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1907 souvenir edition of The Emigrant Soldier’s Gazette and Cape Horn Chronicle

The front cover of a 1907 souvenir edition of The Emigrant Soldiers’ Gazette and Cape Horn Chronicle. The cover is burgundy with gold embossed text and images of a ship sailing on water, and the coat of arms of the United Kingdom that contains a lion and a unicorn.

 

Langley Centennial Museum, 2017.031.001.

 

This copy of the gazette acquired by the Langley Centennial Museum belonged to Royal Engineer Thomas Argyle. Argyle became the lighthouse keeper at Race Rocks lighthouse located just off the south coast of Vancouver Island.