Memories of British Columbia photograph album

Photograph album created as a keepsake by the British Columbia Conclave of the Masonic Order of the Red Cross of Constantine containing photos featuring historical people, places, and activities from Vancouver Island and British Columbia. The album consists of 25 photographs including: photographs of Harry H. Watson and Edward E. Leason, Government House and the Parliament Buildings, logging, ranching and agriculture, fishing, M.V. Princess Charlotte in the Drydock (Esquimalt), and various scenic shots including one of the Colwood Links golf course.

Subject

• Boats and boating
• Agriculture
• Buildings
• Forests and forestry
• Watson, Harry H.
• History
• Local history

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1920s

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Extent

• 1 volume (32 pages) : 25 photographs (black and white); 27 x 37 cm

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia
• British Columbia--Vancouver Island
• British Columbia--Esquimalt
• British Columbia--Victoria
• British Columbia--Victoria--Butchart Gardens

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155
• 49.65064, -125.44939
• 53.99983, -125.0032
• 48.55032, -123.49521
• 48.43372, -123.41147

Chronological coverage

• 1920 to 1929

Additional physical characteristics

• Embossed cover. Pages are thick cardboard with gilt edges. Silk endpapers. Captions in blue text, bottom right of photos.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• photographs
• photograph albums
• black-and-white photographs

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2007-040

Fonds title

• Memories of British Columbia collection

Fonds identifier

• SC411

Is referenced by

• Finding aid for archival fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/memories-of-british-columbia-collection

Date digitized

• May 3, 2017

Technical note

• Scanned by CDW using TTI BetterLight at 600dpi tiffs. No colour correction or editing beyond cropping. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to originals and for reproduction requests (fee for reproductions). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/56mc-5g83

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	Harry H. Watson, reigning Sovereign, Western Canada Conclave, No.XXV, Victoria, British Columbia / Edward E. Leason, Western Canada Conclave, No. XXV, Victoria, British Columbia, Intendent-General for British Columbia and Canadian Yukon		Public	Press to Select an action Download
	Government House, Victoria, BC		Public	Press to Select an action Download
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	Virgin forest		Public	Press to Select an action Download
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