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Canadian Pacific Railway arrival of the first through train at the seaboard of British Columbia
This photograph shows the arrival of the first through train to British Columbia from Canadian Pacific Railway to port moody, and many men surrounding C.P.R. locomotive 371. This photograph shows the fanfare and attention that was given to advances…
Chinamen washing for Gold near Northbend
The dry plate image, which is creased and is fading, still tells us enough about the Chinese immigrants who were transported on the trains, working to find gold through traditional means of washing for gold. Due to the efforts of the Canadian…
Crowds at C.P.R. wharf viewing the arrival of the first train in Vancouver
The B&W glass negative photo depicts the arrival of the first train, Engine NO.374, to arrive in Vancouver in 1887. The use of dry plate gelatin matches the similar photos taken during the same period and furthermore the crease on the edge of the…
Hotel Hollywood
This source is a postcard of The Hollywood Hotel in California in colour with the caption ‘Hotel Hollywood at Hollywood, ca’. The postcard shows the front of the hotel and the road alongside it. The Hotel was opened in 1902 by one of Hollywood’s…
Los Angeles, December 17 1905, page 8, Image 32
This source is a newspaper article entitled ‘Grider and Hamilton’s Hollywood’ advertising the new housing development in Hollywood opening Monday the 25th of December. The source provides the prices of these houses being from $400-$800 and encourages…
Newspaper advert for Vancouver Island
An advertisement in the Daily Colonist newspaper for Vancouver Island in 1941, with illustrations of a cargo train hauling lumber along with cargo steamships. The advertisement was published in the leading newspaper for British Columbia, with a vast…
Photograph of telegraph line construction
A photograph (dimensions unknown) captioned ‘an uphill pull’, by federal government employee Lance Burdon, of two workhorses pulling a large load uphill over felled trees, followed by two men supervising. The construction of the telegraph line…
Queen’s Hospital, Honolulu
This is an image of the Queen’s Hospital in Honolulu taken by Frank Davey; a photographer who took many photos of Hawaii during his lifetime. This photo shows a hospital in the midst of the scenic Hawaii, it shows some people sitting on the porch of…
Roller Derby Skate Board
Painted red wooden plank with modified roller blade wheels bolted to the underside of the plank. Roughly 15 inches long and 5 inches wide with a flat tail and rounded nose. The words ‘Roller Derby’ are in a handwritten italic sporty white font…
The Daily Colonist newspaper
This source is a newspaper article from The Daily Colonist, a colonial newspaper that originated in the middle of the 19th century. This source highlights how medicine was an important factor in converting Indians to Christianity. It suggests that,…