‘Tis the season to unearth a few Christmas themed gems from our digital collections. Happy Holidays from the digitization team!
From the BC Historical Newspapers Collection, The December 25th 1909 issue of the Fernie District Ledger.
From the Arkley Croquet Collection, “The holiday letter from school” depicts a boy daydreaming in anticipation of the the Christmas holiday. The image is originally from The Graphic Christmas Number, 1889. Note the strange gnomish creature riding a croquet mallet.
From the Chung Collection “Christmas bake: 97lbs. weight” ca. 1927. . The description reads “Baker with a cake in honour of Christmas.”
From the H. Bullock-Webster fonds, “Buying provisions for Xmas” depicts Christmas in British Columbia in 1874. The accompanying text tells an anecdote about “Making the pudding” with the available ingredients including flour, moose suet and dried berries.
