Like many of you, we are spending a lot more time on virtual meetings here at the Digitization Centre. For this post, we’ve compiled a bunch of backgrounds from Open Collections that will refresh your space and make your next video call, online lecture, or virtual party more fun.
From the Uno Langmann Family Collection of British Columbia Photographs, we found images that bring the spectacular BC scenery to your home office.
The Lions, [1919]
Suspension Bridge, Capilano Canyon,1917
Sunset, English Bay, Vancouver, B.C., 1927
If you are looking for something artistic, make sure to check out prints from the Chung Collection and Meiji at 150.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company’s Steamship Fleets, [1910]
Mount Eisenhower, [not before 1940]
Tōkyō nishikie seizō no zu, 東京錦繪製造之図, [1877]
The U.B.C. and Vancouver, [between 1940 and 1950?]
Aerial view showing Brockton Point & city, Vancouver, B.C., [not before 1937]
[View of downtown Vancouver B. C.], 1957
Interior of Grouse Mountain Chalet, [between 1920 and 1930?]
Palm Garden, The Empress, Victoria, B.C., [between 1908 and 1910?]
Cabin dining saloon, [Canadian Pacific S.S. Melita], [1918?]
Main Library concourse, 1929
Cows grazing in front of Library, May 31, 1937
This is a composite photograph created from two separate images.
View of Main Library from Koerner Library, 2002
