- RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1018-UL_1018_0011
- Item
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
View of a railroad track with the forests that run along it on fire. Possibly near River Jordan, B.C.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
View of a railroad track with the forests that run along it on fire. Possibly near River Jordan, B.C.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
View of railroad tracks being constructed. In the photograph, labourers are digging out a hillside so that the tracks can go through.
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View of railroad tracks being constructed. In the photograph, labourers are digging out a hillside so that the tracks can go through.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
View of a First Nations village along the coast.
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View of a group of men posing with guns and a porcupine they presumably shot.
Trueman and Caple
[Family posing in front of house]
Caple, Norman
[Group of First Nations people]
A stereographic photo of a group of First Nations people. Totem poles can be seen in the background of the photograph. Possibly taken on Vancouver Island.
Maynard, Richard
[Charles Gentile Early Britisch Columbia Photos]
A series of images around British Columbia in the late 19th Century, many of them taken by Carlo (Charles) Gentile, and the rest by an unknown photographer, with the latter focused predominantly on the railroad. The photos are now housed individually in envelopes, and are still in good shape.
Gentile, Carlo, 1835-1893
Likely taken in the vicinity of the Cariboo Wagon Road.
Gentile, Carlo, 1835-1893
[View of buildings at lakeside]
Possibly taken in the Cariboo or Central Coast region.
Gentile, Carlo, 1835-1893
[View of men with horses and cattle along riverbank]
Gentile, Carlo, 1835-1893
[View of people in front of building and garden site]
View of people seated in front of building with what appears to be a small agricultural site. Includes people of Chinese and First Nations descent. Photographer is possibly Carlo Gentile. Likely taken in interior of British Columbia.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[View of men with handcar atop trestle bridge]
Likely over the Fraser River Canyon
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[View of men on railroad trestle bridge]
Likely in the region of the Fraser River Canyon
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[View of railroad along river canyon]
Likely depicts the Fraser River.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Portrait of man standing on railroad in front of tunnel]
Likely in the region of the Fraser River Canyon.
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[View of railroad along river canyon]
Likely depicts the Fraser River.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Likely in the region of the Fraser River Canyon.
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[View of river with roads alongside]
Likely depicts the Fraser River.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[View of river with road or railroad along right bank]
May depict the Fraser River.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
May depict the Fraser River.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
May depict the Fraser River.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[View of train and handcar atop trestle bridge]
May be in the region of the Fraser River.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[View of small town alongside riverbank]
May be in the region of the Fraser River.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[View of river with dwelling above left bank]
May depict the Fraser River.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[View of men standing on railroad with tunnel]
May be in the region of the Fraser River.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[View of log cabin on river canyon]
May depict the Fraser River.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Photographs from British Columbia and New York]
A collection of photographs that depict scenes from around British Columbia and Rochester, New York. There are a couple photographs from the Yukon and Washington state.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Postcard numbered 1560.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
B.C. Electric Rly. Co. Observation Car, Vancouver, 1930, "Teddy" Lyons, Conductor
Bullen, Harry Elder
[Aerial photograph of Vancouver]
Allen, George
View of a railroad bridge. Exact location unknown.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
The Vanishing Race, The Long Headed Indian of the West Coast of BC
An album of photographs believed to be in British Columbia, including landscape images as well as a number of portraits of Aboriginal peoples, many hand-coloured. Only the photos on the right-hand pages are signed by Ben William Leeson (as B.W. Leeson). It is possible that an unknown individual added their snapshots on the facing pages to a book of Lesson images.
Leeson, B.W.
Leeson, Ben William
Specific inlet name and location unknown.
Leeson, Ben William
View of an unidentified coastline.
Leeson, Ben William
Three men standing on a large cut log.
Leeson, Ben William
Leeson, Ben William
View of an unidentified coastline.
Leeson, Ben William
View of an unidentified coastline.
Leeson, Ben William
View of an unidentified body of water and mountains.
Leeson, Ben William
View of an unidentified coastline.
Leeson, Ben William
West Coast Natives, village and dance party
Image of a group of First Nations people standing in a group with view of the village behind them. The group is most likely of one of the sub-groups of the Quatsino First Nation.
Leeson, Ben William
View of an unidentified coastline.
Leeson, Ben William
View of an unidentified steamship.
Leeson, Ben William
Image of a ship at Hastings Mill being loaded with lumber.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[First Nations men paddling canoe]
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Caption on the back of the photo reads, "Brailing salmon out by steam."
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Barkerville & BC Photographs]
Album likely assembled at a later date by a dealer, however many are related to Barkerville, British Columbia, and a fire that destroyed the town in September of 1868. There are also other assorted images including portraits of prominent British Columbians such as James Douglas, and scenes in other small towns throughout the province. Most of the photographs are reproductions from images at the B.C. Provincial Archives and date from 1857 to 1930.
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