Montreal, QC: William Notman & Son, 1887. Mounted Photograph. Date of 1887 from the Notman Photographic Archives at McCord, who hold a cracked glass plate negative of this image. CPR completed the transcontinental railway in 1885 and employed the Notman studio to photograph the countryside along the newly completed railway..... More

New Westminster, BC: P.L. Okamura, 1903. Mounted Photograph. An historical piece of Sports Canadiana, executed in 1903 by a popular and well-known Japanese-Canadian photographer in New Westminster, BC. A composite photograph consisting of 20 individual portrait photographs and one each of the McBride and Allingham Cups - showing Mayor Keary..... More

Vancouver, BC: Amputation Club of B.C., 1919. Paperback. Staple-bound printed wraps, paste-down halftone photo reproduction of the statue "Their Name Liveth For Evermore" by C. Marega at center of upper cover, 4to, (11-1/8 inches tall), pp. [16], [1]-160, I-XXVIII (ads), illustrated throughout with plates, line drawings and photo reproductions, index..... More

Chicago: Poole Bros. 1893. Reissued [with overprinting] in 1900 by Canadian Magazine. Color railway map of North America, printed area 14-5/8 inches [37.1 cm] tall x 31-3/8 inches [79.3 cm] wide, lower right corner with "Copyrighted 1893 by Poole Bros. Chicago." and "Poole Bros., Engravers, Chicago", lower left corner has..... More

Rossland, BC: London and Richelieu Mining and Smelting Company, 1901. Letter. A TLS (typed letter signed) sent from the London and Richelieu Mining and Smelting Company in Rossland, BC, to the [E.G.] Prior & Co. Hardware Company in Kamloops, BC, requesting a quote for ore wagons and ore sleighs for..... More

Vancouver, BC: Sandon Oldtimers Committee, 1980. Loose Ephemera. A collection of ephemera from a 1980 reunion hosted by the Sandon Oldtimers Committee in Vancouver, B.C. The reunion was held from August 8th-10th for ex-pats of the near ghost town of Sandon, B.C. and included a dinner at The Arbutus Club..... More

Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, Limited, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by both the author and Bill Reid directly onto the title page in black ink. Black cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, square quarto, (9-3/4 inches tall), colored endpapers, pp. 192, illustrated..... More

Rossland, BC: Ymir Gold Mines Ltd., 1899. A mammoth, early map of one of the earliest working Gold Mines in the Ymir area. Interesting historical details include the near-nascent town of Ymir, the location of the "Power Magazine" - about 1200 feet out of town along the wagon road -..... More

Kamloops, B.C. Miss M. Spencer, c. 1900. Loose Photograph. A circa 1900 portrait done by Miss Mary Spencer in her Kamloops studio, capturing a nicely turned-out young gentleman standing in front of a nature-themed backdrop with one arm resting on a twig chair prop. Spencer moved to Kamloops in 1898..... More

Vancouver, BC: Conservative Campaign Committee, 1926. Ephemera. A Conservative candidates promotional form letter and a pictorial palm card from the 1926 British Columbia by-election. Both items printed for a single Conservative Party candidate running in Vancouver, BC. The palm card measures 3.5 x 4.5 and was printed in blue ink..... More

Vancouver, BC: The Elite Directory of Vancouver, 1908. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Cover title "The Elite Directory of Vancouver", 1908 date from copyright page, printed by Thomson Stationers Ltd., Vancouver, BC. Blue leather over boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board, 12mo (6-5/8 inches tall), pp. [iv], 1-125..... More

Vancouver, BC: The Provincial Liberal Association, [1924]. Paperback. Two ephemeral B.C. election items, both published by the Liberal Party during the 1924 Provincial elections : 1) a 31 page pamphlet [staple-bound, 9 inches tall] titled "Some Plain Facts About the Oliver Government" containing convincing arguments backed up by the most..... More

Rossland, BC: The Siskiyou Copper Company, Ltd., 1899. Archive. A small collection of ephemeral materials related to a group of Rossland promoters who capitalized and registered a memorandum of association on July 25, 1899, to develop the Bonanza and the Cavin mineral claims in Siskiyou County in northern California. Their..... More