Frank and Cecilia Sylvester Collection // Vault

This collection includes a selection of early Victoria and Vancouver Island maps, books, pamphlets and ephemera, together with archival material drawn from the Sylvester fonds. Frank Sylvester was an early Jewish settler to Victoria, involved in the Fire Department and the negotiation of Labour Contracts.

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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Collection Details

: Items 56
: Last Updated 2023-06-02

Works (56)

List of items in this collection
Title	Date Created	Date Added
Button Engine Works product description and testimonials	approximately 1867	2020-07-30
Report of the Board of Fire Commissioners and Chief Engineer of the San Francisco Paid Fire Department, for the year ending June 30th, 1869	June 30, 1869	2020-07-30
Constitution and By-Laws of the Victoria Fire Department. 1873.	1873	2020-07-30
Commonplace book of Frank Sylvester	1874 to 1907	2020-07-30
Frank Sylvester, portrait	1880s	2020-07-30
Invoice from Goodacre & Dooley Wholesale and Retail Butchers	1880s	2020-07-30
Beneficiary Certificate, Ancient Order of United Workmen	October 11, 1880	2020-07-30
Cecelia Davies Sylvester Scrapbook	1886 to 1919	2020-11-02
Victoria Fire Department Charitable Association Expenses	1887	2020-07-30
Letter from Victoria City Hall	June 9, 1887	2020-07-30