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British Columbia (province)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 483 Collections and/or Records:

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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Vancouver, 1987: group photo of heads of delegations with Brian Mulroney and Shridath Ramphal seen in the centre, 1987

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/1116
Scope and Contents

120 x 70 mm. matt print of C/1115.

Dates: 1987
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Connaught Tunnel, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/84
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...
Dates: 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Construction blasting on G.T.P. [i.e. Grand Trunk Pacific] Railroad near Prince Rupert, B.C [i.e. British Columbia], 1905 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/42
Scope and Contents

Coloured.

Dates: 1905 - 1913
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Continuing along the line, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2708
Scope and Contents

East bound.

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Continuing along the line, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2709
Scope and Contents

East bound.

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Continuing along the line, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2710
Scope and Contents

East bound.

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Continuing along the line, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2711
Scope and Contents

East bound.

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Sub-Series

Coronation Festivities in Victoria, 1937-05-12

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/180-191
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs depicting ceremonies celebrating the coronation of George VI.

Dates: 1937-05-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Craigmore : J.B. McKilligans residence, 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2677
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Rockland Avenue, Victoria, B.C.

Dates: 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cranbrook, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/115
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...
Dates: 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Crowd gathered at port], 1914 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/73
Scope and Contents

110 x 175 mm. The event recorded in the photograph has not been identified.

Dates: 1914 - 1936
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Crow’s Nest Mountain, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/116
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...
Dates: 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Dallas Hotel, Victoria, 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2696
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. And behind it to the left the Immigration Building for reception of all arriving immigrants.

Dates: 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, and Lieutenant Governor Robert Bruce, 1926 - 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/153
Scope and Contents

185 x 135 mm. They flank a third man who has not been identified.

Dates: 1926 - 1931
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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David Spencers house, 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2684
Scope and Contents

Moss Street, Victoria.

Dates: 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Dead Mans Island, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2631
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Coal Harbour end of Burrard Inlet. The west end of Vancouver is seen beyond. Note the gulls. In the sheds and shacks Indian fishermen live : note nets hanging up to dry.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Dead Mans Island, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2632
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). On left of Island in distance note Wesleyan Methodist Church.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Disc harrowing, British Columbia , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/220
Scope and Contents

Showing a farmer on a tractor harrowing a field in the Peace River area near Dawson Creek. Photograph by National Film Board.

Dates: 1950 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Drawing in the nets, Vancouver Harbour, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2610
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Drawing in the nets, Vancouver Harbour, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2611
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Dumping Logs, British Columbia , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/210
Scope and Contents

Showing logs being tipped into a river from freight trucks. Photograph by Canadian Pacific Railways.

Dates: 1950 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Eagle Pass Landing, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069B/1
Scope and Contents

245 x 192 mm. A view showing the settlement of Eagle Pass Landing, a gathering of wooden cabins and tents on the shores of Lake Shuswap. Here were the homes of the railway navvies who completed the last miles of track from the western end of the line, up the Gold Range towards the meeting place of Craigellachie. Eagle Pass landing later became the town of Sicamous.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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East and west of Albert Canyon, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2720
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2661-2834 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 2785A and 2807A; not used: 2680, 2681, 2699, 2701, 2702 and 2782; missing 2714, 2785A and 2812. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2785A follows after 2785. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada: Victoria: typical houses, harbour scenes; Esquimalt Dockyard; cattle near Edmonton; train journey: Revelstoke,...
Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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East and west of Albert Canyon, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2721
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2661-2834 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 2785A and 2807A; not used: 2680, 2681, 2699, 2701, 2702 and 2782; missing 2714, 2785A and 2812. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2785A follows after 2785. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada: Victoria: typical houses, harbour scenes; Esquimalt Dockyard; cattle near Edmonton; train journey: Revelstoke,...
Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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East and west of Albert Canyon, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2722
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2661-2834 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 2785A and 2807A; not used: 2680, 2681, 2699, 2701, 2702 and 2782; missing 2714, 2785A and 2812. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2785A follows after 2785. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada: Victoria: typical houses, harbour scenes; Esquimalt Dockyard; cattle near Edmonton; train journey: Revelstoke,...
Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).