Holdings Information

Bibliographic Record Display

• Title:British Columbia historical postcard and photograph albums collection
  
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• Corporate Author/Creator:University of British Columbia. Library, collector.
  
• Published/Created:[approximately 1860-1939], predominant [approximately 1900]-1921
  

• Holdings

  Holdings Record Display

  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: RBSC-ARC-1059
    
  • Number of Items:70
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Capilano Timber Company.
  Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company.
  Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company.
  Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
  Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company.
  Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company.
  Great Northern Railway Company.
  Hudson's Bay Company.
  
• Description:91 v.
  approximately 9000 postcards and photographs
  
• Summary:The collection consists of ninety-one albums of postcards and photographs pertaining to views and scenes mainly in British Columbia, but also including Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and the Yukon as well as Europe. The views of British Columbia include views of the Rocky Mountains, Vancouver, Victoria, Mayne Island, and Buttle Lake (pre-1911) as well as those of logging (Capilano Timber Co., 1917-1920), mining (Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Co. and Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Co.) railways (Canadian Pacific Railway, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, and Great Northern Railway) and shipping. In addition, there are postcards and photographs of the Hudson's Bay Company Kamchatka Venture, 1921, U.S. Civil War portraits and New Zealand shipping.
  
• Biography/history note:Administrative history unavailable.
  
• Indexes and finding aids:Online inventory available.
  
• Notes:Title based on the contents of the collection.