Logos & Heralds

1st DAR Herald ~1895 - ~1919

It is unknown what the origin of this logo is although the most likely source is the front numberplates of locomotives that were circular with a crown on top of the circle on the outside up to No 31. Hopefully one day we'll get a sharp enough image to also read what was written around the inside of the circle on the numberplates.

There appears to also have been more than one version of the circular herald as well. As you can see from the photo below taken on the poop deck of one of the DAR's ships, this version has a single coat of arms in the centre differing from the 2 coats of arms in the centre found in publications at that time.

Perhaps as more images come to light we will be able to better discern what each version's time period and use was.

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  A D.A.R. Steamship Lines broach estimated to be 1895 - 1912.

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  The Captain and his officers on what could be the fan tail of the SS Prince Rupert.

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  Letter Head from 1912

2nd DAR (Evangeline) Herald ~1919 - ~1937

Replacing the more traditional British coat of arms style, this logo capitalized on the railway's successful marketing of Evangeline. A simplified version soon showed up only a few years later on the tenders of locomotives extending the Evangeline imagery to the railway's rolling stock.

3rd DAR (Evangeline) Herald ~1937 - ~1967

The third Dominion Atlantic herald observed is present in publications, stationary and timetables starting in the mid-nineteen thirties. An obvious progression of the popular tender herald, it became the imagery that defined the Evangeline line to generations of travellers.

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  A ticket for the Kipawo ferry with 1st Evangeline Herald from 1938.

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  Letter Head from 1938

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  Claim sheet with 1st Evangeline Herald thought to be from 1946.

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  Claim sheet with 1st Evangeline Herald thought to be from 1947.

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  The first page of Mrs. Fenwick's Itinerary from 1956 showing the 1st Evangeline Herald.

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  A 1967 Passenger Schedule with 1st Evangeline Herald.

4th DAR (Evangeline) Herald ~1937 - ~1946

The fourth and alternative Dominion Atlantic herald observed only on promotional publications started in the mid-nineteen thirties. It was a more detailed logo that did not seem to find a place, except for a few promotional booklets, on the tenders and stationary of the railway. A colourized version by this website, taken from the 1936 brochure, is our choice for the DAR DPI site logo.

Tender and Rolling Stock DAR (Evangeline) Herald ~1927 - 1959

Interestingly enough, tender and rolling stock heralds were unique to themselves. The heralds were not apparently used on anything else yet their lineage from the second DAR corporate herald is obvious.

First appearing sometime around between 1924 and 1927 (No. 45 (as so far observed) the herald was used through to the end of steam in 1959 on select tenders and rolling stock. Some minor variations have been observed throughout the years and as our herald photo collection grows we may be able to better identify what those differences were and what years they spanned. Passenger car use of the Evangeline herald in also covered in more detail in the colours section.

It is also known that for some period of time, Evangeline always faced forward. This would mean of course that the outer circle and lettering reamined the same but the centre Evangeline would be mirror images of each other from side to side.

Gallery

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  Pontgravé, locomotive No. 25 after 1923.

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  No. 26 "Kent" June 18, 1936 at Kentville

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  Herald used on the business car Nova Scotia in August 1949.

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  Inspection car M-107, a 1938 MacLaughlin Buick Limosine, beside the roundhouse in Kentville on July 3, 1954.

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  Tender from No. 2551.

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  Tender herald from No. 1046 on August 27, 1956.