Historic photos
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026 Masset - Haida Gwaii, BC. Canada ca 1897
A child looks in the door of the ceremonial Long House. An old cannon is mute beside the boardwalk, and today, all is gone.
Sorine
Hudson Bay Trading Ship, trapped in the ice, July 1911
Hudson Bay, Canada
009 July 8, 1925 The old Vancouver Hotel on Georgia Street. The foreground is Burrard Street, at Georgia St.
Northwest BC during the late 1800’s. Some of Reford’s works are in the National Gallery in Ottawa, Canada.
Photos of the 1920’s and early 1930’s, of the Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada.
Hudson Bay Company trading posts, of Chesterfield Inlet on the shore of Hudson Bay and Lake Harbour on the shore of Baffin Island. ca 1895
Ontario, ca 1895. The Bruce photos on this site, are unique. Others are in the archives of Ontario
Photos of the life and times of Southern BC, Canada, by a professional photographer.
The construction and operation of a major shipping terminal in the City of New Westminster, BC Canada
A major fire in Vancouver Harbour.
A 1922 circumnavigation of Africa and a 1929 cruise into Arctic waters.
A National Newspaper story describing the author and his passion for old photographs.
This 1890’s collection of over two hundred photos of France, England and Spain, are copied from the original glass plate images.
With time and patience, it is possible to restore almost any damaged photograph
Historic Photos - 1890 to 1950
This collection of photographs were taken by important photographers of the era and exists nowhere else.
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These Bennet family portraits and photographs are mainly from Sherbrook, Quebec and date from the late 1890’s.
Tibor Honty was a famous photographer from what was once known as Czekoslovakia. Here is a small collection of his works.
Photos of downtown Vancouver in the 1950’s, many from the roof top of the Medical Dental Building.
Monks worked in and Photographed the Salmon Fishing Industry, as it was done in the 1920’s near the coastal town of Tofino BC. Tofino is near the now world famous Long Beach on Vancouver Island.
