- RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1624_03-UL_1624_03_0253
- Item
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
View of the palm garden in the Empress Hotel (now known as a the Fairmount Empress Hotel).
Trio Photograph & Supply Co.
View of the palm garden in the Empress Hotel (now known as a the Fairmount Empress Hotel).
Trio Photograph & Supply Co.
Papers and vouchers belonging to the schooner "Favourite"…
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains documents relating to the schooner "Favourite," also called "Favorite." Documents include statements and declarations by Spring regarding "Favourite;" insurance policy; vouchers for expenses incurred by "Favourite;" account and expense sheets, including list of improvements and repairs, provisions purchased, and wages earned; claim to Pelagic Sealing Commission; statement from captain Amos Ellis; and other documents.
Papers and vouchers belonging to the schooner "Kate"…
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains documents relating to the schooner "Kate." Documents include exhibits to support claim of losses; account and expense sheets, including vessel inventories and lists of repairs and improvements; vouchers for expenses incurred by "Kate;" statements and declarations by Spring regarding "Kate;" insurance policy; related correspondence, a copy of the warning letter from H.M.S. "Daphne" against entering Bering Sea; claim to Pelagic Sealing Commission.
Image may be from one of the Duke of Connaught's visits to Victoria.
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Image may be from one of the Duke of Connaught's visits to Victoria.
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Parliament Buildings - Victoria, B.C.
Timms, Philip Thomas
Parliament Buildings - Victoria, B.C.
View of Parliament buildings along the water. [same image as UL_1626_3_68]
Timms, Philip Thomas
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
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Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
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Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
Postcard number 106,903.
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Petition to Canadian House of Commons
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
The file contains three copies of a 1914 petition prepared by Spring and brought forth by owners and masters of sealing vessels during the 1892 season. The petition requests an enlargement of the scope of the Pelagic Sealing Commission to include their claims for compensation. One of the copies is signed and two are unsigned. The petition is addressed to the House of Commons of Canada.
Reproductions of photos by a variety of photographers depicting Victoria and its environs around the turn of the century. The pages of the album are wearing badly at the edges, but the images are still in good condition.
T.N. Hibben & Co.
Gowen & Sutton Co. Ltd.
Gowen & Sutton Co. Ltd.
Portrait Gallery, Parliament Buildings
Postcard is number 108.
Timms, Philip
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Two of the men in the group are identified in the album as J.D. Irvine and Quigley. The two other people in the photograph are unidentified.
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View of the Post Office, which also served as a Dominion Land Office
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Property loss declaration drafts
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains draft declarations by Charles Spring regarding loss of property. Declarations cover losses of City of Victoria lots, a residence on Kingston Street, stores in Ucluelet and Hesquot [sic], and the sloop "Annie."
Provincial Government Buildings, Victoria B.C.
Henderson, H. S.
Provincial Parliament Buildings of British Columbia
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Provincial Parliament Buildings. Victoria, B.C.
Clarke, C. E.
View of students at Queen's Academy, an independent school that operated in Victoria from 1904 to 1910.
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Re: memorial respecting the seizure of S.S. "Coquitlam"…
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains declarations of eight individuals or organizations regarding compensation owed following the seizure of the steamer "Coquitlam" by the U.S. revenue cutter "Corwin" in 1892. Declarations request compensation for losses of seal skins, good shipped, legal fees, etc. Claimants include Cereno J. Kelley.
Residence of Judge Gray, Victoria
View of the residence of John Hamilton Gray. He is pictured in the photograph (standing on the bottom step) with others outside of his house.
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Residence of Sir James Douglas
Photograph is a reproduction of a photograph originally taken around 1870. The stamp on the back of the photograph indicates it was most likely copied from the B.C. Provincial Archives.
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Crowds stand around in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.
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Schooner "Henrietta" documents
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains documents relating to the schooner "Henrietta." Documents include accounts and expense sheets, including an accounting of expenses to outfit the vessel, lists of improvements and repairs, and payments to crew; promissory notes / receipts for advances to the crew.
Schooner "Kate" log for 1890-1-2
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains a log of the number of seal skins taken, crew names, positions, conditions, provisions used, etc. on board "Kate" on sealing trips between March 1890 and July 1892. The log also includes financial transactions against the ship's accounts.
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
Log by commander A. J. Taylor contains entries on conditions, location, and activities of the crew on "Kate" from March 5, 1892 to August 4, 1892. The June 21 entry notes the arrival of H.M.S. "Daphne." The log also contains a list of crew and provisions taken on board.
Schooner "Lilly" notes of credit and receipts
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains notes of credit for expenses to be charged to schooner "Lily," also called "Lilly," as well as receipts of funds received by "Lilly."
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains documents relating to the schooner "Winifred," also called "Winnifred." Documents include typed copies of the title, statements of the captain and a crew member, and notice of vessel detainment; draft declaration by Charles Spring regarding "Winnifred;" documents related to the Bering Sea Claims Commission claims; bill of sale for shares of "Winifred" to Spring; repair and improvement receipts; transcript of the record and proceedings of the United States court case against "Winifred;" and other documents.
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains journal of "Winifred" account transactions from February 1891 through March 1892. Journal also contains multiplication exercises in pencil.
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains ledger, with index, of accounts related to "Winifred" from 1891 to 1892. Includes payments to persons and businesses from "Winifred" account.
Part of Charles E. Spring fonds
File contains handwritten copies of the oath sworn by those giving evidence to Pelagic Sealing Commission in English, Nootka, and Chinook Jargon, as well as a note regarding the meaning of the word "Nootka."
Sealing schooners in Victoria Harbour
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