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December, 1909 (Creation)
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- Coombs, Anna
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- London, England
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Book bound in red leather cover. 113 pp. plus 4 pp. handwritten table of contents. 27x21cm. Primary text is typewritten. Includes pp. 69-113 have paper materials, e.g. brochures, post-cards, time-tables, railway maps, etc., glued in, approx. 2-3 items per page.
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Diary and scrapbook written, compiled and bound by Anna Coombs, documenting her 1909 trip from London, England, through parts of Canada and the U.S. Describes visiting Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton and Banff, among other locations. Describes her experience of the journey, including the landscape and social life in Western Canada. Anecdotes include an account of visiting a Doukhabour village (pp. 36-7), and an incident where the car that the party is travelling in catches fire and is destroyed while travelling down a straw-covered road (pp. 37-38). Latter half includes a scrap book with postcards, brochures, time-tables, railway maps, etc. glued to the pages.
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Excellent condition. Lower corners of cover are bent inward somewhat.
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- English
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