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Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung collection
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Early British Columbia and Canadian History

Series consists of records that trace the history of the province of British Columbia from the early voyages of discovery made by European explorers through the recent past. The historical documents, photographs, books, maps, pamphlets, and other records in this series illustrate British Columbia's political, social, and cultural history. The scope of these documents includes everything from 18th-century exploration manuscripts to archival records related to the explosion of the S.S. Greenhill Park in the Port of Vancouver in 1945 to tourism brochures from the 1950s and 60s.

This series has been arranged into two subseries: Early British Columbia History, which includes the Pacific Northwest, parts of the western United States, and Canada’s northern Territories, and Early Canadian History.

Early British Columbia History

Subseries consists of records related to the early history of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. These records pertain to a great many areas of British Columbia history and highlight the development of the province, including voyages of discovery and exploration in the Pacific Northwest, the fur trade (including records from the Hudson's Bay Company), British Columbia geography such as the mapping and navigation of rivers and mountains, British Columbia flora and fauna, and the development of communities and regions around British Columbia including the social, cultural, and economic history of major centres such as Victoria and Vancouver.

These records include published monographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, cards, serials, correspondence, maps and maritime charts, technical drawings, journals and diaries, newspaper clippings, broadsides, scrapbooks, photographs, engraving plates, certificates, stamps, and ephemera such as calendars, menus, invitations, and receipts.

This subseries includes a number of rare items, such as "Order in council constituting the Supreme Court of Civil Justice of Vancouver Island" (1858) which is thought to be the first book published in B.C. or "The Frazer River Thermometer: Great Gold Discoveries of 1858” which provides a very rare example of a San Francisco broadside advertising the Fraser River gold rush.

[Engine attendant Harry Hing]

British Columbia civil defense team. Harry Hing attends to a Bickle-Seagrave 150 gallon pumping unit mounted on an automobile chassis, effectively converting it into a fire truck. Photograph produced by Steffens-Colmer.

Steffens-Colmer Photo Co.

Electrical News and Enginerring

Vol. 51. No. 12. A magazine with a focus on civilian conservation of commodities, such as rubber and steel, during war times. Original subscription of the magazine was made by Leslie Nielsen from Calgary.

Electrical News and Engineering

[Improvized fire-fighting unit]

British Columbia civil defense team. Self-contained fire-fighting unit constructed by stakeholders in Oak Bay. The makeshift unit is made up of Wajax pump mounted on the side of a truck, and a Bickle 150 gallon pump fixed to the rear. Photograph produced by Steffens-Colmer.

Steffens-Colmer Photo Co.

[Rescue drill]

British Columbia civil defense team. During a drill, a rescue squad assists a casualty from the roof of a building. Photograph produced by Steffens-Colmer.

Steffens-Colmer Photo Co.

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