- RBSC-ARC-1804-UL_1618
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- [1920?]
A family photo album, possibly from a Vancouver family, with an emphasis on the children and the dogs. The photos and the album are still in fairly good shape.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
A family photo album, possibly from a Vancouver family, with an emphasis on the children and the dogs. The photos and the album are still in fairly good shape.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Edith Thompson's Photo Album]
A family and travel photo album believed to be kept by Edith E. Thompson. It depicts travels throughout Canada, particularly in the Rockies, as well as Europe (the United Kingdom, Belgium, and France), and Alaska. The album and photos are still in fairly good shape; though one page has a quarter of the page cut away.
Thompson, Edith E.
[Possible Murray Family Photo Album]
An album of predominantly landscape photographs from throughout British Columbia, as well as a few in Vancouver, including some of ships in the harbour. In the back after a number of blank pages are also some family snapshots. Many of the photos are captioned in fading pencil. The album may have belonged to a member of Kathleen Murray's family.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
A photo album from a British Columbian woman known only as K.B.S. Predominantly family snapshots, as well as photos of travels throughout British Columbia, including Salt Spring Island, Shawnigan Lake, and Victoria. The cover of the leather album is adorned with an image of an Aboriginal chief and a simple landscape. Photos and album are still in good condition. The first large number of images are captioned, but towards the end most are not.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Kathleen Murray's Photo Album #1]
An album by Kathleen Murray of Vancouver consisting predominantly of photos of her friends and family. Almost all of the photos are captioned and dated.
Murray, Kathleen
[Sunnyside Cannery Skeena River]
Photographs of the Sunnyside and other Canneries, as well as boats out fishing, fish being processed, and general views out on the water.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
A report about the Northwest Territories and the Yukon prepared by Major L.T. Burwash (L.T. standing for Lachlin Taylor, variously spelled Lachan and Lachlan). There are 142 typed pages plus appendices, photos, and maps. The photographs depict the local people and their practices, as well as some of Burwash, and the landscape. There is also a snapshot, a note about the book from a bookseller, a map of his travels, a pamphlet for the Northwest Territories 1933, and an obituary from the New York Times, tucked into the front. The book, text, and photographs, are all in very good condition.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
An album containing photographs of mining settlements and workers in and around Alice Lake B.C. Many signed by B.W. Leeson, but there are also a few are unsigned. The album itself is stamped E.L. Sullivan on the front cover, and has a plastic coil binding; the photographs are glued to the page.
Leeson, B.W.
Frank, Leonard
A family album that comes from the estate of one Mr. Abramson, a former Consul General of the United States to Canada. The photos are from throughout British Columbia and California, in Kelowna in particular. Most of the images are captioned, but many are too faded to be fully legible. There is some significant damage to the album and some of the photographs. One negative is also tucked into the album.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
An album of photographs and postcards of Istanbul (referred to as Stamboul or Constantinople throughout). Most of the images include type-written captions. The album comes from the estate of one Mr. Abramson, a former Consul General of the United States to Canada, and it is possible that he is the creator. A second album of Istanbul photos, also from Abramson's estate, is dated 1928, and is believed to be from the same trip (see UL_1293/1734 #4). The album, photos, and captions are all in good shape.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Vancouver Harbour Commissioners Subway
An album of photographs depicting the construction of a train tunnel in North Vancouver in 1928, as well as what seems to be the grand opening. It also includes some plans for the route and a drawing of a streetcar. The names Frith, H.W. (Chief Engineer) & Anderson, F.W. (Resident Engineer) appear on the cover.
Frith, H.W.
[Vancouver Family Photo Album]
An album of a Vancouver family, documenting their travels throughout B.C. and the United States as well as life in Vancouver, including the royal visit of 1939. The pages are beginning to tear out of the album, but the photos are still in relatively good shape (with some fading).
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Photo Album of Unknown Family]
An album of photographs from an unknown family. A few of the photos are identifiably in British Columbia or Alberta, but the location of the rest are unknown. It also includes a poem cut out of a magazine, "Be Here for Me" by Bonnie E. Parker (likely Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde fame).
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Note about report by Major L.T. Burwash]
Note by an unknown author and recipient. It reads: "I find that the library of our department has 3 copies of this most interesting report by Major Burwash and there is also a copy in the National Archives, Geological Survey Museum, and RCMP libraries. Ottawa is therefore provided. It seems to me that other research libraries such as the University of Toronto would wish to have a copy, perhaps Prof. Carpenter. Our librarian was unable to suggest a price as he calls it a 'collection item'."
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Vancouver: The Golden City of the West - Jubilee Year 1936
A book about Vancouver, designed as a souvenir and an “example of the art of printing”. This volume is labelled book 321 out of a presumably limited number. There is a short introduction, and then there are the large photographs from throughout Greater Vancouver with captions.
Publisher - Vancouver : Lumberman Printing Company Limited and Leonard Frank
Frank, Leonard
Construction of Big Bend Highway (West Leg)
The album documents the construction of the so-called ‘Big Bend’ Highway (West Leg) north of Revelstoke, B.C., now a part of Highway 23, between 1934 and 1936. The photos consist of scenery along the way, work being completed, machinery, bridges, landslides, workers camps, and photos of F.W. Anderson and other workers, as well as photos of two separate car accidents, and of a ‘snow slide’ at Clanwilliam Camp, and of the ‘West Coast Trail’ on Vancouver Island. After the bulk of the photos there is a blank page and then a new grouping of images with a title page that reads: “Odd Snaps Collected by F.W.A. While Foreman & Asst. Engr. Group F. D.N.D.-U.E.R. Big Bend Highway Group H.Q. at Revelstoke B.C. Sept 20/34 to Mar 20/35”.
Anderson, F.W.
A personal photo album kept by Clara and/or Kitty Wilson of Vancouver. Mainly portraits of the two sisters and their friends and family, plus some shots in and around Vancouver and British Columbia, including photographs of the Vancouver Pier 'D' Fire of 1938. Very few of the images are captioned. There are also a couple of postcards, and at least one negative included. The album and photographs are in great shape. See also UL_1591 for an album of Clara and Kitty's cycling trips, a few of whose photos are repeated here.
Wilson, Clara
[Ten Annual Cycling Trips, 1938-1947]
Photo album documenting sisters Clara and Kitty Wilson’s ten annual cycling trips taken throughout British Columbia in July and/or August of 1938 through 1947. The first seven trips were on Vancouver Island, the eighth in the Okanagan, and the ninth and tenth in the Cariboo region. The photos are thoroughly captioned and still in good shape. Also included are the letters and postcards they sent home during the trips (half of each card written by each sister), as well as newspaper clippings, business cards, a menu from BC Coast Steamships, a telegram, and a negative. There are also 25 hand-drawn cartoons highlighting some of their adventures. They nicknamed their bikes Rastus and Ginger, and also use a variety of pet names when signing their letters and referring to family members. The album is in decent shape though the pages are flaking at the edges. See also UL_1596 for a family photo album kept by the sisters.
Wilson, Clara
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Album of personal photographs of a woman presumably from Regina, Saskatchewan, which depicts her travels in British Columbia (including the Harrison Hot Springs, Victoria, and Vancouver) and Alberta with some friends.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Album of personal photographs documenting a family trip to Texas. On the cover is a colour image of oxen pulling a cart, with the pre-printed title "Our Trip". In the inside front cover is hand-written "My trip, with brother Ernest & Marion and Patsy. July & Aug. 1953, to Texas". The leather album is still in good shape, though some of the photos are fading and warping.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Construction of the Trans Canada Pipe Lines]
Album documenting the construction of the Trans Canada Pine Lines by the company Poole-Pritchard and the Imperial Esso Refinery. Includes a newsletter from FPE Pioneer Electric Limited tucked in the back.
[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.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
View of the S.S. Baychimo, which was used by the Hudson's Bay Company to trade provisions for fur pelts with the Inuit people.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
View of ships and drying racks along the coastline.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
View of an Inuit house with a man standing outside of it.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Image of an Inuit man.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Image of an Inuit woman.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Image of an Inuit woman.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
View of the Hudson's Bay Company's post on the Kent Peninsula.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
View of a Hudson's Bay Company ship.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Ooja and Keegapoo making a fire, Cambridge Bay
Image of two Inuit men named Keegapoo and Ooja.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Keegapoo spearing fish, Cambridge Bay
Image of an Inuit man named Keegapoo spearing a fish.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Netselingmeut visitors, Cambridge Bay
Image of a group of Inuit men.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
H.B.C. House, King William Island, Sept. 5th, 1925
View of a house owned by the Hudson's Bay Company on King William Island.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
H.B.C. House shown above, Jan. 1st, 1926
View of a house owned by the Hudson's Bay Company on King William Island. The house is completely covered in snow and the only part that can be seen is the chimney pipe. The photograph above it in the book shows what the house looked like before it snowed.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
"Mounga" Netselingmeut, King William Island
Image of an Inuit woman named Mounga.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Crew of the H.B.C. Schooner "Fort MacPherson", King William Island, Oct. 1925
Image of a ship crew.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Netselingmeut men, King William Island
Image of an Inuit man.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Scenes at the sealing camp on the ice, 30 miles offshore
Image of an igloo that was used by seal hunters.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Crossing Boothia Peninsula, April 1926
Image of people walking with a sled dog team.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
On Lake Simpson, Boothia Peninsula, April 1925
Image of people and sled dogs resting.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Held in the flow, Roes Welcome, "Chester" looking for a lead
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Native crew of boat Roes Welcome, June 1926
Image of a group of Inuit men.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Chesterfield Inlet mother and child
Image of an Inuit woman and her child.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Akovoligjuak woman, Pelly Bay, "Akkoa"
Image of an Inuit woman named Akkoa or Ak-ko-a.
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
Wild flowers, Chesterfield Inlet
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor