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BC Historical Books
BC Bibliography Metadata Mania
Unlike the majority of the content on the Digitizers’ blog, this post does not involve pretty pictures or interesting nuggets of historical information. Instead, it will cover a very different aspect of the work performed in the Digital Initiatives unit: Metadata. To be more specific, descriptive metadata; less glamorous perhaps than the maps and images […]
Picturesque Victoria, British Columbia
From the book Picturesque Victoria, British Columbia. These photographic souvenir books were popular with tourism and development organizations from the late 19th and in to the 20th century. Have a look at the entire book here. Part of the British Columbia Bibliography project.
All ‘Round the World (1860-1862)
All ‘Round the World is a three account by William Ainsworth of his travels around the world in the early 1860s. Chock-full of beautifully crafted historic engravings of exotic locales like the Ateshgah of Baku and Mt. Etna, we enjoyed this set so much that we decided to do some high quality scans of some of our favorites […]
Invest in Kerrisdale!
This advertisement from a 1910 issue of Opportunities magazine made us all wish we’d been around to take advantage of the deal… The full anthology of Opportunities issues will be available to view in the upcoming BC Bibliography digital collection.
William Fraser Tolmie
A brief (and almost fawning) biography and impressive etching of William Fraser Tolmie from British Columbia Pictoral Biographical printed by the British Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, 1903. In addition to the quality of the etchings, typography and illuminations in this volume, the DI team was struck by this image due to the remarkable likeness Mr. Tolmie bears to our […]
Klondike Gold Rush
Photographs from the Klondyke Souvenir published by H.J. Goetzman in 1901 depicting pioneer life and the Klondike gold rush from the upcoming B.C. Bibliography collection. Images contributed by the University of Northern British Columbia. If you are looking for more related Klondike gold rush resources, please visit this blog post: British Columbia, the Gold Rush and […]
Illustrated Victoria
Illustrations of Victoria BC from Souvenir British Columbia by the Canadian Department of Agriculture, 1885, and Souvenir of British Columbia: Views No. 1, printed by T.N. Hibben & Co., 1880 (respectively). The full volumes and many other illustrated and photographic “souvenirs” of early BC will be featured in the upcoming BC Bibliography digital collection. Both images […]
Vancouver, 1880
Souvenir of British Columbia, No. 1 printed by T.N. Hibben & Co. circa 1880. Look for lots more photographs of historic Vancouver in the upcoming B.C.Bibliography Collection!
