The Daily Colonist front page from November 11, 1918, announces the end of hostilities in Europe, as well as the news of local celebrations: "VANCOUVER CELEBRATES ... At midnight tonight Vancouver turned out in full force to celebrate peace. Within a few minutes after the Canadian press wire had brought the news ... thousands of motor cars and tens of thousands of pedestrians were on the main streets, while every whistle and every bell in the city added to the uproar. there is nobody in bed in Vancouver tonight."

In Collection:

• World of Mary's Wedding Reminiscences of World War One

Subject

• Armistice Day
• World War (1914-1918)
• Armistices

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Microforms Centre, University of Victoria Libraries; Accession Number: 906, AN5 D2

Date created

• November 11, 1918

Resource type

• Text
• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 page

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria
• British Columbia--Vancouver

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155

Physical Repository

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

Collection

• World of Mary's Wedding Reminiscences of World War One

Provider

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

Genre

• black-and-white photographs
• articles
• newspapers

Date digitized

• September 23, 2011

Technical note

• 600 DPI TIFF, scanned on TTI by KM and JF. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• This material may be protected by copyright. Personal use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Victoria is requested whether the use is oral, web or in print. Commercial use of any portion of this material requires permission from Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/ptb3-tw06

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