A reminder that except for UBC Okanagan Library, all other UBC Library branches, including Rare Books and Special Collections, University Archives and the Chung Collection will be closed for Remembrance Day on Friday November 11.
Empress of Russia leaving Vancouver for war, 1939
The photograph above, from the Chung Collection, shows the C.P.R. steamship the R.M.S. Empress of Russia leaving Vancouver when she was requisitioned by the British Admiralty. She, and many other C.P.R. ships, also participated in the First World War. Below is a photo of her ca. 1915 painted in “dazzle” camouflage, designed to confuse observers as to the type of ship, speed and direction.
Empress of Russia painted in "dazzle" camouflage
The C.P.R. lost many employees, and ships, during both World Wars, which was written about recently on the Chung Collection News blog.
Details for UBC’s Remembrance Day ceremony can be found here.