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The Penny Station ticketmasters office1958
Railway and Forestry Museum , Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
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In this shot, it's the Nechako coach sitting on the tracks outside the Penny Station. Being that the Nechako was a luxury coach, the fact that it was sitting on the track outside of the station would tell the viewer that there must have been some v.i.p.s in the area at that time.3
Penny Station kitchen1925
Railway and Forestry Museum , Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
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In this photo of the kitchen of the Penny Station, while the focus is straight ahead and on the furnishings, one can see to the right of the photo the beginning of a staircase. This is a good example of how the background can tell it's own story...in this case, that there is a second floor and that it was accessed through the kitchen.5
Interior shot of the living room of the Penny Station1947
Railway and Forestry Museum , Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
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A typical family living room of a smaller railway station along the Grand Trunk Pacific.7
Track Control Light21 December 2005
Railway and Forestry Museum , Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
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While appearing insignificant, these various track control lights were important to the safety of many railway employees and passengers over the years.9
While many photographs were taken of the railway, few focused primarily on track control lights. Many were inadvertently captured on film by photographers. Historians use both the main focus and the incidental background in their studies.10
Clearing the track of ice in 19131960
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
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A photograph focused on clearing ice from the CN Rail tracks in Prince George, circa 1920.12
Grand Trunk Pacific train staion, circa 1910.1910
Northern British Columbia, Canada
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A control light is featured prominently in the background of this image of a Grand Trunk Pacific train station, circa 1910.14
Penny Station in it's early days1950
Penny, British Columbia, Canada
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