[Postcards Qualicum Tom and St. Paul's Hospital]
- RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1114
- File
- [1907-1917]
Collection of two postcards of Qualicum Tom and his wife in a horse drawn wagon and St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver.
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[Postcards Qualicum Tom and St. Paul's Hospital]
Collection of two postcards of Qualicum Tom and his wife in a horse drawn wagon and St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver.
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An album of photograph reproductions by various photographers, including the Edwards Brothers, detailing life in Vancouver around the turn of the century. Including images of prominent buildings, downtown streets, beaches, and Stanley Park.
Thomson Stationery Co., Ltd.
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The Busy Beaver of the Fraser River, B.C., Our Daily Visitor to Langley, B.C.
Image of the Beaver on the Fraser River. Written on the photograph: E2.
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[Postcards of Aldergrove Hotel and Langley]
Postcards of Hotel Western Home in Aldergrove, and of a street in Langley.
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[Family Photo Album - Vancouver]
An album of photographs from a Vancouver family. Mainly portraits around Vancouver and other parts of British Columbia, as well as a couple from Alaska. Some of the photos have captions written on them, others have very faint pencil inscriptions. There are also two additional images tucked into the front.
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[British Columbia and Alberta Postcards]
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Postcards of BC including the Victory Arch and Stanley Park in Vancouver, shots of the city of Vernon, mines in Nanaimo and military troops.
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An album depicting the building of the Fraser River Bridge (also known as the New Westminster bridge of the Fraser River Swing bridge) at various stages. Includes image of the consulting engineers and contractors for substructure of the bridge. Many of the photos are bent and cracking.
Armstrong, Morrison, and Co.
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A photo album kept by the family of Dr. A.E. Porter of their travels throughout Canada, the United States, and South America. The album is in moderate shape, with a lot of the pages falling apart at the edges. The photos are thoroughly captioned, and there is also a newspaper clipping pasted in the back that details some of Dr. Porter's history.
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An album of photographs by Charles Wesley Mathers depicting life in the Northwest Territories, including the people, the settlements, their boats, tools, etc. The photographs were taken during Mathers's trip to Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories in 1901 and 1902. The album was published by the Albertype Company in 1902.
Mathers, C. W.
A Drive, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.
View of Stanley Park. Postcard is number 440.
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[Travel and Family Photographs]
An album of family and travel photographs; including some of a cruise to Alaska. There are also photos from British Columbia, the Yukon, Alberta, and Ontario, as well as a few from other parts of the United States. The album and the photographs are in fairly good shape.
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Collection of B.C. photographs and postcards (some of which belonged to an Ethel Wallace).
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River Prudent is known as Rivi
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A family album put together by Bob MacLachlan. The family moved from Edinburgh, Scotland to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and then finally to Vancouver, British Columbia. The photos encompass all of these locations. It is predominantly photos of the family, but there are also drawings, cards, and newsclippings, as well as other ephemera pasted in.
MacLachlan, Bob
Souvenir of my Trip Though the Canadian Rockies on the Canadian Pacific Railway
A preprinted album purchased as a souvenir. The inside cover is inscribed: "To Mother + Dad from their every loving son Chas".
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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.
[British Columbia Postcards by the Timms Photographic Co.]
Collection of photograph postcards by the Timms Photographic Co.
Timms, Philip
[William A. Bauer Photo Album]
A photo album of William A. Bauer of Vancouver that documents travels around British Columbia near the beginning of the twentieth century. It includes a number of photos of early Vancouver, many of which document the street on which they were taken, and also a number taken from a bird
Bauer, William A.
[British Columbia postcards - part 3]
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Laura Glenn was a chairman of the Canadian Red Cross Corps in Windsor, Ontario, and also a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. This album covers much of her life, though predominantly between 1940 and 1950 during her time throughout Europe. There are also a number of family photographs from later years. The album has photos glued in and they are almost all captioned and dated, with many personal names and even some addresses of the individuals pictured or where they were taken. There is also an envelope of additional photos and ephemera, these ones focusing more on her personal life and family. It includes birth announcements, Christmas cards, etc. The album and photos are in quite good shape, though the pages are brittle paper and many have been torn.
Glenn, Laura E.
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.
[Postcards of British Columbia and United States]
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A photo album documenting the world travels of a Canadian family. They appear to have spent time living in Ontario as well as British Columbia, and travelled extensively. The photos are well captioned and dated, and often include individual names. The album and photos are still in generally good shape.
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A photo album with hand-written notes documenting the life and travel of Maud Bauer of Vancouver; in particular a trip with her Mother in 1903. The photos, housed in a small notebook, are well-preserved and almost all have captions including personal names, and city populations. See also UL_1015 for photos and diary of her husband William A. Bauer concerning a trip he took to Malaysia and Singapore.
Bauer, Maud
A Visit to British Columbia 1898
An album of photographs from a trip to British Columbia (plus Spokane, Washington), by a man identified only as F.L.M., accompanied by at least two others (McMillan and English). The images depict a number of cities as well as landscapes and some mining and manufacturing facilities. It is a pre-printed album made by Kodak, though the original housing mechanisms appear to be missing and the photos are glued to the page. Some pages are blank, but it does not appear that photos have been removed; though three sheets have been cut out from the back.
F.L.M
[En Route to the Klondike 1898-1901]
An album of photos en route to the Klondike, including one image of a weather map. The binding is almost entirely gone, but the photos are still in fairly good shape.
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A photo album, with a few loose images tucked in, believed to be kept by a sailor in the navy, likely stationed in Comox or Esquimalt, British Columbia. It includes a number of images from around the world including many of ships and navy crew. Also a few images of an apparent train journey in the Canadian Rockies. Some of the locations are unknown. The album is missing its back cover and only small portions are still bound together at the spine.
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En Route to the Klondike: Chilkoot Pass and Skaguay Trail
A book about the journey on the Chilkoot Pass and Skaguay Trail, with photographs by Frank La Roche. Includes descriptions of the trip and a hand-drawn map.
La Roche, Frank
[British Columbia postcards - part 4]
[Photos of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, California, and New York]
An album of photographs by different photographers from throughout Canada and the United States. Likely an album compiled by an individual documenting their travels. Housed in a red souvenir album, the photos and book are still in fairly good, though varying, condition. There are four loose images tucked in the front that are described as being “Collodion Silver Emulsion (printing out paper) toned with gold and platinum”.
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[Early British Columbia Photographs]
An album of photographs, plus some loose images, focused on early British Columbian life taken throughout the province. The album is badly damaged and the spine is virtually non-existent; though some photos are faded, many are still remarkably vibrant.
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[Family Album of BC and Europe]
An album from an unknown family living in British Columbia, consisting mainly of family photos throughout BC, as well as a few purchased souvenir photographs from Europe. Many of the photos are captioned and/or dated, and they are not in specific chronological order. The photos are glued into the album, and many are fading badly. The orientation of the album switches after the first few pages, and the rest of the images are upside down.
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[British Columbia postcards - part 1]
Souvenir - Atlin-Quesnelle Telegraph Line P.W.D.
Album documenting the construction of the Atlin-Quesnelle Telegraph Line. Photographs were taken throughout that area of B.C. by Lance Burdon. Housed in a long album bound with string, still in good condition.
Burdon, Lance
[Canada and United States Travel Album]
An album of what appears to a trip taken by "A.H. Starkey, Miss Starkey, and Miss A.M. Cory" of England, throughout North America by rail in 1894. The first mounted photograph is captioned with a newspaper clipping about them being visitors to the city. The album contains photographs, from various photographers, adhered to the page as well as nine loose images in the front, and a small selection of menus and other textual material. The album and the images are in very good condition.
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An album of photographs taken by an unknown photographer, believed to be of their family and travels. Also included are some additional photographs, postcards, and a typed text of a speech on the subject of female suffrage that was delivered in Seattle. The location where most of the photographs were taken is unknown, but appear to be throughout the United States and Canada, with a few depicting Quesnel, British Columbia, which may have been home to the family. The slim album and the photographs are in good condition.
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An album of photographs taken by an English visitor mostly of various places and views throughout Vancouver, plus a few of Niagara Falls. The album has been disassembled and is housed in a box. There are 67 original albumen prints in plastic sleeves, with silver gelatin copies and their negatives attached to each one. There are also seven modern reproductions.
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[Postcards and photographs from around the world - part 3]
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Photographs North America 1888
An album of photographs from throughout the United States and Canada, by various photographers, in 1888. Predominantly of cities. Housed in a large heavy book with the photographs glued to the page.
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