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  • Victoria illustrated: containing a general description of the Province of British Columbia, and a review of the resources, terminal advantages, general industries and climate of Victoria, the "Queen City", and its tributary country.

    Alternative Title:
    Victoria the Queen City
    Subject:
    City and town life, Tourism, History, Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, and Commerce
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Publisher:
    Ellis, "The Colonist"; Published under the auspices of the Corporation of the City of Victoria
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1891
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: FC3846.3 V53 (Special Collections)
    Extent:
    96 pages, illustrations ; 23 x 30 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates:
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books
    Date Digitized:
    2008-01-14/2008-01-18
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi tif, Epson GT-15000 scanner, scanned by CDW, ocr transcript by CDW and KM. Metadata by KD.

  • Picturesque Victoria, British Columbia

    Alternative Title:
    Picturesque Victoria. B.C.
    Subject:
    History, Tourism--Marketing, and Cities and towns
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Publisher:
    T.N. Hibben & Co.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1907?
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: FC3846.37 P53 (Special Collections)
    Extent:
    28 pages ; 30.5 x 24 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates:
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    pamphlets and books
    Date Digitized:
    2008-01-23
    Technical Note:
    300 dpi tif, scanned by KSW, edited by CDW. Metadata by KD.

  • Victoria British Columbia Past and Present

    Alternative Title:
    Victoria, past and present : something about the advantages which the city offers, viewed from business, residential and tourist standpoints
    Subject:
    City and town life, Tourism--Marketing, History, Voyages and travels, and Cities and towns
    Creator:
    British Columbia Board of Trade
    Contributor:
    Publisher:
    British Columbia Board of Trade
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1901?
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Identifier:
    Call Number: FC3846.4 V57 (Special Collections)
    Extent:
    29 pages ; 15.5 x 23 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates:
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books and pamphlets
    Date Digitized:
    2008-01-23
    Technical Note:
    300 dpi tif, scanned by KSW, edited by CDW. Metadata by GF and KD.

  • Victoria, the capital city of British Columbia

    Subject:
    Historic buildings, History, and Cities and towns
    Creator:
    Contributor:
    Clarke, C.E., Empress Hotel (Victoria, B.C.), and Fleming Bros.
    Publisher:
    W. J. CLUBB, Winnipeg and Victoria
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1910?
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Still Image
    Identifier:
    Call Number: FC3846.67 V55 (Special Collections)
    Extent:
    19 leaves ; 16 x 21 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    British Columbia--Victoria and Washington (State)--Olympic Mountains
    Coordinates:
    47.87203, -123.66797 and 48.4359, -123.35155
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books, printed ephemera, and pamphlets
    Date Digitized:
    2008-01-23
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi tif, Plustek OptiBook 3600 scanner, scanned by KSW, edited by CDW, transcript by CDW. Metadata by KD.

  • Some reminiscences of old Victoria

    Subject:
    History, Local history, Cities and towns, City and town life, and Voyages and travels
    Creator:
    Fawcett, Edgar, 1847-1904
    Contributor:
    Publisher:
    W. Briggs, Toronto
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1912
    Rights Statement:
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: FC3846.4 F38 c.2
    Extent:
    294 pages ; 13 x 19 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates:
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    21 plates.
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    reminiscences and books
    Date Digitized:
    2008-01-14/2008-01-15
    Technical Note:
    300 dpi tif, Plustek OptiBook 3600 scanner, scanned by KSW. Metadata by KD.

  • The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors, as also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse

    Alternative Title:
    The survey of London : contayning the orignall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe : with a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious uses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benef...
    Subject:
    History, Early works, Social conditions, Cities and towns, Antiquities, Historic buildings, Architecture, Travel, Manners and customs, and Buildings
    Creator:
    Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, and Stow, John, 1525?-1605
    Contributor:
    Dyson, Humphrey, -1633, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, and Bourne, Nicholas, -1660
    Publisher:
    London : Printed by Elizabeth Purslowe, and are to be sold by Nicholas Bourne, at his shop at the south entrance of the Royall Exchange, 1633.
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1633
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    Call Number: DA680 S87 1633
    Extent:
    8 unnumbered pages, 939 [that is 943], 29 unnumbered pages : coats of arms; 35 cm (folio)
    Edition:
    [Fourth]
    Geographic Coverage:
    England--London
    Coordinates:
    51.50853, -0.12574
    Chronological Coverage:
    16xx/17xx
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    The words "survey" and "London" in the title are xylographic; Leaf A1v bears the arms of London; Paging irregular; no. 527-534 repeated, no. 653-654 and 771-772 omitted; Text and register appear cont...
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    Early Printed Books Collection
    Provenance:
    Gift of Janelle Jenstad (2014).
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books
    Is Referenced By:
    Indexed in: ESTC, S117597; STC (2nd ed.), 23345
    Date Digitized:
    2013-05-03/2013-05-14
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Plustek by SC and KM. Metadata by JTP and KD.

  • Picturesque Victoria, British Columbia

    Alternative Title:
    Picturesque Victoria, B.C.
    Subject:
    Cities and towns, City and town life, Landscapes, and Pictorial works
    Publisher:
    T. N. Hibben & Co.
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1908?
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    GVPL Call Number: 917.11 PIC
    Extent:
    24 leaves (some folded) ; 20 x 28 cm.
    Geographic Coverage:
    British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates:
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Physical Repository:
    Greater Victoria Public Library
    Collection:
    Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
    Provenance:
    Greater Victoria Public Library
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    depictions (visual works) and books
    Date Digitized:
    2014-02-28
    Technical Note:
    Technical metadata provided by JF, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
    Keyword in Context:
    Transcript available
    ~· .~ . : ~ PUBLISHED BY 1 1 ~ · (~ T. N. HIBBEN & CO., VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. ~) ~ -----------~1 ~ ~ Kif ""@./( ~ . CTORIA B.C. JUA DE FUCA STRAITS, FRO 1 VICTORIA. B.C -.: PROVL CIAL PARLIA 1E T BUILDl i' GS. VICTORIA. B.C. ...

  • Report of Dr. Adam Shortt, investigating the financial condition of the City of Victoria, B. C.

    Alternative Title:
    Report on the civic finances of the City of Victoria, B. C.; Financial conditions of the City of Victoria, B. C.
    Subject:
    Municipal finance, Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Economic conditions, Finance, and Finance, Public
    Creator:
    Shortt, Adam, 1859-1931
    Publisher:
    Victoria Printing & Publishing Co.
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    1922
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Identifier:
    GVPL Call Number: 352.1 SHO
    Extent:
    60 p. ; 22 cm.
    Geographic Coverage:
    British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates:
    48.4359, -123.35155
    Additional Physical Characteristics:
    Correction to p. 52, inserted at title page.
    Physical Repository:
    Greater Victoria Public Library
    Collection:
    Greater Victoria Public Library Local History Collection
    Provenance:
    Greater Victoria Public Library
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    investigation, books, and reports
    Date Digitized:
    2014-02-28
    Technical Note:
    Technical metadata provided by JF, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.

  • Diary of Francis Dickens

    Alternative Title:
    Bulletin of the Departments of History and Political and Economic Science in Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada ; no. 59.
    Subject:
    Historic sites, Cities and towns, Indians of North America--Government relations, Autobiography, Dickens, Francis, 1844-1886, North West Mounted Police (Canada), Battles, Mounted police, Trading posts, Indians of North America--Social life and customs, History, Manners and customs, and Indigenous peoples
    Creator:
    LaChance, Vernon
    Contributor:
    Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.) and Dickens, Francis, 1844-1886
    Publisher:
    Kingston : Jackson Press, [1930]
    Location:
    Language:
    eng
    Date Created:
    May 1930
    Rights Statement:
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type:
    Text
    Extent:
    23 pages ; 23 cm
    Geographic Coverage:
    Saskatchewan and Canada
    Coordinates:
    54.0001, -106.00099, 60.10867, -113.64258, and 53.65018, -109.75154
    Chronological Coverage:
    1885
    Physical Repository:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection:
    From the Print Collection
    Provider:
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre:
    books, diaries, and autobiographies (literary genre)
    Date Digitized:
    2017-02-03
    Technical Note:
    600 dpi TIFF. Metadata by KD.