Images within this album consist primarily of the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, boats) on the Nass River and North Pacific Coast, ca.1926-1933. Images also feature indigenous First Nations peoples, totem poles, the parliament buildings in Victoria, B.C., and the C.P.R. Pier in Vancouver, B.C. Each photograph is accompanied by a handwritten description glued below or beside the image.
Victoria, BC
16 Archival description results for Victoria, BC
Typed message on front reads: “Happy Birthday Your Honour, You have a way of making each person you come in contact with feel so special, so we all want to wish you the happiest birthday year ever. Staff of Government House, October 18, 2002.” Signed by the staff of Government House.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “The Rock - I spent 6 years creating 6 gardens surrounding”.
Photograph depicts the bridge at Goodacre Pond in Beacon Hill in Victoria, BC. Duck in foreground.
Photograph depicts the bridge at Goodacre Pond in Beacon Hill in Victoria, BC. Swans are swimming in the pond and there is a path and footbridge behind the pond.
Photograph depicts the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, BC.
Photograph depicts the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, BC.
Photograph depicts the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, BC.
Photograph depicts buildings looking north of the Empress Hotel on Douglas Street in Victoria, BC. The Belmont is on the right and the Customs Building on the left.
Photograph depicts a large construction in Victoria BC, possibly be related to the construction of the Johnson Street Bridge or the construction of a large building near the shoreline.
Photograph features Terrace Gardens.
Photograph was taken at Government House in Victoria, B.C.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Govt House, Working on Terrace Garden, Nov 2004".
Photograph was taken at Government House in Victoria, B.C.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Moving Rocks on the Terraces”.
Campagnolo stands at portable podium next to large speaker and an unidentified aide-de-camp. Photograph was taken at Terrace Gardens, Government House, Victoria, B.C.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Goodbye to Friends of Govt House Garden Society”.
Photograph depicts the Empress Hotel in Victoria, BC.
Photograph depicts the Empress Hotel in Victoria, BC.
Photograph depicts a view of Victoria from a ship in the Inner Harbour. Visible on the shore, from right to left, are: the Empress Hotel, the Belmont, the Customs Building, and other buildings along Douglas Street.