{"id":246,"date":"2022-06-23T13:51:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T13:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/?page_id=246"},"modified":"2022-12-19T05:01:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T05:01:55","slug":"virtual-exhibits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/about-us\/history\/virtual-exhibits\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Exhibits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section role=\"banner\" class=\"wp-block-rbc-banner-campaign alignfull banner html-bnr none\"><div class=\"section-inner campaign\"><div class=\"banner-wpr\"><div class=\"banner-img img-center lazy\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/125th-Anniversary-Display-MBH-Amalgamation-1995-01_19666_VE_Homepage.jpeg\" data-img-id=\"2546\" style=\"background-image:url( https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/125th-Anniversary-Display-MBH-Amalgamation-1995-01_19666_VE_Homepage.jpeg );background-position:0%,0%;background-size:cover\"><\/div><div class=\"banner-text\">\n<h2 class=\"mar-b-hlf wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rbc-virtual-exhibits\">RBC Virtual Exhibits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-0\">Take a tour of Royal Bank by viewing historical video footage and photos.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-96b2fc1e-827c-4835-bb0f-4f07b63b0f46\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-tabs-block alignfull  section-tabs full-width is-style-default undefined\" aria-label=\"Section Tabs\"><div class=\"section-inner \"><ul class=\"tab-nav \" role=\"tablist\"><li role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"#section-content-be852d83\" id=\"section-tab-be852d83\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"section-content-be852d83\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-be852d83\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"tab select\" data-dig-label=\"Historical Footage\">Historical Footage<\/a><\/li><li role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"#section-content-181c4734\" id=\"section-tab-181c4734\" role=\"tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"section-content-181c4734\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-181c4734\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"tab select\" data-dig-label=\"Photo Gallery\">Photo Gallery<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"tab-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-tab-content\"><div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane active\" aria-labelledby=\"section-tab-be852d83\" id=\"section-content-be852d83\">\n<h2 class=\"mar-b-dbl mob-mar-b wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-historical-footage\">Historical Footage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-historical-footage\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><div id=\"player\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-4 player-video-list\">\n<h3 class=\"h4 wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-video-list\">Video List<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zLEGb3RUlyY\" data-dig-id=\"LP-782-528de50c\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"The Early 1930s\" class=\"rbc-link-format standalone-link\" data-icon-class=\"standalone-link\">The Early 1930s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_jcJpn8WyWs\" data-dig-id=\"LP-782-7649eed4\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"In the Beginning\" class=\"rbc-link-format standalone-link\" data-icon-class=\"standalone-link\">In the Beginning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf\"><a class=\"rbc-link-format standalone-link\" data-icon-class=\"standalone-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bXkNjUJ3-8g\" data-dig-id=\"LP-782-3b47088e\" data-dig-label=\"The Late 1800\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP\">The Late 1800s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf\"><a class=\"rbc-link-format standalone-link\" data-icon-class=\"standalone-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c9cMcRGuWdE\" data-dig-id=\"LP-782-e4d9aad1\" data-dig-label=\"The 1960s\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP\">The 1960s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2ffOAXBxh8Y\" data-dig-id=\"LP-782-7e852e44\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"The 1970s \u2013 1980s\" class=\"rbc-link-format standalone-link\" data-icon-class=\"standalone-link\">The 1970s \u2013 1980s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b9XVSHaj4Dc\" data-dig-id=\"LP-782-f8e68ecb\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"Late 1980s \u2013 Early 1990s\" class=\"rbc-link-format standalone-link\" data-icon-class=\"standalone-link\">Late 1980s \u2013 Early 1990s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p0TK9FtrKmY&amp;feature=youtu.be\" data-dig-id=\"LP-782-d03169e0\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"A Look Back at our Leaders\" class=\"rbc-link-format standalone-link\" data-icon-class=\"standalone-link\">A Look Back at our Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-rbc-tab-content\"><div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane \" aria-labelledby=\"section-tab-181c4734\" id=\"section-content-181c4734\">\n<h2 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-our-story-through-our-buildings\">Our Story Through Our Buildings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b\">There were no branch design standards in the early days. If we had to, we pitched a tent, built a log<br>cabin or converted a home to be able to serve our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div><div class=\"carousel-wpr top-controls gallery-main-slider modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Carousel with 3 slides\" data-visible-slide=\"3\" data-infinite-loop=\"false\"><div class=\"carousel-ctrl\"><div class=\"carousel-indicators\"><\/div><button class=\"carousel-prev\">Go to previous slide<\/button><button class=\"carousel-next\">Go to next slide<\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-slider-block carousel-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-a8378c2e\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1869 \u2013 Halifax, Nova Scotia\" data-client-id=\"0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Bedford-Row-1869-Antique_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Bedford-Row-1869-Antique_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Bedford-Row-1869-Antique_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1869 \u2013 Halifax, Nova Scotia<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">Our building on Bedford Row, Halifax, served as our first head office and Halifax branch from 1864 \u2013 1879. We were known as the Merchants Bank from 1864 \u2013 June 21, 1869; the Merchants&#8217; Bank of Halifax from June 22, 1869 \u2013 January 1, 1901; and The Royal Bank of Canada starting on January 2, 1901.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-ca2cc39d\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1899 \u2013 Bennett, British Columbia\" data-client-id=\"0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Bennett-Lake-1899_2152_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Bennett-Lake-1899_2152_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Bennett-Lake-1899_2152_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1899 \u2013 Bennett, British Columbia<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">When the bank opened at Lake Bennett, the country was in the grip of winter. The staff rented a shack, the floor of which had to be propped up to support the safe. The sign at the bottom left reads \u2018dogs\u2019 indicating that our branch would offer accommodation to large dogs employed for transportation through the Humber-Yukon Transport Co.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-334b29be\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1905 \u2013 Rossland, British Columbia\" data-client-id=\"0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Rossland-c1905_3374_resized.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Rossland-c1905_3374_resized.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Rossland-c1905_3374_resized.jpeg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1905 \u2013 Rossland, British Columbia<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">The discovery of gold in Southern British Columbia in the late 1890s led Royal Bank to establish 10 branches in the province between 1897 and 1899.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-ad1609fd\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1909 \u2013 Gowganda, Ontario\" data-client-id=\"0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Gowganda-1909_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Gowganda-1909_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Gowganda-1909_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1909 \u2013 Gowganda, Ontario<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">The Gowganda, Ontario, branch was typical of banking on the frontier. Quickly established, often modestly equipped, and staffed by new recruits, these branches gave Royal Bank a presence in communities with growth potential.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-b13507df\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1910 \u2013 Rexton, New Brunswick\" data-client-id=\"0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Rexton-1910_110_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Rexton-1910_110_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Rexton-1910_110_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1910 \u2013 Rexton, New Brunswick<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">News of the coming of the Caraquet Railway led to the opening of a number of branches in New Brunswick\u2019s hinterland. Rexton was a typical frontier branch, with upstairs living quarters for the manager.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-27e6a462\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1920 \u2013 Paris, France\" data-client-id=\"0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Paris-March-1949_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Paris-March-1949_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Paris-March-1949_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1920 \u2013 Paris, France<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">Our initial presence in France was to handle the banking services of the thousands of Canadians involved in Europe after the First World War.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-05dd644d\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1920 \u2013 Santos, Brazil\" data-client-id=\"0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Santos-Brazil-1920-11-24_13613_resized-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Santos-Brazil-1920-11-24_13613_resized-1.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Santos-Brazil-1920-11-24_13613_resized-1.jpeg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1920 \u2013 Santos, Brazil<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">The immediate success of our first Brazilian branch (Rio de Janeiro, 1919) inspired the opening of additional branches in Santos and Recife to capture the coffee and cocoa trade.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-6703ae4f\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1920 \u2013 Rue St. Jacques, Montreal\" data-client-id=\"0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Montreal-Main-147-St-Jacques-1920_7557_resized-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Montreal-Main-147-St-Jacques-1920_7557_resized-1.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Montreal-Main-147-St-Jacques-1920_7557_resized-1.jpeg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1920 \u2013 Rue St. Jacques, Montreal<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">147 rue St. Jacques (renamed 221 rue St. Jacques) served as our head office and Montreal main branch from 1908 \u2013 1928. The building was originally dominated by statues representing agriculture, transportation, fisheries and industry.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-7d6506df\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1921 \u2013 Fort Smith, Northwest Territories\" data-client-id=\"0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Fort-Smith-1921_2170_resized-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Fort-Smith-1921_2170_resized-1.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Fort-Smith-1921_2170_resized-1.jpeg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1921 \u2013 Fort Smith, Northwest Territories<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">This \u2018tent office\u2019 in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, typified the makeshift branches erected at the head of the railway construction to win the confidence of railway workers and newly arrived immigrants.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-1dbbba02\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1925 \u2013 Chinese Department, East End Vancouver, British Columbia\" data-client-id=\"0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Vancouver-East-End-1925_109_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Vancouver-East-End-1925_109_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Vancouver-East-End-1925_109_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1925 \u2013 Chinese Department, East End Vancouver, British Columbia<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">We were the first Canadian bank to have two branches in the same city west of Toronto with the opening of Vancouver, and Vancouver \u2013 East End (later Main &amp; Hastings) branches, in 1897 and 1898.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-ffc5422d\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1952 \u2013 Kemano, British Columbia\" data-client-id=\"0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Kemano-1952_15987_resized.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Kemano-1952_15987_resized.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Kemano-1952_15987_resized.jpeg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1952 \u2013 Kemano, British Columbia<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">A Quonset hut served as a combination office\/residence for our Kemano branch staff.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-57e4e8be\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1964 \u2013 Basseterre - St. Kitts\" data-client-id=\"0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Basseterre-1964-13624_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Basseterre-1964-13624_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Basseterre-1964-13624_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1964 \u2013 Basseterre &#8211; St. Kitts<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">The tropical region of the West Indies provided a mutually profitable opportunity for increased trade between Canada and the Caribbean. Our presence in St. Kitts was established in March 1915 with the opening of a branch in Basseterre.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"modal-0edd4b3b-6512-4898-9feb-d118b2e8422c\" class=\"modal modal-gallery-slider\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"gallery-main-slider\"><div class=\"modal-inner\"><div class=\"carousel-wpr gallery-modal-slider\" role=\"region\" data-infinite-loop=\"false\"><div class=\"carousel-modal-inner\"><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Bedford-Row-1869-Antique_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1869 \u2013 Halifax, Nova Scotia<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">Our building on Bedford Row, Halifax, served as our first head office and Halifax branch from 1864 \u2013 1879. We were known as the Merchants Bank from 1864 \u2013 June 21, 1869; the Merchants&#8217; Bank of Halifax from June 22, 1869 \u2013 January 1, 1901; and The Royal Bank of Canada starting on January 2, 1901.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back disabled\" data-previous=\"\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Bennett-Lake-1899_2152_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1899 \u2013 Bennett, British Columbia<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">When the bank opened at Lake Bennett, the country was in the grip of winter. The staff rented a shack, the floor of which had to be propped up to support the safe. The sign at the bottom left reads \u2018dogs\u2019 indicating that our branch would offer accommodation to large dogs employed for transportation through the Humber-Yukon Transport Co.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"06647835-0d1c-4b18-8490-4efc72ec3e1d\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Rossland-c1905_3374_resized.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1905 \u2013 Rossland, British Columbia<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">The discovery of gold in Southern British Columbia in the late 1890s led Royal Bank to establish 10 branches in the province between 1897 and 1899.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"d6d955d1-cc4b-4900-af75-d6f1f9513899\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Gowganda-1909_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1909 \u2013 Gowganda, Ontario<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">The Gowganda, Ontario, branch was typical of banking on the frontier. Quickly established, often modestly equipped, and staffed by new recruits, these branches gave Royal Bank a presence in communities with growth potential.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"aa43268f-4f8e-4c54-8d8e-c6208fb67cff\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Rexton-1910_110_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1910 \u2013 Rexton, New Brunswick<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">News of the coming of the Caraquet Railway led to the opening of a number of branches in New Brunswick\u2019s hinterland. Rexton was a typical frontier branch, with upstairs living quarters for the manager.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"394811fb-c7fa-48e6-8807-d18c286c687a\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Paris-March-1949_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1920 \u2013 Paris, France<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">Our initial presence in France was to handle the banking services of the thousands of Canadians involved in Europe after the First World War.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"d05b59ee-d6b2-460c-84c0-937af0baf01b\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Santos-Brazil-1920-11-24_13613_resized-1.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1920 \u2013 Santos, Brazil<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">The immediate success of our first Brazilian branch (Rio de Janeiro, 1919) inspired the opening of additional branches in Santos and Recife to capture the coffee and cocoa trade.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"04490fe1-cb1a-458f-a118-3f6c6e76f5cd\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Montreal-Main-147-St-Jacques-1920_7557_resized-1.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1920 \u2013 Rue St. Jacques, Montreal<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">147 rue St. Jacques (renamed 221 rue St. Jacques) served as our head office and Montreal main branch from 1908 \u2013 1928. The building was originally dominated by statues representing agriculture, transportation, fisheries and industry.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"6c10375a-36a7-420c-9cb6-c0fb6f7fca41\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Fort-Smith-1921_2170_resized-1.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1921 \u2013 Fort Smith, Northwest Territories<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">This \u2018tent office\u2019 in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, typified the makeshift branches erected at the head of the railway construction to win the confidence of railway workers and newly arrived immigrants.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"9adea806-912d-4182-b357-5c02827a26fb\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Vancouver-East-End-1925_109_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1925 \u2013 Chinese Department, East End Vancouver, British Columbia<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">We were the first Canadian bank to have two branches in the same city west of Toronto with the opening of Vancouver, and Vancouver \u2013 East End (later Main &amp; Hastings) branches, in 1897 and 1898.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"e3ec0138-f229-4593-97c5-bb26b896476c\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Kemano-1952_15987_resized.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1952 \u2013 Kemano, British Columbia<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">A Quonset hut served as a combination office\/residence for our Kemano branch staff.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"c045e4c6-be36-4b0c-b910-8ef2b36c06c1\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Basseterre-1964-13624_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1964 \u2013 Basseterre &#8211; St. Kitts<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">The tropical region of the West Indies provided a mutually profitable opportunity for increased trade between Canada and the Caribbean. Our presence in St. Kitts was established in March 1915 with the opening of a branch in Basseterre.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"559c3315-66dc-4a64-93d5-077f6af198ee\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward disabled\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><button class=\"close\" aria-label=\"Close\"><span>Close<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-6f8da6e9-aaa6-4d32-b305-ab7ec2b51c45\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-banking-artifacts\">Banking Artifacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b\">The tools of our trade in the early days, such as fortress-like teller&#8217;s &#8216;cages&#8217; and ledger-posting <br>machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div><div class=\"carousel-wpr top-controls gallery-main-slider modal-7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Carousel with 3 slides\" data-visible-slide=\"3\" data-infinite-loop=\"false\"><div class=\"carousel-ctrl\"><div class=\"carousel-indicators\"><\/div><button class=\"carousel-prev\">Go to previous slide<\/button><button class=\"carousel-next\">Go to next slide<\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-slider-block carousel-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-f452cf57\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1837 \u2013 Quebec Bank Charter\" data-client-id=\"7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Quebec-Bank-Charter-1837-05-31_2160_resized.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Quebec-Bank-Charter-1837-05-31_2160_resized.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Quebec-Bank-Charter-1837-05-31_2160_resized.jpeg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1837 \u2013 Quebec Bank Charter<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">Charter from Canada&#8217;s second oldest chartered bank, the Quebec Bank, founded in 1818. In 1837, the Quebec Bank secured an extension of its charter for one year &#8211; this was the last banking measure passed by the Legislature of Lower Canada.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-016441aa\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"Circa 1838 \u2013 Voting box\" data-client-id=\"7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/03-Quebec-Bank-Voting-Box-late-1880s_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/03-Quebec-Bank-Voting-Box-late-1880s_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/03-Quebec-Bank-Voting-Box-late-1880s_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">Circa 1838 \u2013 Voting box<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">The Quebec Bank (which Royal Bank purchased in 1917) used this voting box in their board room. Bank directors voted by dropping ballot balls in separate &#8220;Yea&#8221; or &#8220;Nay&#8221; drawers.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-b7714d7b\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1890s \u2013 Household savings bank\" data-client-id=\"7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Traders-Bank-Coin-Bank-Yonge-and-Colborne_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Traders-Bank-Coin-Bank-Yonge-and-Colborne_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Traders-Bank-Coin-Bank-Yonge-and-Colborne_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1890s \u2013 Household savings bank<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">This lockable cast iron household savings bank was a replica of the Traders Bank of Canada&#8217;s Head Office at Yonge &amp; Colborne Streets in Toronto. Royal Bank acquired the Traders Bank in 1912.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-4035b4f3\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1911 \u2013 Warming the branch\" data-client-id=\"7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Macklin-1911_3392_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Macklin-1911_3392_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Macklin-1911_3392_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1911 \u2013 Warming the branch<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">Once the cold weather set in, our branch in Macklin, Saskatchewan (then a branch of Union Bank of Canada) had to be warmed before the daily conduct of business; a job usually performed by the junior employee who arrived early to &#8216;fire-up&#8217; the stove to permit the thawing of the ink wells.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-2474c699\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1926 \u2013 Teller\u2019s cage\" data-client-id=\"7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Tellers-Cage-1926_resized-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Tellers-Cage-1926_resized-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Tellers-Cage-1926_resized-1.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1926 \u2013 Teller\u2019s cage<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">The teller\u2019s cage was the centre of all transactions with clients. The fortress-like security of the cage served a twofold purpose: protection against hold-ups and a visible signal to clients that their money was in safe hands.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-30b24ef8\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1958 \u2013 Ledger-posting machines\" data-client-id=\"7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Ledger-Posting-Machines-1958_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Ledger-Posting-Machines-1958_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Ledger-Posting-Machines-1958_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1958 \u2013 Ledger-posting machines<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">Our Current Account Department, Toronto Branch, operated eight \u2018modern\u2019 ledger- posting machines, seen in this picture. The department boasted \u201816,000 postings a day.\u2019<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-d3dd25da\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1960 \u2013 Electronic robot\" data-client-id=\"7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Electronic-Robot-1960-_16081_resized.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Electronic-Robot-1960-_16081_resized.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Electronic-Robot-1960-_16081_resized.jpeg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1960 \u2013 Electronic robot<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\">A precursor to\u2026e-mail: The \u2018Electronic Robot.\u2019 This \u2018new\u2019 communications system gave wings to messages between Head Office and a number of major branches.<\/p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"modal-7a504190-a688-4b02-a7b3-6e981336ae81\" class=\"modal modal-gallery-slider\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"gallery-main-slider\"><div class=\"modal-inner\"><div class=\"carousel-wpr gallery-modal-slider\" role=\"region\" data-infinite-loop=\"false\"><div class=\"carousel-modal-inner\"><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Quebec-Bank-Charter-1837-05-31_2160_resized.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1837 \u2013 Quebec Bank Charter<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">Charter from Canada&#8217;s second oldest chartered bank, the Quebec Bank, founded in 1818. In 1837, the Quebec Bank secured an extension of its charter for one year &#8211; this was the last banking measure passed by the Legislature of Lower Canada.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back disabled\" data-previous=\"\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/03-Quebec-Bank-Voting-Box-late-1880s_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">Circa 1838 \u2013 Voting box<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">The Quebec Bank (which Royal Bank purchased in 1917) used this voting box in their board room. Bank directors voted by dropping ballot balls in separate &#8220;Yea&#8221; or &#8220;Nay&#8221; drawers.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"0f6d655a-a446-4394-8c52-82be1f5c8c92\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Traders-Bank-Coin-Bank-Yonge-and-Colborne_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1890s \u2013 Household savings bank<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">This lockable cast iron household savings bank was a replica of the Traders Bank of Canada&#8217;s Head Office at Yonge &amp; Colborne Streets in Toronto. Royal Bank acquired the Traders Bank in 1912.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"08554b64-d9dc-4974-8931-61fb7cc7cff9\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Macklin-1911_3392_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1911 \u2013 Warming the branch<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">Once the cold weather set in, our branch in Macklin, Saskatchewan (then a branch of Union Bank of Canada) had to be warmed before the daily conduct of business; a job usually performed by the junior employee who arrived early to &#8216;fire-up&#8217; the stove to permit the thawing of the ink wells.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"0bb6fece-1df7-4b87-8d17-ada78520bf1a\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Tellers-Cage-1926_resized-1.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1926 \u2013 Teller\u2019s cage<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">The teller\u2019s cage was the centre of all transactions with clients. The fortress-like security of the cage served a twofold purpose: protection against hold-ups and a visible signal to clients that their money was in safe hands.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"e1d171f9-79e6-41fa-9bc8-bf5cfab8f865\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Ledger-Posting-Machines-1958_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1958 \u2013 Ledger-posting machines<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">Our Current Account Department, Toronto Branch, operated eight \u2018modern\u2019 ledger- posting machines, seen in this picture. The department boasted \u201816,000 postings a day.\u2019<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"2cc8168f-9ae9-484e-8487-ec5684a43dc9\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Electronic-Robot-1960-_16081_resized.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1960 \u2013 Electronic robot<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\">A precursor to\u2026e-mail: The \u2018Electronic Robot.\u2019 This \u2018new\u2019 communications system gave wings to messages between Head Office and a number of major branches.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"c1bf4685-7160-444e-88b3-37ab5456b549\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward disabled\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><button class=\"close\" aria-label=\"Close\"><span>Close<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-tk-spacer id-e0bb11df-f4c8-496e-b779-42ea09b2e169\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"mar-b-hlf mar-t-0 wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-our-people\">Our People<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-b\">The faces of our employees in any generation form a picture of community and camaraderie, in<br>our workplaces, serving clients, and at play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div><div class=\"carousel-wpr top-controls gallery-main-slider modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Carousel with 3 slides\" data-visible-slide=\"3\" data-infinite-loop=\"false\"><div class=\"carousel-ctrl\"><div class=\"carousel-indicators\"><\/div><button class=\"carousel-prev\">Go to previous slide<\/button><button class=\"carousel-next\">Go to next slide<\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-slider-block carousel-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-174c22cf\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1895 \u2013 Elmira, Ontario\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Elmira-1895-7040_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Elmira-1895-7040_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Elmira-1895-7040_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1895 \u2013 Elmira, Ontario<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-b1db4693\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1914 \u2013 Arthur, Ontario\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Arthur-1914_6254_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Arthur-1914_6254_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Arthur-1914_6254_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1914 \u2013 Arthur, Ontario<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-fabe287c\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1924 \u2013 Winnipeg, Manitoba\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Winnipeg-Main-Valentines-Dance-Feb-1924_2797_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Winnipeg-Main-Valentines-Dance-Feb-1924_2797_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Winnipeg-Main-Valentines-Dance-Feb-1924_2797_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1924 \u2013 Winnipeg, Manitoba<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-3c97f767\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1928 \u2013 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Charlottetown-Main-1928_14810_resized.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Charlottetown-Main-1928_14810_resized.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Charlottetown-Main-1928_14810_resized.jpeg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1928 \u2013 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-ec8b829f\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1939 \u2013 Medicine Hat, Alberta\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Medicine-Hat-1939_21764_resized.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Medicine-Hat-1939_21764_resized.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Medicine-Hat-1939_21764_resized.jpeg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1939 \u2013 Medicine Hat, Alberta<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-38d0a16f\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1949 \u2013 Grand Prairie, Alberta\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Grand-Prairie-1949_12782_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Grand-Prairie-1949_12782_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Grand-Prairie-1949_12782_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1949 \u2013 Grand Prairie, Alberta<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-5ad83ab8\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1950s- Bridgetown, Barbados\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Bridgetown-Staff-c1950s_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Bridgetown-Staff-c1950s_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Bridgetown-Staff-c1950s_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1950s- Bridgetown, Barbados<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-a96424b4\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1958 \u2013 RBC Dominion Securities, Toronto, Ontario\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/DS-Head-Office-interior-1958-01-03_19257.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/DS-Head-Office-interior-1958-01-03_19257.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/DS-Head-Office-interior-1958-01-03_19257.jpeg?resize=300,233 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1958 \u2013 RBC Dominion Securities, Toronto, Ontario<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-76c36cf8\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1961 \u2013 St. John\u2019s, Antigua\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/1961-St-Johns-Antigua_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/1961-St-Johns-Antigua_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/1961-St-Johns-Antigua_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1961 \u2013 St. John\u2019s, Antigua<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-09864dd0\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1898 \u2013 Bowling Team, Toronto, Ontario\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Toronto-Bowling-Team_1898_resized.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Toronto-Bowling-Team_1898_resized.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Toronto-Bowling-Team_1898_resized.jpeg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1898 \u2013 Bowling Team, Toronto, Ontario<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-1543f106\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1937 \u2013 Bowling Team, Calgary, Alberta\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/1937-Ladies-Bowling-Team-Calgary-AB_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/1937-Ladies-Bowling-Team-Calgary-AB_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/1937-Ladies-Bowling-Team-Calgary-AB_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1937 \u2013 Bowling Team, Calgary, Alberta<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-9afea2d3\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1946 \u2013 Curling Club\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Royal-Bank-Curling-Club-1946-1947_resized.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Royal-Bank-Curling-Club-1946-1947_resized.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Royal-Bank-Curling-Club-1946-1947_resized.jpeg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1946 \u2013 Curling Club<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-710a0e8a\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1920 \u2013 Hockey Team, Winnipeg, Manitoba\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Hockey-Winnipeg-UBC-Ladies-Team-1920_751_resized.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Hockey-Winnipeg-UBC-Ladies-Team-1920_751_resized.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Hockey-Winnipeg-UBC-Ladies-Team-1920_751_resized.jpeg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1920 \u2013 Hockey Team, Winnipeg, Manitoba<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-image-gallery-single carousel-item\"><button class=\"modal-button modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e_open\" data-dig-id=\"LP-246-40e9ae6e\" data-dig-category=\"LP\" data-dig-action=\"modal open\" action-closed=\"modal open\" action-opened=\"modal close\" data-dig-label=\"1942 \u2013 Softball Team, Nassau, Bahamas\" data-client-id=\"b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/1942-Softball-Team-Nassau-Bahamas_resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/1942-Softball-Team-Nassau-Bahamas_resized.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/1942-Softball-Team-Nassau-Bahamas_resized.jpg?resize=300,236 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4 gallery-title\">1942 \u2013 Softball Team, Nassau, Bahamas<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-0\"><\/p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"modal-b069d2ed-823e-4ef9-949c-9170f8efd18e\" class=\"modal modal-gallery-slider\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"gallery-main-slider\"><div class=\"modal-inner\"><div class=\"carousel-wpr gallery-modal-slider\" role=\"region\" data-infinite-loop=\"false\"><div class=\"carousel-modal-inner\"><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Elmira-1895-7040_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1895 \u2013 Elmira, Ontario<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back disabled\" data-previous=\"\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Arthur-1914_6254_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1914 \u2013 Arthur, Ontario<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"7bf96210-d41c-49ec-a804-debc09821845\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Winnipeg-Main-Valentines-Dance-Feb-1924_2797_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1924 \u2013 Winnipeg, Manitoba<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"97a5ee8f-beff-40af-92b8-0d2b1824a144\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Charlottetown-Main-1928_14810_resized.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1928 \u2013 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"f7b3e0b5-26f1-40e2-9af9-222da9703e78\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Medicine-Hat-1939_21764_resized.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1939 \u2013 Medicine Hat, Alberta<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"014b4efc-80e6-46ea-a79f-39e81e426c76\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Grand-Prairie-1949_12782_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1949 \u2013 Grand Prairie, Alberta<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"18054d80-57dd-44ee-98d8-97bcf2977feb\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Bridgetown-Staff-c1950s_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1950s- Bridgetown, Barbados<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"59332efb-201c-4592-970b-4ba95a081266\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/DS-Head-Office-interior-1958-01-03_19257.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1958 \u2013 RBC Dominion Securities, Toronto, Ontario<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"b8ecbe57-415f-47f7-976e-938cb8b599de\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/1961-St-Johns-Antigua_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1961 \u2013 St. John\u2019s, Antigua<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"67adfda3-07e0-469d-bc49-3f1d41ca6c69\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Toronto-Bowling-Team_1898_resized.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1898 \u2013 Bowling Team, Toronto, Ontario<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"d0bf271b-99aa-44e1-8d2e-0a322da6d917\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/1937-Ladies-Bowling-Team-Calgary-AB_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1937 \u2013 Bowling Team, Calgary, Alberta<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"4374f2d2-7ecd-439a-b4aa-848b9cf82bec\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Royal-Bank-Curling-Club-1946-1947_resized.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1946 \u2013 Curling Club<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"9c7d8925-d450-4174-b2a2-7dad14fdf789\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Hockey-Winnipeg-UBC-Ladies-Team-1920_751_resized.jpeg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div class=\"gallery-details\"><p class=\"mar-b-hlf h4\">1920 \u2013 Hockey Team, Winnipeg, Manitoba<\/p><p class=\"mar-b-none\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"gallery-modal-buttons mar-t\"><ul class=\"horizontal\"><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav back default\" data-previous=\"fc3779a8-e802-49b8-8ce4-5fc8cd217f37\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/li><li class=\"mar-b-qtr\"><button class=\"btn-nav forward default\"><span>Forward<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"carousel-item\"><div class=\"col-wpr\"><div class=\"col-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/1942-Softball-Team-Nassau-Bahamas_resized.jpg\"\/><\/div><div class=\"col-4\"><div 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