WELCOME

The STREETCAR

The RIDE

FIRST STOP: CHINATOWN

LAST STOP: The EMPRESS

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Credits

References

 

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ALL PHOTOS ARE COURTESY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA ARCHIVES

 

The Streetcar

Locations on the Route

Balmoral Hotel

Victoria Theatre

W.O. Wallace Grocery Store

Nicholles and Renouf Hardware store

Chinatown

St. Francis Hotel

Five Sisters Block/Spencers

Victoria Post Office

The Empress

Legislature Building

Canadian Pacific Railway Ticket Office


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The Streetcar

Laying the tracks

Laying Streetcar Tracks on Douglas Street at Pandora

CALL NUMBER: D-06362

 

 

Inside the Streetcar

BC Electric Birney Streetcar Interior

CALL NUMBER: E-01976

Streetcar Employees

BC Electric Streetcar Employees in Front of Car Barn

CALL NUMBER: D-02223

Streetcar

Victory Loan Promotion on Streetcar

CALL NUMBER: I-01002

 

Last Run

Victoria's Last Streetcar Ride

CALL NUMBER: A-08833

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Locations On the Route

Balmoral Hotel

Balmoral Hotel

The Balmoral Hotel

CALL NUMBER: E-02948

 

Another View of the Balmoral Hotel

East Side of Douglas Street Between Fort and View

CALL NUMBER: D-02225

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Victoria Theatre

Victoria Theatre

Victoria Theatre Corner of Douglas and View

CALL NUMBER: D-07816

Inside Victoria Theatre
Band Onstage at Victoria Theatre

CALL NUMBER: E-06515

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W.O. Wallace Grocery Store

W.O. Wallace Grocery

Brunswick Hotel, Corner of Douglas and Yates

CALL NUMBER: D-05414




W.O. Wallace Grocery Interior

Interior View of Store

CALL NUMBER: B-04081


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Nicholles and Renouf Hardware Store


Nicholles and Renouf Hardware Store

Nicholles and Renouf Hardware

CALL NUMBER: B-04320



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Chinatown


Chinese quarters

Chinese Quarters of Victoria

CALL NUMBER:  D-04747

 

Chinese Funeral Procession
Chinese Funeral Procession Southbound on Government

CALL NUMBER:  A-01548

Business
Chinese Business on Fisgard Street Victoria

CALL NUMBER:  D-05246

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Chinatown 1910
"In Chinatown, Victoria, BC"

CALL NUMBER:  B-03974

Aerial view
Looking North Toward Chinatown from Johnson Street

CALL NUMBER:  G-07895

 

Children on Fisgard
Victoria Chinese Children on Fisgard Street

CALL NUMBER:  C-06727

 

Chinese Work Crew on CPR

Chinese Work Crew on CPR

CALL NUMBER:  D-07548

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St. Francis Hotel

St. Francis Hotel

Hotel St. Francis, 36 Yates Street

CALL NUMBER: C-06130

Another View of St. Francis Hotel

St. Francis Hotel, 36 Yates Street

CALL NUMBER: A-02711



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Five Sisters Block/Spencer's

5 Sisters Block
The Five Sisters Block, Victoria

CALL NUMBER:  B-02034

Spencer's
 Spencer's Store, Victoria

CALL NUMBER: I-50526

Fire
Scene of the Fire at the Five Sisters Block

CALL NUMBER:  A-02873

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Victoria Post Office

Postoffice

Main Post Office, Victoria

CALL NUMBER: A-02798

 

Another view of the postoffice

A View of the Post Office

CALL NUMBER: C-05468


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The Empress


James Bay Bridge

Third James Bay Bridge, Victoria

CALL NUMBER: A-00377

 

Causeway

Causeway Construction Government Street

CALL NUMBER: D-03977

 

Before the Empress

A View of the Fill

CALL NUMBER: A-00847

The Empress Almost Complete

The Empress Hotel, Nearing Completion

CALL NUMBER: D-07275

Completed Empress

The Empress Hotel, Nearing Completion

CALL NUMBER: B-04739

 

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Legislature Building

Parliament under construction

Victoria, Parliament Buildings, During Construction

CALL NUMBER:  A-08655



Parliament

Victoria Parliament Building from Government

CALL NUMBER: G- 06901

Parliament

Victoria, Parliament Buildings, with James Bay Bridge

CALL NUMBER: A-08380

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Canadian Pacific Railway Ticket Office

CPR and Parliament
CPR Ticket Office and Parliament Buildings

CALL NUMBER:  F-09671


CPR ticket Office
CPR Ticket Office, Belleville Street, Victoria

CALL NUMBER: H-03022


Inside CPR Ticket Office
First CPR Ticket Office

CALL NUMBER:  E-00704

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