Digitization Centre @DigitizeUBC
Digitization Centre @UBCLibrary, featuring projects and hidden gems of UBC’s digital collections. Blog: https://t.co/SC2M9mfc5H Insta: https://t.co/phQLILPFni digitize.library.ubc.ca Vancouver, BC Joined August 2012-
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“Wagons North” – postcard featuring an image of wagons being pulled through a cut in the mountains near Thompson River in 1865. Postcard from sometime before 1910. #ThompsonRiverBC #postcard From the Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.042…
The cover of “Teami no Kutsushita”, a Japanese kamishibai play from between 1938-45. From the Kamishibai Propaganda Plays collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.041…
#OTD in 1983, Dead Kennedys were featured on the cover of CITR’s #DiscorderMagazine. The issue includes an interview they gave after performing at UBC’s Student Union Building. #DeadKennedys From the Discorder collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.004…
This week's blog post features wildfire prevention materials from between 1904-1981, found in the BC Historical Newspapers Collection. Read the full post here: digitize.library.ubc.ca/carousel/wildf…
This #vintagephotograph from 1919 shows a high rigger standing on top of a massive tree. From the Capilano Timer Company Fonds: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.000…
During WWI, pilots of British seaplanes in need of help would release pigeons carrying messages asking for assistance. These pigeons saved countless lives. #WWIphotograph #WWI From the World War 1 1914-1918 British Press Photography Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.003…
Nick Nickson descending an extremely tall tree in North Vancouver, 1920. #Capilano #NorthVancouver From the Capilano Timber Company Fonds: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.000…
A woman poses for a photograph atop a parked log truck, circa the 1920’s. From the Simpson Family Fonds: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.038…
UBC Archeology students working on a burial mound near Mission, B.C., 1992. From the UBC Archives Photograph Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.016…
#Vintage photograph of two stylish women descending the stairs at Sedgewick library (now the Koerner stacks) in the 1970’s. #UBC From the UBC Archives Photograph Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.015…
The beautiful scenery of the Kicking Horse River, 1956. #Kootenays #BeautifulBC From the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.037…
Students writing exams in the Armoury, 1991. The C.K. Choi building, completed in 1996, was built in the place of the old Armoury. #UBCArchives #VintagePhotograph #UBC #StudentLife #Exams From the UBC Archives Photographs Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.016…
Yesterday was the first day of UBC’s final exam period. Here’s some advice from an ad for the Pit Pub from the December, 1993 edition of Discorder: “Don’t be a victim of exam burnout”! Good luck on any finals! From the #Discorder collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.005…
This week's blog post is a collection of dinner menus from the Chung Collection. Featuring this beautiful art deco illustration, which was the “Au revoir dinner menu” from the Empress of Japan on today’s date in 1931. Read the blog post here: digitize.library.ubc.ca/carousel/dinne…
#OTD in 1912, the #Titanic met its icy demise. Here is an article on the tragedy which made the front page of the Omineca Herald a few days later on April 19th. From the BC Historical Newspapers Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.021…
Lovely pictorial bookplate for Juliette Hauply featuring an animal, surrounded by illustrations of flowers and leaves, prancing through a field. Unknown date. From the RBSC Bookplates Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.021…
Happy #InternationalPetDay! Take a moment to appreciate your pets a little extra today, and in the meantime, enjoy this photograph of Mrs. Bryan’s #Cat in a tree. Taken between 1890-99. From the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.021…
#Vintage Burlington Cameras ad from a 1956 Canadian Pacific Railway package. Featuring #leica #rollieflex and #zeiss cameras. #Vintagecameras From the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.037…
This article on automotive maintenance and tune-ups was featured in the August, 1975 edition of Pedestal: A Lesbian-Feminist Newspaper. From the Pedestal Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.034…
Judith C. Thiele reading a braille book in Crane Library, 1970. #UBC #braille From the UBC Archives Photograph Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.016…
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Friends of the BC Arc.. @FBCArchives
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270 Followers 80 Following The 90 member symphony orchestra of the University of British Columbia School of Music under the leadership of Jonathan Girard.
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Thanks for joining us for #ArchivesAtoZ this month! Now that you know your Archives ABCs, stay tuned in May for "Built Ontario," featuring the province's diverse structures and environments — like @ScienceNorth in Sudbury, built by @moriyamateshima from 1981 to 1984.
We have a new price list for image reproductions! From now on, new scans will cost the same as items that have already been digitized. ow.ly/bE8R50Rn9AW #TorontoArchives
Take a stroll on Adelaide Street, travelling east from Bay Street, #OnThisDay 110 years ago. ow.ly/cf9O50Rjl28 #OTD #TOHistory #TorontoArchives
Apr 23, 1999: @VIA_Rail Train No. 74 from Windsor to Toronto derails at Thamesville, ON, after going through an mis-lined switch at 80 mph (129 km/h). Two crew members are killed when their locomotive slams into freight cars on a siding. Passengers suffer only minor injuries. 1/3
Honouring Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra's Music Director & Conductor from 1975 to 1988, who passed away on April 20th. Davis led many international tours with the #TSO such as this one in China, 1978. #TOHistory #TorontoArchives ow.ly/omtE50Rmjlt
#TBT Helen McCrae [Dean of Women, 1959-73] - 11 April 1973 dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.014… [The Dean of Women's Office (1921-78) provided financial, social, and academic support to female students; sponsored extracurricular programmes of interest; and supervised the women's residences.]
UBC Library is excited to announce the official opening of the Chung | Lind Gallery showcasing the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection and Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection. bit.ly/4b2DBdm
UBC Library's new Chung | Lind Gallery explores the economic and social growth of early British Columbia and the Yukon. bit.ly/4b2DBdm
X is for x-ray! Pre-School Dental Clinic at Hartman Jones School, Nurse Ruth Gammon gives Billie Suix an x-ray, 1946! #ArchivesAtoZ #TorontoArchives ow.ly/zEf450RjPGA
In honour of Vancouver Fashion Week please enjoy this piece on some of the records we hold pertaining to fashion. ow.ly/FuJL50QSNMG Image: [A swim suit fashion show at the Hudson's Bay Company] ref. code: CVA 99-4193 Dates: May 31, 1932 #vanfashionweek #fashionweek
You know something needs to change when Torontonians send a petition THIS long! This ten-foot document from 1849 is a request to the City to allow butchers to open their own shops, and end the St. Lawrence Market's near-monopoly on selling meat. ow.ly/O4vp50RjZTW #TOHistory
Mickey Mouse got all the public domain attention in January, but this is a big year for another beloved character: Tigger made his first appearance in 1928's "The House at Pooh Corner" 🐯 Read, remix or share for free: archive.org/details/the-ho… #winniethepooh
Every day, 40+ @UBC research groups are exploring sustainable solutions for the planet. From wildfires to next-gen batteries, sustainability has been core to our mission for over 25 years. This #EarthDay, let's act decisively. Read more: bit.ly/49Ijgcl @policy_mag
Since its creation in 1970, #EarthDay has grown into an event observed by a billion people in nearly 200 countries each year. For many, the global challenge to preserve and protect the environment continues with increasing urgency. 🌲🐺 archives.gov/news/topics/ea…
Apr 21, 1970: @canadianpacific officially unveils its new double-decker commuter cars at Montreal's Windsor Station. The nine cars were built by Canadian Vickers for $2.8 million and were for use on CP's Lakeshore commuter service to the West Island. 1/3
V is for Victory. Victory Soya Mills silos at foot of Parliament Street at some point between 1980 and 1998. #ArchivesAtoZ #TorontoArchives ow.ly/5BIu50RaUXk
P is for Predictions In the 1890s and early 1900s, H.G. Wells described things in his fiction that would later become reality: the use of airplanes in warfare, people landing on the moon, high speed trains, wireless communication, and more. #HGWellsUCalgary #ArchivesAtoZ
Happy Earth Day! In '69 a group of Vancouver environmentalists formed "Don't Make a Wave Committee" to protest underground nuclear tests. In '72 they became the Greenpeace Foundation. Ref code AM925 ow.ly/2I8v50QUwRa #greenpeace #earthday @Greenpeace @GreenpeaceCA
Happy Earth Day Redbirds! Images are from the 1970 Earth Day parade around campus.
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