Category: British Columbia History
New West, B.C. Sept 1883 60-pg Agricultural Program, ex Brighouse
New West, B.C. Sept 1883 60-pg Agricultural Program, ex BrighouseLot 70 in our auction Saturday...
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Canadian Farm Annual 1880 Toronto Weekly Mail, 88 pgs ex Brighouse
Lot 67 Canadian Farm Annual 1880 Toronto Weekly Mail, 88 pgs ex Brighousein our online Saturday...
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Victoria, B.C. 11 Sep 1873 Marcus Smith 4-sides Letter to his wife
Victoria, B.C. 11 Sep 1873 Marcus Smith 4-sides Letter to his wife Lot 84 in our auction Saturday...
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Victoria, B.C. 25 July 1873 Marcus Smith 3.5pg letter to his wife
Realized $698 in our auction Saturday 29th August 2020Lot 80, Victoria, B.C. 25 July 1873 Marcus...
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Victoria, B.C. 26 Jn 1873 Marcus Smith letter to his wife mentions ‘Howe Sound’
Victoria, B.C. 26 Jn 1873 Marcus Smith letter to his wife mentions ‘Howe Sound’ Lot 80...
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Duck & Sandover Wagon Makers 14 Au 1871 colour Invoice ex Gerald Wellburn
Lot 79 in our auction Saturday 15th August 2020 Duck & Sandover Wagon Makers 14 Au 1871 colour...
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Victoria-Phoenix Brewing 31 De 1895 illustrated invoice, ex Wellburn
Lot 65 in our auction Saturday 8th August 2020Victoria-Phoenix Brewing 31 De 1895 illustrated...
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Victoria, B.C. 26 March 1873 Marcus Smith 4 sides letter to his wife
Victoria, B.C. 26 March 1873 Marcus Smith 4 sides letter to his wife Lot 77 in our auction...
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Victoria, B.C. 11 March 1873 Marcus Smith 4 sides letter to his wife
Victoria, B.C. 11 March 1873 Marcus Smith 4 sides letter to his wifeLot 94 in our auction Saturday...
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Victoria, V.I. 27 Feb 1873 4-sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife
Victoria, V.I. 27 Feb 1873 4-sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 90 in our auction Saturday...
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Hastings Mill Co. 14 Oct 1872 Steamer Fly Waybill
Hastings Mill Co. 14 Oct 1872 Steamer Fly Waybill, ex Gerald Wellburn Lot 89 in our auction...
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Victoria, B.C. 10 Feb 1873 3 sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife
Victoria, B.C. 10 Feb 1873 3 sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 87 in our auction Saturday...
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H.B.C.-B.C. District Dease Post 25c Card Money #472
H.B.C.-B.C. District VF+ Dease Post 25c Card Money #472 $1500+Lot 199 in our auction Saturday 4th...
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Edward Stamp signed 1864 copy agreement for British Columbia & Vancouver Island ex Wellburn
Edward Stamp signed 18 Nov 1864 5-page 16×13″ copy agreement for British Columbia & Vancouver...
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Global News BC > The Old Hastings Mill Store’ in financial jeopardy
The Old Hastings Mill Store’ in financial jeopardy A museum – house in Vancouver’s oldest building...
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Help Save Old Hasting’s Mill Store Museum
134 years ago today survivors of Vancouver’s great fire of 1886 took refuge in...
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Victoria 5 Dec 1872 2-page 4-sided Marcus Smith Letter to his wife
Victoria 5 Dec 1872 2-page 4-sided Marcus Smith Letter to his wifeLot 90 in our auction Saturday...
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150 Mile House, B.C. 1872 Marcus Smith Letter to his wife
150 Mile House, B.C. 1872 Marcus Smith Letter to his wife describing his early surveys for the...
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Antler Creek, BC promissory note, from the beginning of the Cariboo Gold Rush
862 Antler Creek, BC promissory note, ex Gerald Wellburn, from the beginning of the Cariboo Gold...
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20 Oct 1872 150 Mile House Marcus Smith letter to wife
1872 Marcus Smith letter from 150 Mile House “if I succeed in getting through this will be immortalized and have my name to the pass forever”
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Intercolonial Railway 28 Mar 1872 Marcus Smith 2-pg Letter to his wife
Intercolonial Railway 28 Mar 1872 Marcus Smith 2-pg Letter to his wifeLot 21 in our auction 11th...
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Mayor Fred Hume’s 10k Gold City of Vancouver Ring
Mayor Fred Hume’s 10k Gold City of Vancouver Ring, appraisal $1525. Lot 95 in our auction Saturday...
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Hasting’s Mill 1865/1868 6-page Edward Stamp Accounting Ledger, ex gerald Wellburn
Edward Stamp’s accounting journal from 1865 to 1869, listing out all his expenses for his English investors establishing lumber mills on Vancouver Island and the first main lumber mill in the Vancouver area Lot 108
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News: 1865 ledger from Hastings Mill, John Mackie article in Vancouver Sun
Most people think Vancouver started in Gastown. But the early city actually sprang up a few blocks...
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