmas card illustrated by Innes]

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Item
1937

Part of John Innes fonds

Item is a Christmas card illustrated with an image of a cowboy riding in the snow, inscribed “To Douglas & Mrs. Lane & the boys. Every happiness, this Christmas season of 1937. John & Ida Innes.” There is a metal emblem attached to the card.

Innes, John Clarke

“Half a Century of Progress” [pencil sketch]

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Item
[1940?]

Part of John Innes fonds

Item is a pencil sketch by Innes of a figure sitting next to 2 totem poles with a cityscape in the background. There are notes in the margin about the composition from Innes as well as “George.”

Innes, John Clarke

“Half a Century of Progress” [colour sketch]

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Item
[1940?]

Part of John Innes fonds

Item is a pen and ink sketch by Innes of small houses and forest with a cityscape in the background. The sketch is mounted on paper with an attached overleaf.

Innes, John Clarke

Our Fifty Years

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Item
1940

Part of John Innes fonds

Item is a booklet about the history of Vancouver, published by The Pacific Coast Fire Insurance Company to commemorate its fiftieth anniversary. The cover illustration is by Innes.

Innes, John Clarke

[“The Pathfinders” Christmas card]

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Item
1940

Part of John Innes fonds

Item is a Christmas card with an image of Innes’ painting “The Pathfinders” on the front. The card is inscribed “To the Lane family From the Innes family, 1940.”

Innes, John Clarke

[Christmas card and drafts]

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File
1940

Part of John Innes fonds

File consists of a Christmas card with an image by Innes of a cowboy in the snow, inscribed “From John Innes, 1940,” as well as 3 drafts or unfinished cards.

Innes, John Clarke

[Christmas illustration]

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Item
1940

Part of John Innes fonds

File consists of an original ink drawing of a bright star over a landscape, with a border of holly, as well as a newspaper clipping including the illustration.

Innes, John Clarke

[Unsigned Christmas card to Mr. McLorg and Mrs. John Innes]

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File
[after 1941?]

Part of John Innes fonds

Item is a Christmas card inscribed “And may we, all working together, find a worthy place for John Innes’ Great Work, portraying in 21 pictorial chapters the historic conquest, by The Pioneers, of Canada’s Vast Spaces!” This likely relates to the “From Trail to Rail” collection of Innes’ paintings.

Innes, John Clarke

Records relating to Innes created after his death

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Series
[1941]-1945

Part of John Innes fonds

Series consists of obituaries and newspaper articles relating to Innes’ death, correspondence to Innes’ wife discussing his work, and a biography of Innes.

Innes, John Clarke

[Obituaries]