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To celebrate its 75th anniversary a brochure was made that details the history of the hotel through some photographs throughout the years.

Item is a page from a kindergarten reading book.

[Front] An illustrated postcard showing twelve adults and children walking across the suspension bridge overtop the first Canyon. [Back] A postcard written in pencil with a red three cent stamp and one postmark.

A TV series episode "supernatural" takes place at St. John's College.

A postcard message written in pencil, postmarked Victoria, B.C. dated 09-07-1925, one Canadian 2-cent stamp.

[Front] An illustrated postcard of the Victoria, B.C. Harbor; [Back] A postcard message written in pencil, postmarked Victoria, B.C. dated 09-07-1925, one Canadian 2-cent stamp.

Section of “Towards pluralism” a sketch based on the title and abstract of Carr's (1999) thesis.

Front view of postcard reproduction, based on original postcard from 1949. The facade of the building is visible from the corner of Olive and 4th Avenue in downtown Seattle. Back: Geo G. Marble as GM and 250 rooms

Back of table card which advertises the Cave Photographer, known simply as Gwynne, and details that photos can be taken of portraits, groups, parties, weddings, and even your own home; it is dated Nov 29 1952 and was photo 4 of the night; has…

Postcard showing people disembarking from the government wharf that was completed 1902.

Clipper's Restaurant breakfast menu. Graphic flower motif on front.

Fold out brochure for hotel guests, with a map of the local Seattle area and the location of the city along the road from Vancouver, BC, to Portland. A highly stylized view of the hotel's exterior on the front and rear pages, along with the…

Colour photograph #2 of 2, of a musical group performing on Marco Polo's stage. The group consists of 4 men in matching red suit jackets and one woman in sequinned pantsuit on vocals. Behind them are three more musicians, with one on a brass…

[description] This letter and report were written after a major flood in Squamish in 1940. The flood occurred in mid-October when five inches of rain accumulated in 24 hours. Downtown Squamish was severely affected and farmers had huge food and…

A letter from Racey to Harrison, written on November 30, 1949, verso

[Front] An illustrated postcard depicting hotels and businesses in a section of Vancouver, B.C. [Back] A blank postcard with pencil numbers in the upper left corner.

Photograph of Marco Polo's east exterior wall on the southwest corner of Pender & Columbia in Vancouver's Chinatown. The wall is painted red, with yellow text reading, in full, "Marco Polo / the original / Chinese Smorgasbord.…

The Marco Polo Scrapbooks are invaluable historical artifacts of Vancouver’s Chinatown nightlife in the 1960s and 1970s. The two books - containing photographs, menus, posters, letters, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera - catalogue the…

Item is an image of the stern and port side of the sailing vessel Ajax underway. Written on the back of the image is "Ajax ex. St. Andrew. Wooden bark... built 1872. Lovitt, St. John N.B." and the dimensions of the vessel.

Item is an image of the starboard side of the vessel Aladdin docked in harbour. Written on the back of the image is "Aladdin. Saint John." Image is faded.

Medium-sized least weasel, dorsal view, shown with three handwritten specimen labels.